I hear what you are saying, especially since we lack real quantitative data here and are speaking subjectively about how we perceive a decade+ of discussion...

I hear what you are saying, especially since we lack real quantitative data here and are speaking subjectively about how we perceive a decade+ of discussion... I'm sure you are right that there was always an undertone of young men trying to one-up each other with comments. My gut tells me though that if we go back in time, there were more actual experts commenting, who drowned out or downvoted the people just here to shit post. Maybe not though, as your experiences bear out.