When Dragon Age: Origins hits the shelves, Bioware will archive their normal type forums (for that game) in favor of the really ugly, juvenile garbage they have started as a "Social" forum. Some few adult participants will start looking for a place where the literacy rate is a lot higher.
I suspect a majority of literate adults will just withdraw from the (DA:O) forum scene instead. Whether or not any potential new Ironworks members might be more generous with their financial support to these forums would, of course, remain to be seen, but a few may show up here.
P. S. Although I also haven't become addicted to anywhere such as what Facebook is, using the analogy was (IMO) a quick way to indicate illiterate, immature, juvenile design standards, color schemes, and atmosphere:
Here is the REAL forum there in its adult form:
http://daforums.bioware.com/viewforum.html?forum=135
Here is the idiot version:
http://social.bioware.com/forum