As most others will probably just ignore you, I feel that I have to say that your comment about the people who have passed away was tasteless and uncalled for and it's only right that they are mentioned on here as it is relevant to the hobby and maybe the only way that people can find out about it. As you probably didn't know them, they could have been one of the good folks as you stated and as you know, there are many on here.
As to the internal bickering I assume that you mean the stupidly long and pointless threads about Playboy. It was actually a discussion between accuracy and facts versus speculation and opinions. It also wasn't an internal one as I'm an "outsider" who just wanted certain things clarified but failed to get anywhere with that although there was something useful from elsewhere.
Plus you forgot the sales threads so it wouldn't be that empty anyway.
Just my opinion but maybe you were a bit harsh about the notices, basically.