Were forums more active during the pandemic?

[Bryn]

When the Covid-19 pandemic first struck four years ago, everyone stayed at home and spent more time online, and I wonder if this included forums in general, even this one. I wouldn't really know myself because I kept away from forums for personal reasons (and I actually kept away from them months before the pandemic), so I'm just curious in general. Not sure if the "Most Users Online" record had ever broke in any forums for that reason...

If they were indeed far more active than ever during that time, a part of me feels some regret, even though I would not have wanted to expose myself to the overall scaremongering about the disease and the societal/political impact it had on everyone.

Anyway, discuss.

 

[Cedric]

I wasn’t around actually then, but from what I heard and saw, a huge rise in activity was going on.

 

[Bryn]

I wasn’t around actually then

Were you off forums also?

 

[Cedric]

Were you off forums also?

Yeah, took a bit of a pauze for a little more than a year.

 

[Cory]

I was around considering my current forum opened in 2018 and I've been active since then. I don't remember whether forums spiked in activity or not. If they did, it was probably a minimal increase and most people just fled to social media to kill their time, as per the typical days of society.

 

[Bryn]

I don't remember whether forums spiked in activity or not.

Had yours spiked in activity for a bit during that period?

 

[Cory]

Had yours spiked in activity for a bit during that period?

I don't remember, to be honest.