@Matthew McGarity - Complaining is a patriotic act, ya know. It is our duty to complain! ;)

In addition to the excellent point of @Kevin Muldoon, above, there is the problem that WPTavern is not a welcoming environment, of the great unwashed masses to whom it is presented.

The problem I tend to complain about, is that the Tav is too much about & for cool people, and too negative on plebes. This is a place for power-hitters, real contributors, and those who manage to (good on 'em!) or fantasize about skimming a buck off WordPress.

And that's fine. I'm a capitalist myself. And I daresay, I defend a nice little elite niche, with my own benefit primarily in view. It's not a big downer, in & of itself, that that's the main thrust at WPTavern. In fact, the experts (not the noobs) make the page worth looking at.

It becomes an eyebrow-raiser, when a version of WPTavern that is not for the millions who see it in the Admin page, see it in their Admin page, anyway. In other contexts, this is readily identified as garden-variety spam. (I don't freak out over a little benign spamming, either ... just keep in mind what's what.)

Average users are notably unwelcome in the Tav. When one wanders in unawares, those who figure they own the place are quick to toss a jacket or shirt onto any unoccupied barstools, pull any empty chairs around their own table ... and put on their best cold-shoulder.

If the thing is going to be pushed to the masses, it can't legimately be reacting to the inexpert, confused and marginally-informed like they're something the cat dragged in.