How did I know, before I even looked at that dude's post history, that those threads would be in the Economics section? 

Economics was a great place to read up until about 2-3 years ago, maybe less.  Now it's just become a cesspool of shitposters and it's almost as bad as Bitcoin Discussion--and that's a fucking shame.  Why is this guy creating so many threads?  Can't be sure, but I'd venture it's for the same reason random, unknown members have been creating the same "gold vs. bitcoin" type of topics for years now, so that their alt accounts, friends, and whoever else can jump in and make some money.

I'm so tired of it, too.  The quality of writing and importance of the content within posts/threads has dropped off a cliff on bitcointalk.  I doubt I'm the only one who's noticed this, but I'm not sure what can be done about it except to keep hitting the ignore button--but that's not a solution for the forum, just the individuals who don't mind ignoring a bunch of morons.


Is anyone checking to see if posts are being made or helped by AI?  Every single time I come across a post made by a newbie in decent English, red flags start going off.  I doubt the percentage of newly-registered members who can write well and contribute something even close to substantial is <1%, and that's been true for years.