There are some corny old sayings in our American culture that probably fit into this conversation.
How long are you going to keep beating that dead horse?
The daily floggings will continue until morale improves to an acceptable level.
There are more.
Culture changes. Many of us had been considering just walking away from discussion boards BEFORE this one closed up for awhile. Some of us come here because we used to work in an industry called broadcasting. The one we knew doesn't exist any more. Why would we come here and try to participate in discussions about the new things in radio and the new things in society. If I want politics... there are better boards for that. If I want religion... there are better boards for that. If I want to pig-out with music 24/7, there are better boards for that.
I look at the average age of the people I miss the most around here and realize that they, like me, are saying: Why would I go to a discussion group about an industry that has changed until I hardly recognize it any more.
My pastor wrote a weekly letter today about serving as "Principal for a day" at an elementary school in his neighborhood. He reminded us how different schools are today from what they were a few years ago.
I'm trying to be the webmaster for the site of a local political group. I ask myself why. I don't recognize either political party as being what I remember them being 25 years ago.
I can't go to the store and buy blue-jeans made the way I want any more. Today's jeans are different and the stores don't know how to deal with those of us who ask why.
I bought a nice new car 4 years ago and I am still discovering features (and limitations) that are new to me.
It makes no sense to keep beating a horse after it quits breathing. I don't envy the folks behind the scenes trying to make this board function. They are aiming at a rapidly moving target. Part of the world wants Forums to work just like they did when we used DOS computers and modems, and part of the world wants everything to be "Facebook Junior for Broadcasting". I'm sitting here sucking my thumb while I try to decide which group I like the best.