14th October 2009, 10:08 AM
It's all a bit too pally and Facebook-y on the new system, which has basically taken the edge off any debate. Plenty of people, evidently some of the prime ranters/trouble makers have clearly not transferred across, and others are presumably now using their real names and so now feel less happy contributing to controversial topics. A real shame, it now feels a bit like there is no real debate (about things that matter more than ever) anymore. Perhaps the Digger will pick up the slack but only two posts so far last time I saw.