Quote from R. Raskolnikov:
Yes, we do not know each other in "real life"
There's a real life ! That is a scary thought, I can imagine the bar in my head.
In general forums are suspicious. It gets to the point where the higher on a horse you are the more you are doubted.
People also have become more suspicious. Contradictory ideas turn them off. There is always hope with newbies, but you may just be in a sock drawer. So newbie's are suspicious.
How far can you really go? At times I try to imagine what the true number of people on here are after counting a handful the rest could be duplicates. I dont know anything about the owner, But sometimes it is not interest to fix something that really isn't broken. Fixing on its own has huge costs. I remember the site change frustrated me and i stopped my self from posting. I am not saying the attempt was not a good one. But we may have lost a few people.
Fixing usually starts with destroying.
Is there really a solution ? closing Forex threads is far from a solution.
The bottom line is that people come here with a need, I kinda wish I had a forum right now but the tools needed for me would be too great.
In a changing world I find the forums are best placed to be the next big thing. Pioneering generally has bad risk to reward ratios. Crowds move around, I don't really care to follow, where every they go its all the same just more of it.