No, I don't think they have gone downhill you got a plethora of comments here that is encouraging, right. I guess forums lose their luster after a certain amount time or it could just be you. It is called popularity sometimes it can last forever sometimes it can't. The trends sometimes just wear off, you might be better served to have the question answered by the website administrators etc......How can they keep the sites up running populated thriving it is a good point.