Don't panic, plenty of us fall into that category... I registered day one and have 200 posts, others who registered day one have a thousand plus already.
I have to say I am happier personally now that it has slowed a bit, because leaving here for 24hrs before became such a nightmare to attempt catchup... really was ridiculous. Much easier now to catchup with latest posts.
We are seeing things as users only. There is a limited amount of things to comment on from that perspective. As the same questions, concerns, suggestions come up, several helpful people post links to earlier discussions.
I personally don't think it is a 'hype slowing down' issue.
Late November, during December. Once the products been released and developers have time to build their scripts and the support questions and thanks will come rolling in bringing xenforo closer to the 100k. Though quantity is never a good substitute for quality, it'll happen when it happens.
Oh I didn't say it wasn't easy. Reading fast and going through a lot of tabs helps.
The tough days are when I'm not at the computer but doing stuff around the house or mowing the lawn or out on the town with friends, coming home and seeing 10+ pages of new content.