It is much different. There used to be more "experts" that were rude and insulting on a regular basis. We still occasionally have one pop up, but generally those guys are more comfortable on other sites where they can get away with being internet jerks. These guys made this their "campfire" and drove many good posters away.
I don't know if this was good site for "information" (way too much B/S) then but it surely was a more active site. Quantity is not related to quality.