on a less shitposty note I just had an idea for why the shitposting economy collapsed in early 2013: activity in ctam had become more of a serious subject and the discussion of ctam compared to the discussion in threads such as this where we shitposted at maximum capacity ruined all of the other shitposty topics, dragging us into a three-year depression which ruined and turned away many potential shitposters as they came to the forum for a few months, saw the lack of intense shitposting, and left.