Besides a lot of members getting older or passing on, there's been a number of changes at many internet forums. One Ohio forum I used to regularly post on for over 20 years got two new nazi moderators a couple of years back once they were bought out by a national company. They started banning many longtime members that were contributing members for 20 years before those moderators signed up...

Now it's just a former shell of itself with old guys that mostly complain about everything with no fishing reports. It is really sad. I met some great guys and fished with them all over the state from Lake Erie to the Ohio River and most reservoirs in between. Did
mention it's really sad?
They even asked me to be a moderator but I told them a strong no as it is against my beliefs to work for a national company for no wages...plus it would take away time from my fishing