Tony's account is still active, though he doesn't post and all of his old posts have been pulled. I still ping him on some items in case he still checks in. I would actually bet that he and Brit, along with lots of other folks, have interns or aids who get the duty to browse through FR (and DU and other places) from time to time. I'd bet they also have keyword bots running against us and a lot of sites looking for specific topics and references.
Agreed. Nor would it surprise me if Snow was reading posts himself and not passing them on to staffers. I doubt Tony would post or respond because of his position but I think FR was high on his list of places to read and learn.
No other source, compared to FR, has thousands of people around the world posting links to articles and information that we do here.