AjayJunkies
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The statistics from SMF also reflect the fact that the software honestly has not received significant updates. No updates, no need to visit thr official SMF forums.I'm answering you for the last time because I don't want to waste time with those who don't want to listen...
Macrumors and avforums are 2 forums from 2001 so they are 23 years old and having many registered users it is normal that it is a little active but the fact remains that 99% of the posts and subscribers will have been made in the first 15 years.
In the last 10 years it will have had, at least, a 99% drop in registrations and posts.
He continues to deny the evidence...
Unfortunately xenforo doesn't provide public statistics but I'll paste you the statistics from the official smf forum... look at the decline over the years...
Fourms in 2024, unless they deal with topics that cannot be discussed on Facebook, are dead...
I also attached (in the previous post) a fb group of mine which is 9 years old (therefore old) and which with 4399 registered users has 3379 active users in the last 28 days...
Find me a forum that has more than 85% active users that isn't a porn forum.
Xenforo is much more robust and developed, so i would think XF would thrive better than SMF, phpBB, myBB, etc. Also, the fact that Discourse was developed in 2014 and is now widely used means there is still some need for community discussions.
If anything, there is a growing acknowledgement by enterprises or content creators or solopreneurs of wanting to own their own branded community. This allows them to own the users: to monetize and to market to their users. Thats where i personally see the future market for independent communities.
Independent forums for social, lifestyle, technology topics will be tough to survive, but i do believe those that evolve beyond discussions will be able to thrive.