People proud of their ignore lists are generally not people fit for online public forums. I always find it sad and laughable when people are talking about the ignore function but I know there are people in the world who like to have their own world and only hear what they want to hear and don't like to hear a variance in that. I deal with them all the time. "Don't give me anything but praise and positivity and never say anything I haven't already said or already agree with". I would say it is the younger generations but there are plenty of older folks who have that same mentality. It is an online forum if you cannot hang and get hurt when someone doesn't shower praise on you or your product, then online forums are just not a safe space for you. You will get differing opinions but that is how we learn and grow which is a good thing.

In terms of the golden days of the forums, there were certainly some past members who added some fun and some sub-forums were a bit busier but it will always ebb and flow and it is certainly still active.