Something i noticed a while ago was that if you spend too much time here waiting for stuff to happen then nothing seems too. If you back off a little and expect less then more seems to happen. It's a weird thing but as the saying goes "familiarity breeds contempt", whilst the wording does not strictly comply the sentiment does, sort of.
I have though noticed a significant drop in the Jihad posts of old where TYO (sober) and many others (drunk) held conference, oddly enough TYO made less sense most times than those who were..well..hammered.
As the boss says though, peaks and troughs, some weeks theres news, celeb nudes and other stuff aplenty other weeks it's quiet. When this place is quiet the net is quiet, whatever happens the best stuff ends up here anyway.
To me this place rocks 24/7. Even when no-one else is on (damn being on GMT instead of EST or whatever time zone you guys are in).