Dem traitors! At the same time though, with no one here to raise the bar, there's opportunity for new animators to fill the empty spaces. This place is certainly not as lively as it was a few years back, but it's far from dead! The larger communities are easily stealing the lot of creative people since they have larger audiences and incomprehensible amounts of resources to power their sites, but I think many people would favor this place over a community steered by a faceless corporation in the long run. I'll always be here.
Also, hit enter a bit early, feel free to delete that incomplete comment below. :P
VicariousE
All excellent points, though jazlyte changed gears slightly, and is now doing cartoon strips of an unusual nature. There are tons of great animators and story tellers here, who drop one or two masterpieces on us, and are never heard from again.
Infinite diversity in infinite combinations, yields the best results.