Attracting users is not always good. Attracting active, rule following, possibly useful users on the other hand is good. a shiny forum wont necessarily attract desired users, as much as pure numbers, and maybe that's not the best idea?
if you really want to complain this much Thomas, why not start your own site? these guys work pretty hard for limited yield if at all and all you seem to be doing is complaining and on more than one account insisting Alex hands over control. In the long run remember this IS his site, and you should be thankful for all the time you have spent one it, instead of whining so much. He and all the other programmers and mods etc have put in lots of their time working on this site, it is almost absurd to demand more in such a manner.
Listing possible suggestions is fine, but listing then nagging and all of that just seems rude. I know if i was one of them i would be pissed at you after this. "guys you should fix this and add this. you're not getting paid for it, and all have real lives WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE IT YET?!"