Is it still worthwhile having a contact form or comments? I had comments turned off years ago but readers asked for them. So I turned them on. Now the trend has started to turn them off again. Admittedly, there are very few people leaving comments due to verification/ moderation and the ease of commenting with social media instead.

Pretty much the same story for contact forms. The only people who use them are those who want to sell me unwanted guest posts or other services. At this stage I don't see a lot of value in enabling comments or contact forms. What do you find with them for your own experience?