For many years I used to host and help administer zx6e.net (a motorcycle web forum). Eventually the original founder lost interest in administering or even par

For many years I used to host and help administer zx6e.net (a motorcycle web forum). Eventually the original founder lost interest in administering or even participating at all, so I took over all responsibilities. As the years ticked by it became mostly idle with few new users, basically existing solely for the entertainment of a tiny group of long-time members that mostly didn't even possess a zx6e motorcycle anymore. Between the nonexistent growth and increasingly long in the tooth forum software full of vulnerabilities I didn't really have interest in maintaining, I retired the site. It wouldn't surprise me if a similar pattern occurred on other sites. Membership and participation diminishes, and it just becomes a pointless burden. I presume social media on smartphones has consumed everyone's attention.