I've been on this forum for nearly 6 years, and this is by far one of the most active forums around (without being a spamfest like the aforementioned, animes_ki, et al.). Threads like this always pop up in forums, but this particular case seems to stem from the lagging interest in series Bleach and Naruto, which quite frankly, have grown stale to most users.

The mere fact that some of our most active posters are a mix of those who have been around since gotwoot's inception and users who have been here less than 2 years is a testament to the forum's vitality. We've lost some members sure, others have become less active, but nothing has ultimately changed.

The two Code Geass threads and Claymore thread (two fairly recent series) have the highest post counts of any other threads in General anime. Over 1000 replies. If that isn't "active" I think someone is using the definition incorrectly.

In addition, take this into consideration. Even as I stated that interest in Naruto and Bleach is fading, take into account that while episodes before used to get anywhere from 300 to 500 replies, the newest episodes are still getting around 100 replies. There are threads on series with 52 episodes total that have gotten fewer total replies. "Dying," is far from an appropriate term.

I have been a very prominent member of a dying forum. Dying forums are where there are less than 5 active posters, where threads can be considered extremely active when they reach 50 replies. Then there are 3 active posters, and then just 2, until the members finally give up and never come back, leaving the activity in the forum to the spammers alone.

While I certainly wish there was more discussion, that is more of an issue of the kinds of series I've been watching lately ("Oh, [this] and [that] were funny.") and certain series that do promote that kind of discussion not gaining the immediate following. I love to throw out the example of the School Days thread, that doubled in length after the series ended. It seems at present, there really are not that many series being produced that promote the same level of discussion as those in the past.

The few that are this season, do have a pretty good following though. Chaos;Head is doing quite well for this early in the season, as is Clannad.

In short, if you think this forum is dying, you have either only been to spam/spoiler heavens, or you have not experienced a truly dying forum.