Try to get this through the sludge surrounding your brain.
It doesn't matter a whit what I think or what you think. Max has set the thing up and with Joe and Pene made changes as he desired. He sometimes asks for comments and sometimes makes some of his own. Not since the very earliest of days has it been a free-form/ain't no rules/ type of place. The world got in the way and now some things are routinely done that didn't used to be. Notice too that lately there have been very few problems or acrimonius posts and most of the folks seem pretty happy.
Forget your reliable old Max quote......YOU have no say in it and no one is going to bother adding editorial comments for you to pick through and discuss......because there is no discussion. Got a gripe? Write to Joe or Max directly and you have seen that the occasional mistake has been corrected without your petty blathering.
In short Roger.....Have a Coke and a smile and shut the fuck up!