This is the first time I have had chance to check this thread and it is good to see so many people come out and comment in a rational and intellectual manner. Looking over this thread it seems that people are pulling back from QL because of:

1. Hate threads and comments/posters turn a non-hate thread into a hate mongering session. The hate revolves around a specific countries politics, religion, cultural differences.

2. High- jacking seems to generate a lot of comments but my impression is that this promotoes posters from futher commenting in a thread but is not entirely responsible for posters leaving QL all together.

So the next question is what to do about it?