Nah, this thread has a very different focus, and I think it is better as a standalone thread.
By the way, I think the hole created by FoodTalkCentral and HungryOnion may be slightly larger than the membershipl number. The reason is that many people who left Chowhound are highly active members, like mcf (StoneSoup), Sunshine, Caroline1, kattyeyes, and you yourself…etc. These are people who post on average anyway from 3-30 posts a day. This is not the same as losing members who only post once a month.
In all honesty through, the hole wasn’t really created by FoodTalkCentral or HungryOinion. The actual hole was created by Chowhound itself.
By the way, naf 
is the first person who claimed not to be from Chowhound:
