Good point. I think BS also shifted its focus from the forums and galleries to the store, which is great. I'm a regular customer and refer all the local toys to this place, but back in the day I can honestly say the BS forums helped shape me into the writer I am now. A lot of cities don't have the bench anymore, so I hope BS can still provide that venue. Also, Remember 100Proof? Whatever happened there? I was locked up for a while and missed out on a shitton.
Social media killed forum boards.. ever since myspace era, forums been dying slowly.. except for reddit and 4chan(gross).
Holy shit IRC Lmfao. I still use IRC and Teamspeak. Also use a P2P server chat to trade/chat about torrents/piracy stuff lol. Nice to see IRC peeps still around.