It also seems pretty funny to me that so many people are think that this site has been run as a democracy. When it has never been that. JP did what he felt was best for the board, or the best use of his time, and the subscriber base has stayed. Everybody hated AP's when they were first implemented, everybody whined and complained about it, yet everybody stayed. Please remember that AO has always been run as a company, and for profit(except when it was run as a hobby site).
I for one would love to see more original content being posted. The tutorials are many times just regurgitated technical articles from other sites and manufacturer documentation. Jupiter has the resources to hirer technical writes, and technical columnists that can contribute fresh new ideas, and this should be looked upon as a great thing to people who think the content here is already good. As it should only be improved.
Limiting the effects of the AP system is also a great idea, get back to being more of a moderator based forum as those are usually much less influenced by the masses. The ability of "gangs" of users to beat up on other members is a major problem, and needs to be corrected pretty quickly. The site has lost way to many subscribers who could have been a major asset because of the antics of some members here.
and the site is horribly slow, I welcome anything that can speed it up a bit.
