The antiquated look of this site, certainly has a hand in the experience of browsing this place. 

No argument there, that's for sure. 

A re-launch with a whole new look and feel could drive up the numbers a bit, and from that, maybe more people who want to be mods. Judging from the history of Renderosity, imo, it holds it's own weight.  It's had it's niche. However, the last few years have proved a trial with so many sites, of this type, starting up. Although the user-base grows everyday, there is a finite amount of people that surf and have tendencies that keep them posting and wanting to help others. Many of those important 'tendencies' are no longer being addressed here, so people have left.

I've been here since 2002. This is my second account that's why it shows 2003. I learned allot just from browsing the forums, which were chalk-full of new questions and new content/tips/tricks every day, everywhere...  

But if nobody is here to do that...