Let’s stick to talking about style, no?

[SirThopas]

I’m not the most frequent poster here, but I visit the forum a few times a week.

Perhaps I’m mistaken, or merely suffering from a run of bad luck, but lately I’ve found that, when I arrive here, before navigating to one of the sections that speak to my interests (e.g. Classic Menswear), the latest posts are predominantly not about matters sartorial.

I'm here for discussions of clothing brands, fit, what constitutes style, sartorial trends or traditions, where to shop, great instances of thrifting... and of course those conversations and observations can still be found.

But increasingly they seem to share space with a ton of stuff about politics - World War III and Donald Trump bulk large, as does the future of the Republican Party - along with coffee, cars, wine, whisky, Elon Musk, TV shows, running, and the perils of social media. (At the risk of sounding fusty or curmudgeonly, aren’t there other places for all those things?)

Then there’s the ever-growing inundation of spam, astroturf, bot-generated gibberish and mysterious blandishments, which the admins on the whole remove promptly... but which keep coming back like weeds.

Or am I deluding myself. Maybe 'twas ever thus?

Grumble over.

 

[skalogre]

This just sounds like a post that would have originated on The Devils' Island of yore and the AAAC apostates.
If this is a serious question... it has ALWAYS been like this. Even prior to the Great Forum Change of 2006.

Edit: except the spammers have been semi-automated now, that is more recent.

 

[skalogre]

P.s.

 

[SixOhNine]

Your complaint seems to be that the CEsspool and the Entertainment sections are more active. But if what you care about most is Classic Menswear, why not skip the most recent posts and go directly to that area? Problem solved.

 

[jeremygo]

it has ALWAYS been like this. Even prior to the Great Forum Change of 2006.

This place’s lore is denser than the Dune books.

 

[SirThopas]

Your complaint seems to be that the CEsspool and the Entertainment sections are more active. But if what you care about most is Classic Menswear, why not skip the most recent posts and go directly to that area? Problem solved.

Fair. And it’s what I do. But the extraneous stuff nags away at the penumbra of my consciousness, like the knowledge that when I’m asleep tiny mites are ******* on my face.