I think it's only a matter of time before forums as a place for discussions become a thing of the past
I don't think so. That would only leave a few "social media" ruled by multinationals. I don't ever visit those, and I'm not alone in that.If we were to compare the ratio of users who use forums and the most popular social networks, we would easily conclude that forums generally take a very small share in all of this. According to research from 2023, FB has about 3 billion active users per month, this forum approximately 3000+ active users per week, of which of course not all are unique users.
Considering the situation with those who use AI chat bots today, the question arises as to who will want to communicate in ten years (and probably even sooner) on a platform that will possibly consist of 80% bots and 20% people.