Well said. I’m aware that there’s a large market of users who prefer a dumbed-down level of discourse (heh), and I don’t begrudge them for flocking to alternative options that cater to their jejune tastes. I’d just hate to see the SDMB descend to the level of those other sites.
This is basically the same story as how I found and why I joined the Dope - I was searching for information related to a sport I play, but somehow landed on this thread from my Google search, and I was captivated by the oddball and heavy-hitting analysis the posters did on what would typically be considered an unimportant topic — a culture that I’ve never found on other parts of the web before.