Yes, that was sort of the point I was making.
This lot have become so fat now, that the only new threads they can make are ones that give an approximation of the time of day. They may as well be bots.
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Tue 13 Oct 2026, 11:52, archived)

It also makes a good metaphor for the rise of AI in general.
As the volume of brainless threads and comments increases, the users who actually have something to say participate less and less until the place becomes a primordial soup of cacophages shitting out copies of each other.
( .Yeti., Tue 13 Oct 2026, 12:21, archived)

Sadly, the decline here pre-dates the LLMs.
It's the fatness, I tell you. Everyone ran out of things to say, as they slowly realised that JMG was right all along.
( Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Tue 13 Oct 2026, 12:28, archived)

I'm sure you're right, and that it was compounded by the loss of critical mass.
Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.
( .Yeti., Tue 13 Oct 2026, 13:08, archived)