I haven't posted much on the forums, but I've been around for a few years, and I feel like the forum has been pretty stable for the last year or two, maybe even increasing a bit in activity the last few months. I've been on other forums which have also been growing in the last year or two. I never go to Reddit if I can possibly help it, and same for Twitter (I don't have an account for either). There are two Discord channels I check relatively regularly, but one is basically just a friend group + extras, while the other one is recent enough that the most frequent posters haven't managed to scare everyone off yet.
I agree with what @ben_h says regarding just how useful forums are for finding information. I feel like nowadays, it's very difficult to see what people think about lesser known media properties because all the discussions are happening in walled gardens like fake Twitter, Facebook, Reddit or Discord. I've actually been finding the steam forums one of the rare places where I encounter actual discussion about some games I play, and even there, thoughtful threads are swamped by people complaining about tech issues.
I'm actually somewhat late in the forum game compared to some people, as I didn't use to engage in discussions much anywhere, but I now find them far preferable than talking with strangers elsewhere on the internet, and I'm grateful for all the people on this particular forum willing to take a deep dive into obscure (or at least non-mainstream) games or topics for the benefit of the community. I hope forums will resurge a bit in the next few years, as I think they serve an important role for information storage and preserving well moderated communities.
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