as someone who never made a great mark on the board, and who left ages ago, i can offer my detached perspective.
the world is vast. the board, on the other hand, is too london-centric, too uk-centric. this is fine in that you don't ask the pear tree for oranges, but the result is that the outlook is limited and not very stimulating. there is a closing in of sorts that has made the uk very dull (aside from the shard, which is coming along nicely!). funky house, to give an example, is just not very stimulating or interesting outside of london, in fact it's a measure of how stale things seem from the outside.
almost as untouchable as london are the human totems/sacred cows. the founders of the board are not to be spoken ill of, naturally, nor is mr. reynolds and his all-encompassing theory of the continuum. all are treated with much respect and reverence, and some grovelling. as to users, obnoxious, narcissistic, self-aggrandizing, quasi fascistic ones will be tolerated, (obnoxious) communists such as hundredmillionlifetimes will be banned.
the youtube thing mentioned above is also an issue to those of us in the periphery as threads have one embedded video after another that is unavailable in my country or has been taken down. i'm not a poet or writer, but i prefer even the odd scribble to the wasteland of dead posts that say nothing.
ultimately however i only have myself to blame for losing interest in dissensus. i'm sure i have missed out on a lot of things and may not have contributed anything of interest had i posted more frequently anyway. i really have nothing to say other than dissensus is still in my autocomplete and that leads me here from time to time, lured by the prospect of interesting content/posts. so to end this note, i have to say i loved this place and wish the board and all of you the best in the future!
bruno