It is active, though the majority of the people are in the Map Development forum. The art sector (icons, skins, models, art-related forums) is a bit more stagnated since the Hive spat on the hand that fed it. It is common for the website to be very active during August, but I suspect it's going for a crash in September / October; if it isn't yet visible, such will be a good time to evaluate just how much activity break resulted from the holocaust.
So where do you know me from anyway? =) My news threads no one cared about? =P