Those comments are still there, just a bit less obvious.
I figure it is because the "original" members were of a certain level of contributor. "hand picked" in a sense (classic early adopters). A these move on to pastures new and a large numbers of new people come in you start to get a range of commentary style rather than just top class stuff.
(not that all newcomers are bad - or indeed not that many of us are - just that you get a range of attitude).
And of course almost outright trolling is less obvious once the general range of commentary style is expanded; so it passes off as serious discussion.
I figure it is because the "original" members were of a certain level of contributor. "hand picked" in a sense (classic early adopters). A these move on to pastures new and a large numbers of new people come in you start to get a range of commentary style rather than just top class stuff.
(not that all newcomers are bad - or indeed not that many of us are - just that you get a range of attitude).
And of course almost outright trolling is less obvious once the general range of commentary style is expanded; so it passes off as serious discussion.