Originally Posted by skyline

Every forum I've been on has threads like this at least twice a year without fail, the forum is dying, the place isn't as good as it used to be and nobody discusses the main subject the forum was built around anymore. They attempt to encourage dicussion by creating threads and 1-2 weeks later everyone is back to talking about sex again. I suspect it's down to the tight knit groups that inevitably form, older members get bored, they move on or life gets in the way, the community shifts a little and those that are left are feeling a little lost among new faces. It's not the forums dying, it's your little cliques slowly eroding away.