Centurian nodes? I've only been looking at PerlMonks for about a year, but I'm amazed when I see a node reach even halfway there.

At my Perl skill level I'm not going to be offering any amazing solutions to complex problems or prophetic words of wisdom in any node that is going to even get me close, but after reading some of the more "for entertainment purposes only" best nodes of yore I was inspired to make my attempt going that route.

I discovered that either: a) achieving such a lofty node reputation just isn't feasible anymore nowadays, or b) I'm not even as close to as funny and entertaining as I believe myself to be. Since my ego informs me that option b) is obviously utter poppycock, I resolved to accept option a) as an inconvenient reality.

I just figured both general use by your typical every-man and more importantly the number of power users keeps declining on PerlMonks as the community elders retire and the new generation of potential congregation members abandons the good book in favor of something more hip and evangelical. But what the hell do I know, I haven't been around long enough to give anything but at best a second hand account of "then vs. now" and I'm usually just shooting from the hip at possible explanations.