Yup. Here is my take from another thread on what the WoD garrison gathering did to the social/family guilds I was a part of back then:
Those people are long gone. They are never coming back. Maybe it’s ok to just let all the gathering professions be picked up now, because Blizzard has already culled a significant part of the player base from the game.
I just get a certain - be careful what you ask for, you just might get it - vibe from the suggestion we devalue the gathering profs to insignificance…