My take, being here from day 1?
The board quarrels are small change bullshit. The autists stay under the radar and only come out when real events require it.
Filter the ones you individually find to be a PITA, the ones who aren't leading you in any direction that you find recognizably usable. There's a reason god made the filter button.
There's a lot of nuggets still hidden in modest appearing posts among the useless hue and cry of lesser skirmishes leading nowhere.
You know your concentration wavelength, just skim over and/or filter posts that you find distracting.
The board is a fail-safe. It activates in a crisis. Being bored waiting come with the territory.