Ars seems to be the least objectionable of the available tech website choices, but I worry that their decline is just happening at a slower rate. For IT, civil

Ars seems to be the least objectionable of the available tech website choices, but I worry that their decline is just happening at a slower rate. For IT, civil liberties, and biomedical/physical sciences (I would argue their original areas of expertise), they're as good as ever. As soon as they start branching out from those areas, quality as I perceive it takes a nosedive. Take their "Cars Technica" automotive venture as an example. It should be a fertile topic area, but the execution at Ars has been a disaster: look at their Porsche Macan article [0] (an especially bad one) or their Audi A8 article [1]. If you're brave enough to read the comments on either, you'll find plenty of dissatisfied readers and a staff deaf to the complaints—if that is representative of the site as a whole, I see a decline across the site as inevitable. I would like to be very wrong. [0]: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/07/a-day-in-the-new-porsche-macan-an-suv-that-wants-to-race/ http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/07/a-day-in-the-new-porsche... [1]: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/07/hands-on-with-audis-flagships-the-technology-packed-a8-and-s8/ http://arstechnica.com/cars/2014/07/hands-on-with-audis-flag...