WTF?
I've never used it (and the following is just me talking from my nether regions), but I've always kept it "in my back pocket" as something someday to try out. Why? Because in my mind, it was "non-corporate" - made for the love of the platform, not for money.
Maybe that's the problem. Maybe where things went wrong was when they tried to monetize stuff. Stop doing that - everything isn't about money.
Or at least, it shouldn't be. More often than not, especially in projects like these, money can corrupt and screw up the whole project.
So fork it. Get back to the community, back to the roots. Quit trying to become "the rich guy" - and go back to being "the hacker dude bring cool 5h!7 to the community". Don't even think about the money. If its really worth something, the money will magically appear. Even if it doesn't, what does it matter? It's about the love of the platform, right?
RIGHT?
So fork it. The community will follow, and not look back at what once was, but will look forward to what can be.