No 2 for me.
I'm not an addict and I would spend a week crying if the forums disappeared, but I would miss them.
These forums have a much better overall content than many, and I do visit a fair bit - though not as much as I used to. Quality does go up and down, especially in GD - but then it does everywhere.
The jewel in the crown is the technical forums. The people here have a wealth of knowledge and are quite willing to share it. There are forums around where asking a simple question will get you a nasty put-down from the 'experts' who seem to think that you should already know the answer to a simple question. Here, you get a polite, considered and usually very helpful answer.
We owe Spie our thanks for providing the facility, but the real kudos goes to the many excellent members who provide the support I mentioned above and who make this place what it is.