Did you actually find the old photo gallery, prospero? Where is it? All I can find is the current Photo Gallery which you get by clicking "Extras" and the old original gallery photos don't appear to be there. I may have missed them, but I have looked.

Of course, there will always be only a very small percentage of members who participate in any activity, whether it be elections, parties, or photos, but that is true of most BBs. I sometimes check the number of posts for the Today's Birthdays folks (about as random a sampling as you could find) and by far the vast majority of folks have only a handful of posts and really aren't an active part of the community, so, of course, they would probably not post a photo anywhere.

The photos, no matter where or how they are posted, would exist for those who do like to go to the parties and do want to get to know one another better, not for that vast majority that really doesn't much participate in any aspect of the board.