This is incredibly hard. I'm not sure if I would rate it 7 or 9 (there's no chance of an 8), because of a few things.
I think this site has really improved within the past month. That may be that the interest in the sales forum has spiked again (according to my numbers, there's been a 60% increase MoM), but it has improved greatly in many areas. I think the idea of making as many people contributors as there have been is great.
Some of the people who are now contributors used to do some "iffy" stuff. They were occasionally rude, and started a few "flame wars". After they have become contributors, they've started maintaining order, without banning people (I know they cannot).
Essentially, the "fanboy" part of the site has seemingly decreased a lot (I believe this is thanks to the contributors), and that has lead to a fair bit of good threads starting.
As of now, I think the contributors are doing a better job at keeping this site clean than the mods are.
I decided to give the site a rating of 9. Well done contributors!
