You are actually right, I've failed to realize how incomplete Thunder's initial post actually was.

Quote Originally Posted by Thunder TA View Post
People not posting here or new people joining has 0 to do with Bart. People do not post here because the majority use the discord channel which is set up with the same topics for bugs and suggestions and the mods are actually there online instead of having to post stuff here and wait for answers. Game actually evolved alittle bit to a faster way to connect with them instead of this.
So he tries to explain where suggestions and bugs reports happen. He never addresses what happened to the intrigue dimension this forum once had or why the actual player count isn't increasing.
I've asked some pretty specific questions in my post to which this quote is a response to, eg. "Is Bishop still alive?"

I'll allow that the game has been on a decline for a longer time. I still don't see the big posters posting anymore, I'll dare say that's a fact as well as that this has been a trend ever since Bart got banned. The correlation between the events is up to discussion.