It's squarely down to the fact that you've got certain individuals on here who are largely in it just to stir up pointless shit and cause rows because they enjoy it.
I know everybody thinks I've got an agenda about Scott, Boggersbelief and (by extension) Angry Dad but hear me out.
I come on here to have a laugh. I try and contribute funny stuff which, hopefully, puts a smile on people's faces.
But you can't do that if every time you post something, one of the "characters" jumps all over it and turns the thread into a petty slanging match because they don't like you.
And that's what's been happening of late.
And the modding doesn't help. It's not that it's inconsistent, it's the opposite in fact.
Scott and Boggersbelief got banned for being a pair of childish pricks who were constantly ruining threads and putting genuine posters off contributing.
But we all knew that their bans were implemented by one of the "under mods" and Sluffy would overturn them at the first available opportunity.
This despite the overwhelming majority of the site's regular contributors applauding the bans and saying that it was about time.
And sure enough, as soon as Whittam opened the door by (quite candidly) saying that "she" was missing the fact that Boggersbelief regularly started rows, up popped Sluffy with his usual confused explanation of his version of being "fair and consistent" and overturned the bans.
Because, and I don't care how much he bangs on to the contrary, Sluffy has final say on what happens here and he's obviously all about the numbers.
It's clear he'd rather have 150 pointless, one-line comments a day from the likes of the Scott and Boggersbelief characters than 50 genuine comments from real people.
And it grates.
And you can see why people no longer trust the people running the site and are put off posting.