Createspam, Createblog has created a monster Options

[NoSex]

Alright. I have noticed recently that these boards have been suffering from an obscene amount of spam and one on one conversation based posting. The entire vibe and feel of the boards have, in my opinion, reached a kind of low. The debate threads are more stagnant than ever. The lounge is a waste of time. The entertainment threads suffer any kind of in-depth or worthwhile posts. It just seems like the community boards are really beginning to suck.

The problem is, how would we solve this problem?
Do we need to punish those spammers? If so, will traffic decrease to a useless degree?
Maybe we can try to attract some older parties?
The debate thread could become exclusive. But, then it might actually become entirely stagnant.
The idea for an art subforum seems to be a push in the right direction.
Or maybe I should just find a more suitable community board?

What do you guys think?

[*mipadi*]

I think part of what leads to division in the "community" is the focus cB places on superlatives. How many threads are about the "member/staff member of the month", or who's posts you like the most, or who's posts you like the least, or who creates the most drama, or who you like the most, and so forth? I say, who cares? Do we need to devote entire threads to the most notable members of the community? Is that the sort of thing we really want to focus on? Or do we want to focus on actual content and conversation?