There are dramatically less folks here since the "upgrade". There are less threads that I am interested in, as well as less threads about horse{censored} I don't care about. It is still pretty easy to not open the threads I don't want to read.
I look forward to jj's posts, I don't know why you would want to ignore him. I will always open a thread started by jj, as well as ravencad and eg. Why? Because the chances are there is an interesting and stimulating conversation occurring in their threads. Also, they are funny sonsofbitches and I like to laugh. It makes me feel good.