This is just an opinion from a lurker...
I literally just signed up for evilzone, after lurking for so much time. However, I have traveled across many forums to see them all filled with cancerous script kiddies. This site, has tried to keep a sense of quality in their work.
When you start bringing more people into a site, you bring stupidity and one posters just asking simple questions like; "How do I become a hacker?". If you are looking for a good example of a "big" hacking site infested with script kiddies. Have a nice stroll down to hackforums. 98% can't hack, the other 2% who can just fish out "hacking programs" that infect skid computers.
Other sites have died in vain, like hackthissite. So to me this community is small, but does what is needed. Always quality over quantity.