SonicHawk":1ehk239c said:
/r/NFL does it better than anyone else.
Touching on something very important here, which is that overall phpBBs are slowing dying off. There may of course be outliers (e.g. the Hawks become good or win the SB and .net has a registration bump), but as a general rule, there doesn't seem to have been generational replacement on them for at least the last five years or so.
People who prefer phpBBs (such as myself) get older, have kids, increased responsibilities, etc. and migrate off and the the younger folks who would have replaced them in the past are fragmented across facebook, instagram, twitter, reddit, tumblr, blogs, various comments sections, etc. Long story short is that population using phpBBs is in decline, and also getting older every year.
So, not to burst any bubbles or make any predictions and I'd of course wish the OP all the luck in the world, but a new & improved topic for a phpBB is kinda the equivalent of a new & improved content for a DVD, IMO.