When I read the thread without the ai knowledge, I was like yeah forums were more active in 2015 (and I assume 2013-2014). And like missing that social structure onsite (vs everyone in discords now) can be hard.

But staff can't really force people to use forums. They could try for more moderators but also volunteer position that kind of impacts how dom active one can be.

I miss newbie welcome weeks so much (but it's better for site to have sign ups always open).

i don't think that post showed ai flags but if they restarted a lore thread using ai that could be relevant.