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I have only been a member of this site for a few months, but it has come to my attention that the site has gone downhill in the last few weeks.

There used to be a lot of friendly banter, discussions and even the odd argument. However, most of this was in legible intelligent language which we could all understand. Lately it has stooped to a level where only imbeciles will be able to participate in the discussions.

There is an abundance of text language used. Also some of the images/language used is unsuitable content for a site which welcomes people of all ages.

There is a tendency to go off-topic. While I can appreciate that this will happen on occasion, lately it has been happening more often than not.

There is little or no respect for other users on the forums to express their individual opinions. It seems that when someone disagrees with someone else, the done thing is to post a reply in offensive language and all in CAPS. It’s not exactly welcoming for new users or existing ones for that matter.

Some of the threads have been turned into private dating threads. While I have no problem with people having private conversations with each other, they could simply make a thread specifically for that purpose, or do it on IM or U2U. If they must declare their undying love to each other, I would prefer it if they wouldn’t do it in the middle of a thread, thereby disrupting a perfectly sensible discussion.

I have spoken to other members and some are uncomfortable posting here now, because they feel the site has gone downhill. I would agree.

I urge anyone who agrees to post a response in support of this complaint.