there are binance staff on bitcointalk, they just don't post as binance reps. everyone who is anyone in crypto uses bitcointalk or at least reads it.
Nah. Tons of people are long gone and will never come back. Tons never arrived here in the first place and started elsewhere. No vital discussion happens here any more. That'll be on more focused platforms.
As for Binance, I'm never going to trust an exchange that has its own coin to promote.
That's become a very different topic but those people who are trusting that exchange should get the fair chance.
I have seen it myself that people ridicule projects for not having an ANN thread here. That to me seems like Bitcointalk is still the place to be for everything related to altcoins and tokens.
The advice you get in this forum by the community for free is much more valuable and accurate then the "paid" expert outside. If somebody is not posting is ANN here , I will assume it as ignorance about crypto community or that project do not want to be screened here.(possible scam)