Is this forum going downhill, due to numpty newbies?

I find it impossible to keep up with the forum at the moment and hardly read anything. The noise generated by chatter has reached levels that I'm no longer comfortable with. Trying to 'catch up' on the forum is pointless, as the minute you 'do' real life again, it's back up 120 unread threads in no time, and that's only subscribed threads. Let's face it, us oldies are too numpty for this forum.

Why do you feel the need to "catch up" with the forum?

Narrow your interests down to the important stuff only (such as the meme thread and the coffee thread) and let everything else go and fuck itself to hell.