I think this is a difficult situation. Many people are bored and this is a factor. Availability of the game is becoming a problem - legal availability anyway - we're going to try to do something about this too. I'm hoping we can use the demo FL version as a basis for discovery and thus allow anybody to more or less legally play it.
I don't have any answers but I've discovered that not worrying about the population count and enjoying the game and community for what it is and who the people are has made me much happier/
Proud member of "the most paranoid group of people in the community"