After seven years of being helped and even offering some help to others ...

I think the forum is a better place with members like you active! Who will tell people to re-consider creating a workbook with a sheet for every day of the week?

I think AI has contributed to lower forum traffic. Then again, /excel on reddit is very popular. I think the decreasing forum traffic is mostly due to forum updates.  Reddit subreddits become popular because the forum is stable and predictable. People can't post attachments, but everyone knows that going in and adjusts for it.  Tech community can be a challenge because new members can't post attachments.  Some requests require sample data and a workbook.  There's too much friction to get help. The site recently updated and seems to have broken the ability to surface discussions with recent replies.