forum revenue

Here's a forum scenario for you: Your hosting bill hits a whopping $1,500 a month. You don't have the money to spend, and you can't move to a cheaper host. You have two choices: (1) Attempt to generate $1,500 a month for your forum (2) Shut the forum down Selling is not an option for this...

How would you rate the revenue earnings that you are making now versus how much you were making back when forums were more popular? For those of you who profit from forums, have you noticed an increase or decrease in revenue as forums become less and less popular during trends and shifts...