I believe that this is the most visited forum on this site. Killing the alt sections can likely kill this website.
Exactly who cares about BTC anymore...
Bitcoins have become too expensive. Most people aren't into cryptocurrencies because they think it's the future. They're into them because they think they'll make money. The BTC boat has sailed- there is still room for growth, in fact quite a bit- but most people are looking into altcoins to make the money they could have made as early adopters of Bitcoins.
Still do not see a single reason why a Home Miner should mine Bitcoins. It is not profitable any more. What's in it for him?
On the other hand big corporations with huge amount of Hashing power receive the BIG bucks.
The alt coins are more decentrallized than ever, affordable and could give you ROI.