The iisue is having people use the platform. On Lemmy we are getting there :). Also I’ve seen some niche communities using forums still.

I’ve been trying to be a little more active, since I mainly only lurked it’s a bit extrange for me.

Eventually I may try to start a community

Same here, it had been several months where I felt that the general quality had been declining. As soon as the AMA was done and nothing was answered I deleted the app (RiF).

Sadly I still miss some niche communities, but I’ve been finding substitutes