Old posts are still on the forum try doing a search on posts from 2007 and see what it was like. The forum was different people got 90 point D VS2s or sometimes a hearts and arrows 1.10 G VS1, then an influx of people started getting J SI1s and it went down from there and up in size, so a 1.50 ct J SI1 was the thing, now a 2 carat L SI1 and more recently 3 and 4 carat U SI2 or sometimes VVS2 because the diamond is more cheap due to the low color so higher clarity can be achieved. Maybe the recession had to do with it. No experts to help new buyers although they all still ask for the experts to help them but they don't exist on the board now. The experts were all gemmologists or appraisers with many years behind them, like Wink. They could comment on other dealers stones and so you got the full picture of what was going on.