Interesting thread.
Not sure what to add. Every time it seems all has been said, more is added.
Basically I agree, it's a medium and growing board, and where it goes will be a combination of management and the posters in general.
As for the past, present and future ... yeah, some will like the way it goes, some won't. Those who didn't, don't, won't are free to go elsewhere or stay and bitch. (We don't mind.)
But yes, where it goes will be a dynamic combination of the community at large. One can be a part of it and help form that destiny or not.
But I will laugh my head off at the one's who leave, come back later on and then bitch a blue streak when they had their chance and it has passed.