[mturmon]

I think the disagreements in the thread around this comment stem from the notion of an "average ACM conference" -- there is no such thing. ACM has everything from very high-quality conferences like STOC to "C-track" conferences that have a few good papers, but are mostly routine or crap.

I've done a lot of review work (but I don't like to do hard work for free any more), and nothing is more depressing than reviewing for C-track conferences. The mis-spent effort, the mis-used terminology, the buzzwords and the pretense.