I will say this is a better forum than BitcoinTalk, in my view. It all started on a forum when doing the Bitcoin project, I don't see any reason for forums to change in terms of usefulness. Forums are what you make them, for me they're cool, engaging, get to use cute little emoji's...very social environment minus trolls / spammers. Over time adding more features, becoming more involved, more engaging...its a development, and the community work it out