@everyone (?)
Here’s a bit of my story @jerv I wasn’t nearly there as long as yourself, I got the pleasure of using the site at the cusp of a brilliant talent pool. Mostly every user was “good” and I recall a friend of mine using a dictionary to try and compete with the users there. The answers were substantive and the exchanges stimulating. I heard the hideous format change drove some members off and those who stayed were driven out by the morons who took over.
Can I have my moment to vent? I stayed there because some of my favorite users stayed (I don’t know if you know ergo step, iggypuck, Athrael, canoeguide, Thadeus Lesbotron, Stableboy, castrate, iwnit etc.) But now they’re part time and the questions I ask are never answered but are skippd over in favor of inanity.
I agree with @ucme and @symbeline they are valiantly rude at anyone who doesn’t “groupthink” and their answers consists of semi sarcasm (I say semi because though they’re wrong their friends still agree)
@jerv and @augustian
A friend told me about fluther and mentioned that this site is full of intellectual egomaniacs trying to outdo one another, I thought “perfect”. The negative reviews I got from the users at AB and the positive reviews I got from “good” members I made the jump and this thus far impressed me, the good members have flocked here.