User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/An update on the Forum retirement plan/@comment-27996636-20191218094430

Just improve the comments sections to have notified replies and then the forums will be less missed, that way any announcements will be more important, and the little conversations can take place on the relevant pages rather than another mini forum with 5 replies.

I think the main attraction to forums is the notified replies. Not email notifications but the bell or message icon notifications.