-Grew up
-Left for purer waters
-Found better places to have discussion
-Moved to IRC
/prog/ is now just a place for shitpostign on.
Even Shii said (talking about anonymous boards) that "[..] you will need a dedicated team of moderators to police the board for trolling and nonsense."
But m00tlekins just loves burning bridges.
Fucking thanks moot. Talks big about being beholden to his community, then leaves part of it to die.
So to answer your question, where are they?
Find a better chan, find a better community.
That is where they are. and then the /prog/ger was enlightened.