I'd say the forums actually died when they were closed for months with no news of being reopened. We lost pretty much the entire userbase and no real incentive to come back when everyone migrated to other social platforms or just lost interest. I don't think the handful of users that got moderated or banned carried the forums on their back.
|
Hm I don't agree. I think overzealous moderation is a big part of why the GCC died, as well as part of the reason why Graalians was so successful. And I don't think it's too much of a stretch to assume the same thing that happened to the GCC is happening here as well. In combination with the downtime, of course.
Poor decisions across the board basically.