Is DA getting Lazy?

...I know I am. During the 5 years I've been on here I've gone from very active, running around this place, looking for new art to discover and finding new ways to display my stuff, to a bit slow and at peace. Now I have found a number of artists whose art I follow and appreciate and I don't really see the point in submitting to groups to get :fav:s any more. I have 10-20 people here who regularly takes an interest in what I do and whose opinions I care about and I'm pretty happy with that. I've also found some friends who I like to talk nonsense with from time to time and who helps making the boring hours at work somewhat easier to get through. 

But how about DA? I like to think I get better and better at what I do, both in photography and in painting. But even if I spend some time and submit stuff to groups and work a little at it, people just don't seem to bother about new art as much as before. I used to get a number of random :fav:s and comments on each deviation before but now it's more and more a rarity. - Dude! You suck nowadays!, might be the only logical answer. It might be true but I think there is more to it than that.

How about you? What's your experience?