Hi Harry, Small world
Good to see you. Yes, clickety-click....I reckon a forum needs a minimum of one hundred new posts per day on average to remain in business. And that's for a small forum with only a few sections max. If people drop in and there is nothing new, or their posts remain unanswered they lose interest and drift away, usually for ever. If you can keep the fresh posts and threads rising to well above one hundred then organic growth can happen.
My nearest Tescos is an uneconomical drive away, so I only call in rarely...though might be going in that direction later so will keep my eyes open.