Also, at the same time, don't want to look rude but Theymos doesn't really take care of this forum. I don't judge it, I really appreciate bitcointalk and its role in my life, it completely changed my life for better but truth is truth, this forum looks like abandoned and the major life-giving power is the signature campaign at the moment.
It's OK, you can be rude on this forum (which is one of the reasons I love it), and you can also speak the truth as you see it without fear of censorship by the moderators. Sure, you might get flamed by other members, but that's the consequence of free speech. Other forums/platforms are much more restrictive in that sense, so bitcointalk has that advantage at least.
Although I agree with you that Theymos doesn't seem to be giving much thought to improving the forum--or at least not showing any action to that effect--I happen to like it the way it is. Younger people who've grown up with social media platforms probably see the forum as antiquated, and I get that. But it serves its purpose as a place where people can just chat about bitcoin related topics, and it doesn't really need to be much more than that IMO.
And you are completely on point about signature campaigns keeping the forum alive. If they ever went away, I have little doubt that it'd be like a ghost town around here. Just look at the forums for some of the more popular altcoins--they're active when the coin is hot, then they just die out. The truth is that most members here are incentivized to post, which accounts for why there are so many threads and posts within them. As long as they're around, I doubt the forum is in danger of dying.