Is the forum dying?

The forum is just taking a much needed R&R! I've been around here too, just not posting that much.

I said something. Of course I just came back to steal some old photographs that a friend of mine posted. I am remodeling parts of my house and I want to hang some of her abstract photos in my bathroom. I think I might pay her for them. Also, I have been doing art but I have to take pictures of it to get it online. Easier said than done, since they are kids murals at the church. I keep forgetting to bring my camera there. The church is keeping me way busy.

Having been around the net for quite a while, I think most forums go through swells and such. Except SA & 4Chan, they are constant beehives of activity. I would also tend to think that arts related forums would slow down during the summer months as people would be out and about more.

I've been here since 2007. I have never seen things slow down this much.
Usually there's been slow downs when summer ends. Lately there's also been an increasing number of spammers.

Spammers are always looking for new ways to ply their trade. They now have the social media outlets to contend with now, which one would hope would mean that they would move on from forums and such, especially since they get culled from the herd so quick.

We should replace the old "Draw Amy Lee" thread with a new "Draw Justin Bieber" thread !!

What is it with people and their obsession with Amy Lee?
I will admit, I did have to look her up to figure out WhoTF she is.
But. c'mon, there are plenty of people who ought to get portraits
Justin Beiber for example. 'Round these parts a local radio station was
running a contest to give away tickets and they kept referring to it
as "Beiber Fever" and they said it fast every time so as you guessed
you only heard "Beaver Fever" and the first time I heard it I thought
"why aren't people using a water filter or other method when they are
camping/hiking??" Then I found the humor.

Oddly enough the person who suggested the "all draw one idea", in which Amy Lee was chosen, didn't participate.

It wasn't you. This member still posts every now and then. He seems to be taking some R&R