The quality of this forum is horrendous

Refer to title.

This forum is very difficult to use as to have a discussion of any sorts. I don't know the exact numbers, but the feeling I get is that around half the messages in here wouldn't get past a spam filter.

Is this bad? Well, not inherently, there's a very lax approach when it comes to what constitutes content here, and it's not that I'm against it, but when people get shunned for creating discussion topics of any sort, or the forum-goers seem to be betrayed when there's no giveaway in the post, it's a bit sad, innit?

I mean, one could argue the purpose of the site is to create/enter Giveaways, and they would be correct, but I ask, isn't that, then, what the Giveaway tab is for? I mean, if trades are confined to Steamtrades, why aren't giveaways uniquely on the giveaways tab? I mean, there's nothing wrong with the Birthday/Cakeday/whatever threads that people want to create, but I think we can agree that they aren't the best grounds for an exchange of opinions.

What's your two cents on this? Do you browse SG's forum for discussion/news/content? or, on the other hand, do you skim it for giveaways? Would you prefer a forum geared towards discussion more, or, is it good as it is?