To say the fact, we cannot expect things to be going the same way over a long time, things have to change, maybe this ban on mixers on bitcointalk will be what will lead to the massive ressurection of the altcoins forum when many organizations are going over there to promote their businesses and people were also going there to make their promotions and before you know it, it's keeps expanding without affecting bitcointalk at all, because those there, were also here in many ways than they appear there.
Just like altcoins can't and will never be compared with Bitcoin, so is the altcoin forum will never be compared with Bitcointalk. If you didn't know, before now, many had tried a thing like this in the name of cryptocurrency forums but they failed, and there is one that is still standing but only relegated to Russia alone. This altcoin forum of a thing has started and has been operating with sponsors too before now, so this time that m!xers see it as an alternative, what difference will that make?
The two forums will continue to run as before but this place will continue to outshine it. From what I heard, the pay over there is nothing to write home about, and that is for a clear reason, traffic. I don't know how that is true but the person can't lie to me. So that is another discouragement for the users that are already used to this place. Although some are greedy, they will do both together, regardless, this forum continues to stand tall.