I have noticed that the last couple of weeks have been different from usual. More activity and a lot more of the usual trolling being done on particular stories.
This trolling is both ways from what I see, so it would suggest we are in the midst of a forum slide....
a new forum was started recently called sitescroll. it's nothing like reddit or the other ones, it's modern and awesome. free speech is advertised. also, this is too much like reddit for my tastes.
check it out at www.sitescroll.com
already a good community there!