I haven't seen you rustle any jimmies here, but honestly, I haven't been paying much attention either. Switched jobs about a month ago and haven't been able to spend as much time on here unfortunately. Regarding your post about our growth, you make some valid points, but I think there's other contributing factors at play.
Decreased interest in MMA over the past 12-18 months.
Resources to market TMMAC to the masses. It would be nice to have someone like Rogan pimp us on his podcast, like he used to do the UG, but that ain't happening anytime soon from what I can tell. Or have the Reddit network to divert traffic our way for us.
Saturation. Hell, I think it's impressive that we're even here. How many others have tried over the past 10+ years and failed? Pretty much everyone but us. That tends to be too easily dismissed by some. We're really the only forum to launch over the past 10 years and not get swallowed up by UG, r/mma, Sherdog. I'm thrilled with the fact that we're still seeing new members sign up pretty regularly, with only social media & word of mouth as a way to promote the site.
It is what it is. We're proud of what we've built here. Some will enjoy it, some won't. If people choose to leave because of inside jokes, lack of enough traffic to keep them engaged, or because they miss another forum...that's beyond our control. All we can do is continue to welcome those that choose to sign up, continue trying to provide the best product possible to those that do want to be here, and maintain the laid back friendly culture that's been established. If we continue to do those things, the rest will take care of itself. Those other three forums didn't just launch one day and have the membership they do overnight. This shit takes time, dedication, and hard work...and Splinty and I have plenty of all three.