That's a very Conker-esque ideology, assuming people punish you for completely unrelated purposes than the idea that you yourself might have actually done something wrong. You've improved a lot from how you used to act, but if you're still engrossed with that then you need to do some serious retrospective investigation.

Yes, but not the group (I assume) you're referencing. For a number of months there has been a major flux in posts from a small group of members and a lack of posts of the older majority. It was that older majority that made the board appealing to new people, but unfortunately the quality of posts coming from these people is driving the core away.

I used to advertise jj2 and its fan sites but there simply isn't much worthwhile that will attract people. And, once again, I say the only way this is solveable is if we got the source code. What are the chances of that, though?