It's a matter of "No one comes, so it is quiet."
Actually, our web stats show that traffic to forum is slightly better now than it was a few months or a year ago. That's probably due to Twitter & FB traffic that increased to iCraft this year. However, the participation is lower now then it was a few months or a year ago.We know people read old posts, bookmark pages and even print some posts, but not posting as much.
Fairy Cardmaker, I agree, newsletters are a good way right now to engage with current members and we will be doing more of that. Collections and favourits are coming too. I don't want to say soon, as we had a number of delays recently, but yes, as soon as those features are released, hopefully, it would give people a reason to engage with others more often.
What Katherine was interested in finding out are the topics that interest you personally. We are discussing a few ideas about improvements to the community section right now and wanted to hear what our members have to say about Forum discussions.