The Forum is Dying
I admit their are too many FUD/spam posts everyday, the forum is not dying. There are still good quality posts and discussions going on, you need to dig deep and look for them.
I am sure it does have to do with the lack of newbie jail but that was removed a long time ago, over a year (?) now.
I agree. I went through newbie jail, hated it at the time, it was useful. The lack of newbie jail makes it so easy to register an army of alts and make the whole forum a spamming playground.