I'm not one of the ancients, but it's changed huge in the last 5 years. The hobby is rocketing off the face of the earth, and it's bringing in a ton of newbs. That's great, and great for the hobby. With the rise in numbers, there is a rise in redundancy in the threads, which is a bit annoying at times. I don't even follow most of my owner's club threads anymore because they are just the same questions over and over and over. I can't bring myself to mention the search function for the 453rd time. I just can't!