Is Fluther eating its own?

I’ve been here since 2009 minus 18 months when I was away. When we had a lot of new users coming and going, we accomplished quite a lot. The tone of the conversation could get heated, but it was never nasty. We don’t have that now.

We’re the same users day after day. The discussion often devolves into personal attacks between users. We’re like a group of survivors on an island trying to vote each other off.

How do we rise above pettiness? How do we stop the personal bickering and return to enjoying exchanging information?