It is. Like you, I came to fandom late (a few months before DH was published) and have missed the "classic" era and the apparently heated discussions surrounding some topics and stories.

To me it often feels like I'm only hovering on the brink of fandom and, because I'm shy and reserved, find it difficult to make friends, get more involved etc, though I'd love to. And now it seems that fandom is diminishing instead.
~clings to friends and favourite stories~