I'll chip in here. I have been a member of prime ever since before I even considered an NSX. It is a great resource with troves of information which is very helpful to users. From my supercharger rebuild to spare parts I never thought I'd need- it's a great distraction from life and a good place to learn about the NSX platform.
That being said, the demographic is certainly changing. As NSX's change hands from first/second owners to fourth/fifth owners, people are younger and come from a different "generation". I am referring to a certain M word here but I am sure you have all heard it. They desire instant gratification and can sometimes transition in and out of ownership just as quickly. On the forums, if you wanted to figure out how to figure out why your car wasn't starting or why the brake light won't go off, you could search and get 5 or 6 viable answers without making a single post. While this is great, it keeps the content pretty stagnant. On facebook, no one would ever both searching. It's easier to just take a picture of the problem and ask a generic question, no matter how silly it would be. Sure you may get a few people scolding you for not searching, but someone will eventually pitch in a loose factoid which will get you what you need. Buying/selling is also much quicker on facebook. A couple of years ago I was looking for a motor mount and had one within the day. You get a lot more foot traffic from all the people glued to their phones. I am sure we can all agree the media hosting is way better and easier on Facebook. It even comes with built in messenging and a payment system.
So is prime worth keeping around? I would say so, especially with the crowd we have here. I had suggested using another open source platform like discourse. I also like Lotustalk forums, even though they probably have a similar crowd I feel it's set up perfectly for what they have. It doesn't look dated at all. I digress- Maybe something like a big migration is not feasible, but there are a few things I think we can change to make the forums better. It just takes some volunteers to field the lowest hanging fruit and tackle them. Things like: getting rid of the superfluous subforums, getting an up to date spam blocker so moderators don't waste time trying to be gatekeepers, making paid membership more prominent so that we don't have a need for so many ads, and fixing the media/image uploading system. We can easily buy many more painless years just by maintaining the status quo.
Lastly I think I'd like to state the obvious that people make the forum here. While facebook is fun to browse, the 'crowd' is just not the same. You can see the animosity in the recent posts about NSXCA stuff. Yes, forums can have drama too. However, I know there are a lot of lurkers who come here just to kill time and check out the parts-for-sale ads. If we don't expand our userbase and motivate the lurkers to post something- anything, then prime will continue to age as it has been the last few years.
