Everyone seems to love nostalgia. South Park did a good job with their member berries episodes.
Now there's just frustration it seems like. If you're lucky you land a $65 print. They sell out in minutes and shortly after 50 pop up on eBay for 3x face. Back in the day when you could buy more than 1 print it made sense sometimes to grab 2 and put one on eBay to cover your costs, but no one was really going over 2x face.
I think people are also afraid to post their opinions. Everyone has one, but there are a lot of people on these forums who think Shep can do no wrong. I think it's ok to critique his work. It's definitely changed over the years and regardless what you think about his imagery, messages, colorways, typography, and deformed hands ... they are still selling out every drop. Everyone likes what they like, but you bring in the politics, his politics, personal politics ... things can get heated real quick. Gotta remember it's just a discussion.
I do a lot of PM'ing and keep things off the boards. I prefer the one-on-one interactions. A lot of great members on here with a lot of great stories. It's fun to hear about how someone acquired something. Reminiscing about $35 prints that sat on the website for weeks. Regretting why I didn't buy everything I could. Kicking myself for spending $400+ on those same prints today.
I'm just waiting for the 2017 version of One Hell Of A Leader to drop (sanz ferdinand)