I haven't been around for long enough to know whether it's "degenerating", but I think I know what you mean. It must be said, however, that there's a lot of very good and interesting stuff here as well, and I'm delighted, overall, to have found the site.
It seems that far too many posters get drawn in to tit for tat arguments that means the intersting informative posts can get lost in the drivel. It makes the site hard work sometimes and it would be easy to see how it is losing it's appeal to some.
I have only been posting for two months actively on this BB, Learning fast to not take some of it to seriously and enjoy it for what it is,get what you can from it , give if you can (not me yet) and try to leave with a smile. Not always that easy!
"It seems that far too many posters get drawn in to tit for tat arguments that means the intersting informative posts can get lost in the drivel. It makes the site hard work sometimes and it would be easy to see how it is losing it's appeal to some.".......yes exactly
Any site that runs like a county court where topics must pertain to the trial subject, gets boring.....lively discussion s is what makes it interesting...
topics or discussion will get sideways sometimes if the issue touches on a subject that one feels has something to do with the original issue.....
if anyone is bored with something then they should move on.......
after all moderators are there and will warn if anyone gets way out of order...and also there is a warning system in place to take care of it....