Originally posted by: aekiel
My $0.02- that ship has sailed.
IF went on a gradual downward spiral when they sanitised this place (presumably to avoid c-right issues).
Look at previous shows- there were folks making VM's of the couple, even uploading scenes only of the main couple on different video websites, with IF sorta used as a repository to popularise those vids. There used to be a proper gallery with HQ screen grabs of important moments.
All of that's disappeared, and we only have the fanfics remaining (presumably because they're the safest against c-right)
Not to mention the overzealous moderating on certain forums, insistent on treating adults like kindergartners, and with all of this and Twitter/IG/Reddit emerging as easier discussion places, you have a slow exodus of users.
In a weird way, the growth caused by Jio has probably hurt IF more than benefitted it. If I were to guess, I'd say IF traffic in the early 2010's was more than IF traffic today.