This is another forums I frequent:
If I shouldn’t link to them I apologize, just wanted to share an example of another wrencher forum out there, using an older non-Rich engine.
I have spoken direct message to their admins regarding ways to stop the membership-bleed, but they have said they don’t plan on anything in the short term.
It’s too bad, because they get a lot of ‘bots’ over there, posting really generic questions about cars, no makes, years, or models. One even posed the question “how much room for storage is there under the front seats” or such.
I could smell that bot a mile away, and did mention it to admins.
Sadly, this is what proper forums, like CarTalk’s and AF, are up against in the Fakebook climate. It’s even worse on UseNet - the “internet before the internet” - which upon looking through older threads, used to be a most cerebral and intelligent venue to hang out in.