Perhaps I should point out that Limbo lost his moderator position before I started posting here, so that one can’t be laid upon my doorstep. He was indeed very knowledgable about the past but as mentioned times have changed. My own experience of living here since the mid-seventies really has very little bearing on life today.
Things change and evolve no matter how much we try to resist. Social media has had a profound affect on forums and the way people use them, with many fading into oblivion due to their inability to adapt.
Information about Chiang Rai is readily accessible from a multitude of sources these days which tends to limit participation on any one site. There have always been more people in Chiang Rai who are not forum members than who are. I don’t have the crystal ball of some, but I do imagine things will continue to change over the next few years and I will be an interested observer.