I've been on TOTV for almost ten years and have seen some very good posters leave over the years for various reasons. I am not sure the threads or posts have become more negative, and would argue that negative can often be in the eye of the beholder. I get on TOTV once or twice a day and seldom look at more than two or three posts that seemingly would be of interest to me. I still find a lot of good information that has been helpful to me among the clutter. Redwitch and Bucco know I lean left, though not as far as Red:)