I would definately not put the blame on anyone in particular and certainly not the mods. I also don't see that that's what inshaala meant.

After thinking about it for a while I think it has to do with the explosive popularity of social media.  Back then, people reached out more in forums like this.
But with the advent of things like facebook I think they jumped into another type of community which made them forget this one.

I for one don't use FB of Twitter, but I can see how it would draw one away from the classic forums.

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