Where have all the PF1ers gone.

[Wainuitech]

Theres a few reasons, Even the old site which had been around since god knows when was reducing in active members posting.

One of the biggest problems with a LOT of Forums is there are Way to many subjects. Meaning, if you look at the original PF1, there were two sections 1. Help 2. Chat. Most other forums these days have so many different options and sections that people just don't bother.
While that may be OK if a person likes browsing other subjects it defiantly reduces the community feeling.

Theres another trend as well, looking back over many many posts ( even from PF1), there has been a steady decline in actual people wanting computer help. With the introduction of Windows 10 there was a huge drop is Operating System problems. Only have to look at XP and W7, plenty of questions, plenty of problems. This also proven by the amount of businesses who have less and less actual windows problems and a reduction in work, I can safely say at least 99% of my work these days is NON windows problems, these days its more other software or hardware related.

Add in the reduction in people visiting the old forum, many wont have known where everyone has gone to, all that they will have seen is the Old forum was closing down, and next minute - Gone. Many other forums look to have a decline of active members as well. And of course it doesn't help that if you do a search for forums, this one ( and others) dont show up in the search results.
This I feel goes back to what I mentioned before, WAY to many sections.