As in”real life” relationships, we all get to know each other’s foibles and enjoy the differences, sometimes getting a laugh out of one another. We miss the members who drop off or move on.
I have forgotten how it all worked before when it was one site but it was ok. I think merging would be ok. If people want to support this separate site then I would chip in.
Years ago, there was a sign in some pubs that was written vertically. When you figured it out, it said "read down then up and find out quick that in this bar there is no tick."
In many very old photos you will see a sign which says Walk Around Corners. This was to tell horses or horse drawn vehicles not to trot, canter or gallop. The offence for doing so was Furious Driving.
If people just backed the winners the world would be a miserable place. Good people can tell the difference between good and evil, in dictators and regimes, and fight for the good.