Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on August 30, 2024, 04:16:21 PM

Quote from: Lucius on August 30, 2024, 10:43:32 AM

In the long term, it will backfire on everyone, because advertisers will not pay to advertise on a forum where most of the posts will be so bad that no one will read them anymore.

Ah, but you're thinking past the immediate gratification of payment-for-shitposts, whereas the knuckle-dragging fools who are currently ruining the quality of our beloved forum can't see any possible negative outcomes like that or worse, they just don't give a shit. It's no wonder my post count has dropped in the past year. I thought it was me being typically torpid, but then I look at all of the crap threads in the sections I normally post in and there just hasn't been all that many that are original or can even hold my attention for 30 seconds.

Obviously, there are too few of us who think long-term, but this is simply the reality we have fallen into and it will be difficult to get out. Unfortunately, we have lost some very important members of the forum over the years, whether they were extremely high-quality posters or members who worked in the background fighting spam and scammers. I still find good members and their posts that are worth paying attention to, but the truth is that we lose quality much faster than we manage to make up for it.

Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on August 30, 2024, 04:16:21 PM

This place needs a hot lead enema.

I had to check what "enema" means because it's not a word I've come across - and I have to admit that I somewhat share your opinion, but it's hard for something like that to happen on a forum where some kind of freedom of expression is guaranteed, even if it meant that in this freedom also includes spam.