for a niche community i feel like this is pretty great actually. it allows for enough geographical distribution that we have access to local genetics, with a community small enough that people still may know each other individually. I know of a ton of folks that grow one or two plants in the backyard a year, but none of them are here. forums take too much time for alot of people.
OG may have been 200K users back in the day but im skeptical that there were ever 200k active growers chilling here in the forums.