The LAA's firum is pretty dead because if was 'moderated to death' - as a deliberate policy.
If the demographic of flying is middle aged plus it tends to be rather older in the LAA. It has also been a hotbed of infighting and politics over the years. The present crew are not too bad but whenan organisation decides to 'rebrand' itself and simply springs the decision on its members it makes the organisation look like the Vatican...