Why is the forums so quiet these days?

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I know of at least a few AE86 owners who don't participate in any forums or online communities at all. Car shows are always a strange one for 86s. You can always get 100+ Skylines or Supras or Imprezas or Lancers or Civics, but getting more than two 86s at a car show (in the UK at least) has always been impossible.

(04-13-2019 10:20 PM)kazi Wrote:  I would say that's facebook is the big contender for killing of forums but also Photobucket was one of the last nails in the coffin as, again, lost of build threads and information was lost.

From looking around lately I've also noticed that a lot of information seems to be getting lost. I've noticed that JonT's site has disappeared and that was a great source of info, a few of my favourite Japanese pages have gone too.

Here's a (perhaps) more relevant question then:

Is the AE86 scene dying?

Its a strange question but with some of the 86 specific garages in Japan closed or struggling, and with there being fewer cars now perhaps the scene is just dying off?