Greetings Mike! I was in your shoes 2 years ago and was hopeful that the forum would be a great resource. Unfortunately, it has fallen miserably short of my expectations. Traffic ebbs and flows but mostly ebbs. There has been a ton of spam activity over the past year or so and I think that drove a bunch of people away.
There seems to be alot of historical information on the forums, but it is impossible to search in my opinion.
Seems like the topics that get the most traction revolve around cooking methodology and recipes. Trying to get information specific to your hardware is pretty tough to come by.
I am always hopeful that some new blood will come along and reinvigorate things... Good luck!