They are no longer as large or popular as they once where. However they are still out there scattered in smaller groups. I recently caught several of them on the MLP subreddit defending cartoon horse corn, despite the subreddit being for all ages.
Not quite, after recent investigations on the MLP subreddit it turns out they are alive, albeit scattered in smaller groups. And yet again they where caught praising and defending cartoon horse corn and simpin for cartoon horses.
Some guy who shot up a FedEx facility on his night shift and was part of a group of brownies on Facebook. The last thing he ever posted was "I hope that I can be with Applejack in the afterlife, my life has no meaning without her."