No point in burying the lede here.
The Meltdown officially died yesterday, and it was not from neglect. Nor did the Meltdown pass into the void because of waning interest — to the contrary, it was and continued to be a great source of weekly traffic, especially from those outside the fandom who came to RBR specifically and only for this one weekly feature.
No, it was instead drowned in the bathtub by those with such powers under the guise of violation of terms of service and changing mores. The option was to whitewash the undiluted rage and poor behavior of fans freaking out, or to terminate it all together.