Originally Posted by crockett

That topic about the sale of warrior forum got me thinking. Back in the day, it seemed like forums were the TGPs of mainstream, before everyone had their own blogs and before Facebook and Twitter ruled social networking.

Forums used to be the the king but now it's almost like a after thought. You have the big ones in various niches but do they still attract surfers like they used to? I know GFY has taken a hit as have most other adult forums, but I don't think that's due to other social media but more so to the down turn in adult.

I've always had a idea floating in the back of my head about building a "local" specific niche site and selling advertising to local businesses. Having a active forum community would make the advertising more valuable, so I'm wondering do people still sign up to forums or is it more a thing of the past?