It has to do with a sense of forum culture, another forum I’m on it’s pushed that you use the search function before asking questions to see if what you have to say has already been discussed and answered. People on here disregard that, and don’t understand when people get a bit short or stern with them when they do. Another aspect is before posting make sure what you have to say is thought out and if possible cite sources. If this forum was like that from the start it would turn into giant archive of information, and not endless rambling. The best thing I’ve noticed is when redundant threads do not start, and the low content threads which alone contain a lot of information based on the idea of posting anything informative that does not needs it’s own thread into one (I can’t imagine everyone posting all those things in their own threads).
In a way this forum is not as colorful, I do not know if that has to do with the new forum (which I could not figure out and immediately gave up on), or the fact it’s not attracting as many contributors as before, but there are still rather in depth econ discussions going on. Despite any problems it has appeared to become more focused (with a few or one exception), but hey if you want to step out of line you can make the list. (At least it’s gotten better since the purge.)