......at other forums to see what sort of footfall they get now, given the dominance that Facebook has had over the last 10 years.
In a lot of cases, the sites are now ghost towns. And some of these go back many years and used to be very busy!
When a major commercial outfit like CycleWorld closes their forum, it's a pretty strong indicator that the days of these sorts of platform have come and gone!
What sort of fucking moron would open a forum now given the fact that all the potential clientele are headed in the other direction?