Well, you can help make the difference... (and not only with downvote)
To be honest, all forums have dips and evolution in character. At the moment, perl is not hip, and used in stable legacy code. This attracts people like me, who mainly work on *ux and tolerate other OS'es. However, this forum is not about OS'es, but about perl, that compiles even on my toaster (ok, not exactly on my toaster, but you get the idea). Some have an opinion about things, and well, get a bit excited about it, some keep to themselves, and just lurk, making an incidental post. As time passes by older gits get replaced by younger ones, and the mentality changes. The way of communication changes. The way of expressing oneself changes. Sign of the times, I guess. Still, this is perlmonks and each member should behave like a monk (give and take some traits, we are not the same person). As for the "keep people ignorant"... that is a exaggeration. There are forum rules, and man, they are strict. Takes a while to get used to that. I don't like it that much myself, but it keeps the question and code quality up. Once you get passed that beginners level, where it seems a sin to even ask questions here because there is google and tutorials with the exact same answers, and similar old questions. Past that level, you start asking interesting questions, that others actually like to answer. (and I even go out of the way for you installing a weird module to test and reply with tested, working code. And learn myself in the process). And yes, eventually, I will move on. Just like everyone else does. Replying with quality IS a chore. But we do it for the love of Perl.
Anyway... I just made beer, grab a keg
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