I'll add this: when people criticize CathInfo, they are usually talking about the Crisis in the Church subforum -- or the Anonymous subforum. I have heard almost zero criticism over the past 12 years about the contents of "Catholics Living in the Modern World", "The Sacred", or any of the other sub-fora on CathInfo.

As a couple of posters have already pointed out, the flat earth subforum is the quintessential useless topic and one that I expect to bring more and more criticism against CI as time goes on.  The Crisis subforum, while it often becomes overly heated or arcane, at least discusses matters that are intrinsically important to the faith.

I'm not sure how much work it would take to look at the numbers, but I suspect the proportion of flat earth posts here does not reflect the topic's worth and significantly adds to the impression that the forum spends too much time on the useless.

Not everyone has be to interested in the same topics.

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Some people are entertained by abstract speculations in the same way that others might enjoy listening to music or watching a movie.  I am very much inclined that way.  What's wrong with that?

I am interested in these types of questions because they eventually shed light on Catholic principles.  Trying to apply principles to specific cases, even if they might be outlandish, helps you to understand the principles.

I am very intellectually curious about the shape of the planet (globe or flat), despite the fact that I know it has no bearing on my salvation.  While some people might watch "The Sound of Music" (yuck) one evening, I'd prefer to watch a docuмentary regarding flat earth or other things that interest me.

I never spent much time on Angelqueen but, if I'm remembering correctly, it was one forum (no subforums) for all threads, regardless of topic. I like that idea, but don't know how practical it would be in action.