So I went back to check my old thread ('Bring Back Other Psychotropics'), and was "amused" to discover that, after I left that thread in frustration for not receiving an answer, a mod decided to provide that answer to someone else on the very same thread. I won't say any more about what I think about that, because I'd probably be banned for it, so moving on.

The reason given was, basically, that the new owner wants more ad revenue, and removing Other Psychotropics was part of an attempt to guide the forum toward more mainstream appeal.

What I would like to know is: are the numbers up? Is more money coming in? Are we seeing more new users? I don't have access to any of this info; all I can see, like most others, is a general decline in post quality, a LOT of people bitching about closed threads when closing a thread used to be pretty uncommon here and nowhere to discuss topics that are important to the community. Oh, and an increase in non-cannabis related threads on the Recreational board since confused new members don't know where to put their questions and haven't yet discovered that this community won't serve them on that regard.

I'm not angry anymore; I'm saddened that I had to leave this board for the most part (found a new one that allows discussion of other substances, I'd link but I think that would be a violation of forum policy), because there were some good people here. I just want to know if this is working or not. Did taking away Other Psychotropics help at all? If so, will any of this new revenue be put into improving the boards (desperately in need of a new layout, could use a broader featureset), servers (no more "The server is too busy" messages would be nice) or maybe the main site (which is a joke, everyone I know just bookmarks the forum cuz there's almost no worthwhile content on the rest of the site)?

I know this request will almost certainly fall on deaf ears, but would the new owner consider replacing Other Psychotropics with Other Psychadelics, so we could at least discuss similar substances such as psilocybin? It's a slap in the face to the cannabis community to be told we can't even discuss other soft drugs that are no more illegal or taboo than cannabis in most countries.
Solistus Reviewed by Solistus on . New policies appear to be failing So I went back to check my old thread ('Bring Back Other Psychotropics'), and was "amused" to discover that, after I left that thread in frustration for not receiving an answer, a mod decided to provide that answer to someone else on the very same thread. I won't say any more about what I think about that, because I'd probably be banned for it, so moving on. The reason given was, basically, that the new owner wants more ad revenue, and removing Other Psychotropics was part of an attempt to Rating: 5