It's gotten a lot better over the last few months. When I first joined I quit for a while because there were so many negative little kids. Then I went to a board that was the other extreme and you weren't even allowed to speak like an adult, aka no "dirty" words. Well that got old really quickly and then I watched how much of a bully the staff was and that was the last straw... so I'm back here and liking it much better.
So, while you still have the occasional immature person that can't be bothered to read what you've actually written before attacking you, over all this site has improved.
The admins said there were going to be some changes so I'm guessing this is why there is such an improvement. Maybe this is because of private "consultation" between unruly board members and the admins. I don't know because I haven't seen any changes other than people being nicer.
Then again most of the people I thought were jerks before are now gone because they sucked at growing the easiest plant on the face of the planet.
Oh, and school is back in session so the high school kids don't have as much time to waste.