I'm fairly sure that the change in treatment of women (or at any rate, that one woman) was because most of the fandom went off after the next pretty. It made me very sad to see my beloved fandom diminishing, but what was left was more strongly influenced by those who remained. It has been particularly interesting to see how the Secret Santa exchange stories changed - virtually no Justin, virtually no JuC, quite a lot of Joey, more Backstreet, and many cheerful threesomes!