I’m not saying the forum is perfect and cannot be improved or anything but I think we deserve a lot more credit for contribution to the crypto space. All this could be used to attract more users to the platform.
I don't really understand what you mean by "doesn't get enough recognition" of crypto for the bitcointalk forum. If the number of registered users is the reason you say this forum is not getting the recognition it deserves, then you may be wrong, IMO. Bitcointalk.org is a forum that was born from the satoshi idea after bitcoin was created which basically becomes a place for the bitcoin community to discuss, discuss development projects and many other thing.
Cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin have also contributed a lot to the increase in the number of bitcointalk users over time through ICO, IEO, DeFi, and other fundraising processes. Although I don't have real data, I think cryptocurrency has brought a huge influx of users to bitcointalk.org with increasing interest in investing in altcoin which are mostly based on bitcointalk forum. The interest of users who register to this forum because of cryptocurrencies (altcoin) may be comparable to the interest of users who register because they want to know a lot about bitcoin. This is an invisible crypto credit to the bitcointalk.org forum in my opinion so bitcointalk.org traffic increases. So far the forum has had more than 3 million users who all have varied purposes such as developers, miners, investors, traders, gamblers, bounty hunters and many others. It is really the most useful site for bitcoin and crypto community on an international scale.
It is still possible that you will not agree with all of my opinion as these are based on assumption and my way of judging. Please correct for justification.