The robust discussions stemmed from everyone learning new things and sharing on the forum, hence more discussion around the new things. It was genuinely exciting to be here because you could feel the buzz and thirst for knowledge. And I volunteered to become a mod cos all the spam was getting in the way.
The downside to that was this place being cliquey and a lot of flamewars. Knowledge lead to ego and impatience or just strong points of view.
The forum as it is right now is stagnant because there is no new influx of knowledge and new stuff to discuss: Eg. new nutrition ideas, new supplements, new programs, new exercises, or even discussion around specific exercises that you're trying out.
Instead what we have is essentially a Q&A format of newbs coming in and asking questions, some more retarded than most, and the old birds answering, or telling them to read the stickies, repeat ad nauseam. Plus people using this place to sell stuff (hopefully clearing them has given us more 'space')
To start, I suggest sharing more articles in here that you guys have read that you find useful, like that Greatest Program, the ebook that Gala found, even the exercise when travelling that chay took the initiative to post. Shrug.