What I've noticed when I've talked about Ethereum a few times recently is that there isn't as much engagement in the discussions as there was when Ethereum was in a better position.
Silence often means things are being developed in the background or that it's waiting for resurgence. Voids in this space usually get filled. There'll probably be another hard fork soon enough and everyone who cares will go back to rallying behind it again.
I think the inflationary issue was always going to come out with the idea of staking. I'm not sure they meant to let people stake below the 33 ETH or whatever the initial point was set at but I reckon that's caused some issues. The 8% return is far higher than you can get anywhere else (especially at the moment).