# Welp, this place has changed **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 14, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-this-place-has-changed/948650 "2021-08-14T08:05:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-this-place-has-changed/948650/23 "2021-08-15T15:26:21Z")
**Moderator Note** > [@madsircool](#): > > This place allows bullying and pileons which drive otherwise good posters to overreact. The Pit was around long before the software change. The purpose of ATMB is not to complain about the Pit in every single thread, regardless of the topic. If you want to complain about the Pit, do it here: > [@How should the Pit be changed, if at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859): > > [poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859/1) As there has been a lot of discussion lately on the Pit in many recent threads, I thought it might be helpful to try to get a feel for what the community as a whole wants to see done with the Pit. I feel like I’ve read as many posts defending the Pit as there are posts arguing for changes or even elimination of the Pit, but it’s awfully hard to tease out which views have the most support. Frankly, I think the Pit is a negative influence on this board and the arguments that I’ve seen in its… Do not bring complaints about the Pit into unrelated threads. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-this-place-has-changed/948650)._