More of an issue now than before, but still not a huge deal. We can turn things around.
This community is for a bot. It's not a "trade-only" community. That just happens to be the most popular section now. If the bot gets advertised more, and more people find out about it, there will be more members willing and able to make 100 posts to use the trading area. And making 100 posts is not all that difficult in an active community. I've made dozens in a single day arguing with someone.
EDIT: That amount can also be lowered. It's possible to subtract from 100 until 0.