For various reasons I've been posting here more and on SR less. My main problem with SR now isn't so much the lack of knowledgeable people but rather the generally hostile tone being set by many of the people there, especially Jason's "friends" who hijack threads just to air their dirty laundry. I do continue to read and post in threads that interest me, but those are becoming few and far between. If the downhill slide continues, I can see a time where I might just visit SR occasionally for the latest drive reviews, and avoid the forums altogether.
If anything precipitated the downhill slide, I would have to say it was the loss of the original forums and member list last year coupled with the impending shutdown in February. Many regulars never came back at all, either to SR or here. A fair number who did come back gradually began posting less and less. In short, the sense of community built up over several years was lost. Jason's omnipresence coupled with the appearance of his detractors undoubtably created traffic, but much of that traffic seemed to consist of trolls who happened to come upon SR.
At this stage, I would say the B&G on SR is just about dead. There just aren't any more interesting discussions taking place there anyone. Since I generally lack the specific knowledge needed to post intelligently in the Computer forum, 95% of my posts are in the B&G, and as the quality of discussion dropped off there so did my posting. I also considered the possibility that if I posted there enough, sooner or later I might be subject to personal attacks from some of the trolls for no good reason, and that is something I lack the time or desire to deal with. In my opinion what SR sorely needs right now is industrial strength troll spray.
