To be honest, the new forums and galleries are much less appealing to me and it seems like the forum traffic has fallen off. I don't like the forum setup at all, it's ugly. Everything is so technical looking and code oriented. I liked Renderosity because it seemed artist friendly and the environment was nice to look at. Now it looks like some code writers have taken over and made it look awful. It's a shame, the ugly interface is not conducive to artist endeavors. Carrara has shown that you can have a lot of power and flexibility under the hood without having to lose the aesthetic appearance. Seems like most of the forums have gone to this setup, hopefully the future will bring some creativity to the new code other than just the ability to store massive amounts of posts. Ringo's new site is a good example of what a forum can look like, if someone takes the time to think about the functionality and the eye appeal.