Being new here I perused some of the old threads. They were also dominated by a group of regular contributers, some of whom are still posting. The only difference I can see is in the numbers of posts. On a page with 20 threads, the average number of views has not changed much over the past few years, It stays around 5000 - 7000 views, however the average number of posts has risen considerably from around the 150 mark per 20 threads to around 400 at present.
While quantity does not mean quality, I prefer reading off topic posts to no posts.
As for Witless fools, there is no shortage of wit here.
Last edited by Tentative Toe; 01-12-10 at 10:30. Reason: Numbers are an estimate, crap at maths
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IrishSarahBarra (08-07-17)
I think you're confused, Ric. You are trying to ask two different questions in the same poll, even though they have different answers.
Poll question: has ei threads been hijacked by off topic witless fools?
Yes. Of course it happens.
Thread title: has the quality of ei threads diminished?
No. It was always like this. The current witless fools are not the same as last year's or the year before's. Or in some cases they are just using different names. But that doesn't really change anything. The quality of threads is no lower than it was before.
“I wish you wouldn’t keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly; you make one quite giddy!”
“All right,” said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
“I wish you wouldn’t keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly; you make one quite giddy!”
“All right,” said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
Ah Ben you are no fool, a wanker maybe, but not a fool. :-)