Is it the economic recession, or the recent troubles of TER that seems to have DRAMATICALLY slowed the discussion traffic on this board?  

I was learning so much.

combination of everything. This baord goes through a cyle approx every 9 months or so.

it is incredibly difficult to respond to conversation when every post takes (15 minutes) minimum to be posted.  I have had some take almost 24 hours to hit the board.  If and when the moderated status is removed, conversation will flow more freely.  Just my opinion...I know I have my unmoderated request in(been almost a week now).  I think I read somewhere that it may takes days for all the requests to be processed.

TER has gone thru a major transition...from the brainchild of a brilliant but troubled founder to what appears to be a corporate, biz-school run operation.  Many successful businesses go thru this type of change and growth.  In the early years, it's loads of fun and exciting and crazy, but ... yes, it's crazy and bizarre and unstable.  Now, it's going to be stable and probably a lot more profitable for the owners, and probably not as much fun.

I agree on posting changes..

You are correct. It is regoddamndicoulous!

If you take out all the flaming nonsense, this is about what's left.

Give it some time and see how it all plays out.