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I've notice I have my internet "routines", TFP, Kotaku, BBCnews, youtube, etc.
Yes, I think most blogs are way less interactive than forums, but on Kotaku (a video game blog), I often read all the comments on the posts that are interesting to me (say Valve's new game, Left 4 Dead). When a blog is well written and the comments well moderated, you do get some good content and thought provoking posts.
They encourage this by punishing retarded comments (the Youtube style comments) and having features like "comments of the week" which are either funny or interesting comments that have been chosen by the commenter community. It's a good way to reward people, IMO.
Those who chose to spend their time in forums will have a chance to participate in mature discussions, but for the rest, it is much easier to just absorb information quickly as it's presented to you, without discussing it or analyzing it.
Hopefully forumgoers won't get discouraged by the fact that they're the minority, I'd hate to see the end of discussion boards.
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