Forums are out. Social medias are in. I used to visit 2 forums on a daily basis. My Solo 2 club and X web. Now, there is barely a post a week on the solo club. Competitors are replaced by younger ones and they favor Facebook. Soon, they will move to something for younger people.
This forum survived because we are a "vintage" crowd. But I have to disagree with Eastep. I remember a time I was writing tips everyday for new members who were asking week after week the same questions. After awhile, I became tired of it, but newer people replaced me (us) to do that. The usual subject. Which oïl to put in the transmission. Why your starter is taking 7-10 turn of the key before working. How do you bleed your radiator...
20 years later we have much more knowledgeable members on this forum. People with good expertise and working on their car for much longer. Also, there is a lot more people with money, being able to build their dream car. But not everybody...
Threads are becoming more specialized. A lot of interest for those few who are on the same road. Boring for some others. For instance, most owners don't care about which Honda intake you should use on your K20 swap. But that's OK to get some threads about that. There are some people concerned. After a few reading, I don't go there anymore.That's all.
For myself, I always tend to love the FSW forum. Not anymore. Not many cars for sale. And the parts for sale... I already got them. But sometimes, something pop up.
I tend to ask members when I got a problem. I received a lot of good suggestions. I'm sure a search would have gather most of the same, but sometimes, you need to find the exact term to get a result. So when I'm not happy with the search, I just ask. Then past thread was often cited to help.
Another "new" fashion is the wide use of pictures. There was a time where putting picture was more complicated. Now we could look at some members project on a daily basis, see the détails of a problem, etc.
So I thing this forum is as good or better than it was... even if most of the time, I don't read any new topic because I'm not interested!