Where have all of the intelligent posts gone? When I was a kid I ran a BBS (one of those Elite/hacker/Phreak/Carding BBS'). Posts on that site were intelligent, informative, and refined. People would read and re-read their posts before submitting them. Now, there are many spelling mistakes and grammar mistakes in large news websites. Posts are the internet are like flaming bags of crap.

The titles sound interesting but it's not long before it's apparent that not a lot of research went into the post. Am I just a grumpy old man or do I have a valid point?

and see... I did it too! "Posts on the internet are like flaming bags of crap."

Are you asking if the error rate in the spelling and grammar of mainstream news articles has increased?

Or are you just looking for some intelligent content online?

Here are some:

theness.com/neurologicablog

newyorker.com

(obviously, i don't consider these "objectively" intelligent, but I enjoy them, and find them to have a low number of errors)

Also:

nejm.org

nature.com/index.html

@DanAndrews Is there a chance that you are misremembering the quality of the posts on your BBS? (See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fading_affect_bias)

In any case, comparing 1987 BBS posts with 2015 newspaper articles isn't a fair comparison. Compare 1987 newspaper with 2015 newspaper articles.

@nomenagentis I just read a well written article from the 90's and was wondering why there wasn't more of them written recently or further developed. I was in a frustrated state... I've since eaten lunch... all is good :D

Here's something well written but only 12 years ago :D oocities.org/collectumhermeticus/thoth.htm.tmp GEOCITIES! Gosh, how horrible was the platform back then.