The lending section as pretty much been monopolised, but certain users. They offer low rate loans, and therefore you don't get as many threads as we used to asking, since they just go to the multiple services offering these low rate loans.
That is a fair point. This has probably also cut down on the obvious scam loan requests involving sob stories, empty promises, and/or worthless collateral.
I think we need to start thinking about getting merits flowing in the altcoins boards..
They are real users and good users, they throw coin around, make coin flow, and are likely good advertising targets..
Probably. There's an absolute massive stigma of the Altcoin section though. I can't necessarily blame users for that, it is quite crazy at times. Definitely a lot of low quality content, but I think we're making a dent into things slowly. Also, a lot of scam projects which unfortunately put the users that post in that section under question at times, which probably shouldn't be the case.
I'd be interested to hear users opinions on what could be improved, to sort of remove that stigma.
I think this is more of a cultural issue than a moderation issue. There are a lot of people here that can reasonably be described as 'bitcoin maximalists'. There are a lot of people who will describe any altcoin as a 'shitcoin' without knowing anything about the altcoin -- to be fair, this is an accurate description for most altcoins. The only thing I can think of that the administration can do, would be to encourage people to have an open mind regarding altcoins.
Advertising is obviously in the tanks these days too by looking at theymoses ad auction revenue..
Yes, that is one thing I noted in my OP.