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Posting a .GIF as a humorous response to something is fine. When it's done well, it can be absolutely hilarious. Posting them all the time cheapens the effect. It's like that guy who posts only in the form of poetry - what used to be quite an interesting thing to read quickly became a boring gimmick that few people bother to read because every single post is done in the same style. That's what people are getting at, Salman, nobody's saying you've ruined the site or that posting .GIFs isn't funny or acceptable - it can be really, really funny if it's done sparingly, but if you rely on a gimmick all the time then people accept it as the norm and don't find it funny anymore.

Personally I don't think there are any problems with the site as it is, though, content-wise. Sure, some of the forum icons could do with a 2013 upgrade, and there are minor things here and there that need changing - I'd reintroduce the 3 strikes and out system and I really miss having the karma system because I think it encouraged people to make good, interesting and witty posts - but those things were lost when the site changed to a new format... but for the most part it's still a place I enjoy posting on (evidently, I've been here for over 8 years! ) and I find that you get out what you put in on this site - if you're expecting to be entertained then you need to go sign up to forum games or the pub quiz or start a thread about something. There aren't as many people creating new threads as there used to be, because people haven't taken on the role of creating new threads as other people have dropped off the radar. The site is still full of activity, there are lots of people around, it's just that the regular faces change over time and a lot of people get stuck in the past and can't accept the change.