I think maybe the economy has brought our (my!) attention to where our $$$ goes, and what's really important. It's been interesting too, to watch the growth of geocaching and geocoins, and the popularity of both. Geocoins were such an amazing phenomenon, an off-shot of caching that just exploded in popularity. Not sure where they will go, but we do enjoy watching our talented cachers work.
ps-likewise Moop Alongs comment about the boards, sad part of forums, the anger.