Over the last several months I have noticed a marked reduction in the posting of some of the early members as well as some of the premier posters of FTR. It seems that guys like mike4066, ripptyde, BoondockSaint, Toasty, soupie, Radashack and even Fnord (to a certain degree) post pretty infrequently. I, personally, have also decreased my posting frequency as time has progressed and I think I was member #10. Even Tyson, Eric and Xianti (while definitely keeping up to date on the site itself) do not drop by the forums much anymore unless it is administrative in nature.

That being said, I would not say that the content of the poker discussion has suffered as many of the new members have made great contributions to the forums and the poker discussions. It just seems as though there has been a "changing of the guard" in the posters on FTR. Perhaps this is just the natural progression of things as people move on. Perhaps it's just a product of FTR's growth over the last 1 1/2 years.

Any thoughts? Am I imagining things?