Aye; I suspect it's because a lot of them have either given up trying or have jumped ship to here or IJ.

They're still about, and still vocal, but there're fewer of them, partially due to decline, partially due to them leaving for "better" climes.

(and that some of the people here who love the new things and improvements were the same people complaining about stuff like the profile page update and similar there still amuses me)