Forums are not dead. People are putting a
higher priority on social networks rather than their own websites, is all.
{begin sarcasm}Sign in using this social network if you want to join a different website. If you want updates, follow me on this social network. Oh my goodness, I have 10,000 likes (yet none of them turned into sales or active members!) so I must be doing something right because people liked it.{end sarcasm}
Forums are still alive. Just not as alive as they use to be.