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TurboSaiyanJason: You have so many good points. You're definitely not alone with it comes to wanting the forums more active. This place has always been great for arranging different kinds of gatherings, and it's a lot easier to plan them at a message board compared to a social media site.
I was able to arrange two Todd Haberkorn fan dinners here, one which he was able to attend. They were both in '11 and '13, when this place was more active.
But when I was last here four years ago, I wanted to do a couple. But I almost had to completely attempt it at the Facebook group, and got one person interested at best.
Of the lack of activity here, I think a lot of it has to do with a link to the board not being shown on the front page, like it used to be. It was after you had to put the arrow on the words at the top to find which word would list the forum link. Before doing that, I know it was a lot more active shortly before and after the con.
I've suggested that the word Forums show up on the front page, like it used to. If they had continued doing that, it would've helped. If we suggest this and can get them to list the board link more noticeably like before, that might make a difference.