Adding the current events forum if anything made me less interested in moparts.
Moparts was (is?) useful in that those with certain expertise had shared good info and examples of original stuff.
I think all of these forums/discussion groups lose vitality when instead of being a place to pool knowledge and sources, it falls to one or two people to answer questions. Sometimes its because those 'experts' drive the others out. But probably as many times its not one person being a dick but other things which result in those with deep knowledge leaving. A big factor has to be when there is no reward, no giveback, no real conversation, it becomes a chore.
