Chess.com is deteriorating

If you want things to change, then usually we must begin with ourselves. I'd like to believe my forum threads are quality and my "serious" forum topics are helpful to others or answering for me. If you want better quality responses in your forum threads, then take some time to make your post quality and look fairly professional. If it looks like you put time and thought into it, then others will sense this and typically give you a solid post back. If your threads look half put together or full of spelling errors, then it only invites trolls to critique. 

As for threads you observe that you did not create, just find the better quality threads. I assure you they are out there. The forums can be a wonderful resource to get questions answered (especially chess specific questions with so many high-rated players who lurk the forums, yet seldom post unless they see a quality thread worth their effort of posting in). 

chess.com isn't deteriorating in the least. If you want the chess community to be even better, then begin with yourself like I have done. Want quality posts? Create quality posts? Want helpful responses? Post helpful responses in other forum threads. 

The chess community is our community too, so it is our responsibility as well