Here is a shitty illustration of activity i've noticed in the last few months watching ib, maybe it's a summer trend but i wouldn't know because i'm still a 2013 newfag, and left before much could happen to me, cause my life became hectic.
Apparently, from what i've been watching for the last few months, both this year and last, a lot of shit went down in the summer with spammers and a bunch of users stirring up trouble with the normal users in ib.
I've been holding my tongue about a lot of stuff, so i figured it was time i let the shit loose.
Not that i've improved all that much, i'm still a newfag myself. I need to lurk moar before anything can be validated.
Anyway, here's the 5 stages (that i've noticed, my personal opinion ofc) of IB:
Notice how it goes from less faggotry and less shit threads straight to the dead zone, right? Basically, (i think), as soon as there are more than a few new threads each week, the threads get shittier and more stupid people tend to gather.
Everything I've stated, is, of course, just a theory.