Possibly off-tack but perhaps relevant to the sites slump may have been the re-brand to 'Broncos' from 'Harlequins'. Most regular readers of these pages are well aware of where I stand on that (now dead) subject, but consider this -
There are a lot of formerly regularly contributing 'names' now seemingly absent from this site, hence the thread.
There are also a lot of formerly familiar faces who for several seasons sat near me in the East Stand also apparently missing. (I know some could have emigrated to the West Stand, but the majority hadn't last season.)
This was noticable pretty much from Day 1, not just after losing games ad infinitum.
Is there a connection?
That I do not know, but it certainly is not impossible.