And this from someone who posted
	
		
			
			
				
					
 Originally Posted by 
Fatal Impurity
					 
				 
				I want to win at least one Ciddy (and not one of the crap ones either!)
or possibly becoming recognised....

 
	 
 like an hour ago. 
 
Who's going to be more fun to have around: the guy who can quote Wikipedia for you, or the guy who makes you laugh?  There are plenty of people here who can do both, and I guarantee you very little has changed since you've been a member.  Maybe the general group of spammers isn't as funny as the ones who were here two or four years ago, but who knows?  The longer you're around the longer you see the same stuff, so it's hard not to be a little jaded.
If we're going to define "spam" as anything that is not strictly related to a topic, do you have any idea how boring this place would be?  Posts do get deleted, and entirely pointless things are removed, and sometimes people do get punished.  But it's a place for people to have fun and converse, and if you have a problem with people not being serious enough, put them on your ignore list.
Moping about the popularity of others is about as high school cliché as you can get.