The stories are very click-baity. There was nothing earth was doing worthy of note in 1825 to start thinking about shooting high powered radio at it in 1920. My money is on observatory equipment issues versus something random that can put off those kinds of Janskys at that distance.
The casual racism that seeps from the Bajoran supports is why Cardassia should have been allowed to redevelop that culture and that planet. It was for the good of everyone.
I'm sure the forums would be quiet indeed if there was a brevity and clarity requirement enforced. Still, penetrability of someone's post seems way too subjective than the rules against having any memory of prior posts.
I don't think you're following the argument properly. Cryptic represents its own product to us, even if they choose to blame other vendors, there is now a definite history of reversals. There's a disconnect between what's officially said and what's implemented now, enough of one that really nothing can be predicted with…