Recently I feel like the time taken for a response in the Modder Support forum is slower than what it was when I first joined the forum (9 months ago), which feels odd due to the amount of views many posts get (my most recent one is currently sitting at 19.6k views with no replies; though I understand that not everyone viewing may have an account or be able to help).

I would usually get replies only a few days after originally posting, but with my most recent post I have been waiting for two weeks. I even saw a post a few days ago where someone got a reply six months after they posted. 

 

In my case, I am quite an inexperienced modder that is relying on tutorials to learn my modding. With my inexperience there are some issues, like two that I am having now where things are going wrong with my code yet my code matches perfectly with the tutorial, that I am simply clueless on and am put in quite a roadblock. The help here on the forums is excellent and I usually don't mind waiting a few days, but I would also really like to progress with my mod and release it to the public.

I am not trying to complain with this post, I am just wanting to mention something bothering me to see if anyone else is the same.

Honestly, the forums are a back burner thing. Not many people use it. Best option is discord. I know that I haven't looked at the forums for more then admin tasks in quite a while. You're also best off not following tutorials which give you code. Knowing programming and reading the MC/Forge code yourself would be the best way to go.

Okay, thank you.

Online forums in general seem to be declining in popularity imo. There’s still value here for certain types of content, such as written tutorials and blog posts which would otherwise get lost in the chat history fairly quickly on Discord. Also for those that prefer the forums format ofc. But for faster support related topics, I agree that the Discord is probably your best bet at the moment.

The speed of responses is also down to the ratio of volunteers - the player support forum still seems pretty active, but the coding ones much less so. Once you’re feeling more confident in your modding skills, be the change you want to see