I don't mind maintaining this place if it is still useful. I really don't. It can get very aggravating though when my ISP can not fix their damn problems in a timely manor.
While an annoyance when the site is down, we survive just fine. A cloud hosted server would be a remedy for that. My current part-time position has most of its servers cloud based.
What can I / we do to make this place more useful? Drive more traffic to theswamp.org?
I know the place is quiet, but is this something that really needs to happen? I'd understand it would be good if it was generating revenue for you.
Should we get ride of some of the old forums lying around?
This might not be a bad idea. Lots of areas for posting might get confusing for people lurking through.
Can we make it more social? Everyone loves social sites now days.
While this is what I mainly visit TheSwamp for (and nostalgia) I don't believe that is what is needed. I think the people on this site are a welcoming elite group of programmers and support. Just let them keep doing that. Let this be a reservoir of knowledge.
I can't really make the place look a lot different.
You don't need to make this place look any different. It's TheSwamp. It's loved.
I haven't CAD'd since 2008. I haven't done any types of programming in quite some time. I don't count the easy VBA scripts in Excel as programming.
I do try to visit daily (except weekends). I check back regularly during the morning. I know if I had a question, yo this place will solve it.
I would like to see it stay around.