Forums have declined in popularity over the past few years, but the hobby isn’t dying or going anywhere, just like these forums, there will be good years and bad ones.
It’s no longer needed, with me the monthly upkeep costs about the same as a single Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew, with the server hardware owned by me and the small rack space fee covered by my line of work, so the forum is here to stay.
We are good for the next few decades ;)