It seems like people are flooding the site with anything that will get them a higher rating or a medal of some sort.
When some new members sign up they send welcome to the site messages to everyone that came before them That wasn't so bad when we didn't have so many members. But if new members send "welcome to the Anchorage" messages to everyone, that really junks up everyones in baskets. It's one thing to talk about your interests, but another, just to add numbers for a medal.
Maybe I'm just getting cranky as I get older. And if I'm wrong, I apologize and will learn to "suck it up".