Whoo feelings.
In any case I think the board is just changing. Not that that's a bad thing, just a fact. I think of it as MAC making a shift in people's perceptions. They used to do fewer launches and collections last longer so there was never any hype or rush. Now however there's 2 sometimes 3 collections a month and they're doing more and more high-profile stuff.
The higher profile stuff will - of course - bring folks who's major career is e-bay. MAC's created the hype machine and let's face it getting collections these days is ridiculous. Now its partly "Oooh I gotta get this" and "GURL I GOT this, you know MAC ain't easy for everybody but I got mine (cheese face" so the competition (intentional btw) is raised.
Facts are this board tends to stalk, announce, and discuss collections and that fact is getting out. Folks steal info from Specktra ALL THE TIME. Major blogs in fact, lol, so its not like we're getting thanked and patted on the back for our contribution to someone else's pocketbook. It was only natural eventually folks would get sick of the game and do something different.
I'd personally advise everyone to stop talking about any new systems, plans, pm's and etc. lol. Work it out behind the scenes
and if it don't work out then it wasn't meant to be
The thing people are trying to avoid is any drama and I think talking about this stuff just brings a ton of it.