You can call CDL a bad apple all you'd like, I've seen what happens to forums that lose their grit, and it's far worse than CDL saying the quiet things out loud.
There's an odd trend in the internet world where, gatekeeping is seen as some sort of evil. That is, and has always been, missing the forest for the trees. If you fail to gatekeep, fail to haze, you'll be overrun by users with no answers, and no way to get answers, so they'll go elsewhere and this place will rot into nothing.
Now, that might be better for you QB, at least in the short term. Dumb money comes quicker than smart money, but, you're forgetting that, dumb money is often small money, and smart money is often big money.
You want to attract smart money, and perhaps you've realized this and think you can't do so, which would be tragic, or perhaps you haven't realized this, and you're in the middle of disagreeing with me in some way/shape/manner or form. I'd implore you to not, and instead smile with me because I'm on your team, and on your team more than the guys with pillows for spines that gladhand everything you do.