Despair, you say?
Sorry but I can't really tell what the point of all that is. H&E always goes through cycles of activity. The ending was obviously a big thing to talk about here, and now people are calming down from that. That happens anytime something big in Naruto has happened. Some people stay, some people leave, new people join, etc. etc.
Sounds like a premature announcement of the death of a fandom...that probably isn't anywhere near dying. Currently there just is a lack of material to talk about until the next Naruto projects begin.