That's a really interesting idea. I've updated the image and indeed it seems to be mostly the posts in non-JJ-related forums* that dropped off.

Sorry for the scale :'(

Theorizing: way back when I was a teenager, I didn't have a lot of offline places to talk about politics, religion and other more serious topics like that. It just didn't come up in day-to-day conversation. Posting on the JCF was a great way to talk about these things anyway.

Nowadays I have plenty of other outlets for that sort of stuff (if university is good for anything, it's that), and I've become fairly jaded by online discussion on polarizing topics. Once you've spent a while online, it's obvious pretty much all such discussions that don't involve a tripping KRSplat follow the same pattern. When I and the internet were a lot younger and I was a little bit more ignorant, it felt like I still could get something out of discussing my thoughts on politics/ethics/philosophy on this forum. Now, not so much anymore.

* All but General JJ Talk, JCS, Online Play, Technical Help, Future Games and War Tavern