User blog comment:Kittygirl7878/what's happening?/@comment-1874176-20120223175952/@comment-1874176-20120224094731

Because the long waits make people get into off topic SO much that it's hard to get out again.

Also, let's face it, shipping WAS a pretty big part of the fandom; since the arc, it's seemingly over (personally, I think Dan still MUST have something up his sleeve, or the breakup would be pointless), so those discussions are gone, too.

Also, we don't have much info about the new episodes; iGot Jungle Worms → One Direction Appearance, about 502, NOTHING is known except that there will be a cafeteria scene, and about 503, not really much is known either. We don't have a basis for discussions right now. If Dan wrote a blog giving us some hints about future episodes, I'm sure there'd be more.

Personally, I'm also not THAT excited about the new episodes; Never heard of One Direction, and not sure how they're gonna pull off the recreating old scenes episode. Believe me, as soon as Dan says he writes an iTwins sequel, for example, I'll start squealing.