It feels like this place is dying.

[Ouberry_13]

I think the reason is because forums are seen as old to some people. They'd rather just have access to whatever they want through easy things like facebook or youtube. Actual forums with threads and posts, I think, bore those people. They see no reason to weed through the dozen or so threads they like and read through page after page. Maybe it's just me, but I actually hate the way youtube and facebook set up comments. I'd rather a forum style, as it makes things easier. The current way other sites make their comment section is rather annoying, as it's all one long list of comments, instead of collected and organized like a forum is. But hey, I've been going to forums since the late 90s, so maybe I've just gotten used to the forum style.