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If we're going to open a new dialog on this:Has anybody noticed the drastic decline in quality of links and comments in the last month or so?  I think one of the problems is that, without comment scores, new users don't have feedback from the community on how they're supposed to act.  There's no way for them to learn the culture.So it's September, but with no way to tell the new students to mind their manners.