> 1) Forums are dead for almost all but the biggest communities that surround a product of some kind. Social forums are simply dead. The Something Awful forums

> 1) Forums are dead for almost all but the biggest communities that surround a product of some kind. Social forums are simply dead. The Something Awful forums are still pretty lively. The community may not 'click' for everyone, but some of the smaller subforums especially are very welcoming and fun places (like Automotive Insanity, the subforum where people post about their car projects and project cars)