Well these are the issues that I observed
1) Most New Users in the forum in general aren't interested in the more social aspects of the place like Mafia, most just join for Spoilers and S Vs Z shitposting, all of this leading to too few New Players
Whichs is made worse by
2) a lot of Mafia vets leaving due to burnout or other reasons , which hurts the overall activity, and also the morale of the community as Mafia is a way to keep in touch for a lot of users here
3) cultural clashes between WG users and Other mafia communities which leads to a lot of headache and users who come here to play mafia but don't return because they don't like the culture and norms
4) Divide between those who play Mafia in a competitive fashion and those who play it in a causal fashion which frustrates both sides as each demands the other plays like them.
I can give examples for these issues but honestly, most of you probably observed these too so I don't want to.
Untill something is done about these this mafia community won't move forward