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what i see is a dedicated forum community disappearing. there are too many websites out there and too many communities that it's hard for any one "forum only" page to truly succeed. More often than not we need these extra features as a means to draw people to return. Forums make a great addition to existing sites but not so much as the core anymore.

as i see it at least

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