Yeah, people like you are changing it to something more palatable. And I'm seeing increases in different users posting/commenting more often rather than just the power users. Idk if it's crossed the threshold for increasing usability yet, but I'm hopeful for it for the first time since I was new here that it's slowly becoming better.

Thank you for your service.

I also mod a couple communities on another account. Turns out if you just post things you're interested eventually other people will join in and then you can just sit back and enjoy.