Of course, in order to answer this question one has to actually be on the forums. So, for those who have faded away we may never know the answer.
I for one, still do not care for the "white" background, it strains my eyes. The site is nice enough, but I personally think it looked better before. As for forum attendence, I am trying to keep active as much as possible hoping my constant presence will somehow motivate others to be more active. But, with the winter months coming on I hope to see a big uptick in activity, if not, then FSM needs to seriously look into why activity has dropped. This will affect sales of the the publications also. If people are turned off online they are less likely to keep up thier subscriptions also. In my opinion.
BK