I was really struggling last spring. Everyone kept saying it was just the "slow time" and things would pick up. Things still aren't rolling like they used to.
At one point, I was really bored with the Planet. I realized though that the reason was a lot of the people I used to enjoy posting with were gone. Upon further reflection, I came to the conclusion that I liked posting iwith those people because I had become comfortable posting with them. All the nOOBs just cluttered the BB. Since then, I have been a bit more attentitive to learning who the newer posters are. Now I've kinda gotten to know some that I was basically ignoring and they aren't all that bad. I have also found fresh targets for smack.
There will never be another LVNHACK, jOHn, MrBlond and so on. I wished more of the old regulars were back. But at the same time, we are getting some new posters that are quality posters as well.