I think it's good, while spam posts are still here I find them significantly less frequent than bitcointalk forums. Ranking up is easier for sure, but it still really discourages spam of any kind, and anyone SR member or higher can reward karma or punish posters. With enough punishes people will start to get negative karma, making them unable to participate in most bounties here. I think the atmosphere is a lot more friendly as well. Bitcointalk has lots of snarky people who just slam people for no reason at all, they make a mockery of the merit system there as well as people freely sell merit to others, as well as people giving merit to posts that in no way deserve merit. I think this forum is a lot better, but it still has lots of room to grow.