Personally I just joined GH not too long ago as I just started to get into collecting mech KBs & key caps. While researching mech KBs before I bought my 1st decent one this forum's name came up everywhere, I was quite excited to join & converse with people who have the same interests. Unfortunately this site does feel kinda barren most of the time if someone is just looking to BS about mech KB stuff. When you look through the forums there are not too many newer threads & only a few of the older threads are still very active.Although, it has proven to be a great resource for finding out when artisan raffles & group buys are going down.I have faith it will pick back up soon though, from reading this thread it seems the biggest factors in GH being inactive lately is that it summer time for a lot of users & a lot of people have got burned on bad GBs lately leaving them kinda disillusioned with the scene, which is completely understandable IMO. I know I wouldn't want to even see anything mech KB related for awhile if I got burned good in GB gone bad.There is new blood coming into the scene (such as myself) ) & mech KBs are still picking up in popularity so I feel there will always be a need for GH to be around. As for the shadiness that has went down around GBs lately, unfortunately there will always be a few bad apples in the crowd who are looking to take advantage of others as opposed to helping others. There is nothing any of us can do to change that. Although I do think if we come together as a community & exile those people who take advantage of others we can keep the scene as awesome & trustworthy as it ever was. I know this post probably comes off as a little corny especially from a newb like me. But even though I am fairly new to the scene I have already made quite a few friends over mech KBs & have been shown great generosity from them. Just from that I feel that the scene still has a pulse & that 99% of the people involved are in it for the right reasons. We can't let a few a**holes kill our love for our hobby! It is up to us to protect & keep the scene alive, while I can only speak for myself I know I am ready to do whatever it takes to accomplish that goal. I can only hope that all the elder & established members feel the same way about it.