I don't think the actual news really matters as much as the overall culture fostered within PDM. if collab was farming pdm (which is what I guess TAN is alluding to) then it's something that PDM needs to work on to avoid being the target of grabbers. It's not that hard to maintain retal capabilities if you spend about 10 minutes discussing it prior to the set starting :p

you guys need both an attitude adjustment and some reforming of your strats and such. Playing the same way you played when you were a 80+ member alliance with one of the most active dev guys in the game leading are gone, and you probably need to adapt to the changing environment, like most smaller alliances do.

Or kick up recruiting :p
We're working on expanding the player base for you!!! (also, for everyone else :p)