Bob recently wrote” I’d say you only have about 29 members anyway.” ( Swerve’s ‘Members who have never posted ‘ thread ) I was curious about that statement , Bob,
and thought I would check it out and can now reveal to you all that approximately 120 members are actively posting at present.
The breakdown of that figure may interest a few of you and bore the majority so feel free to click off.
The forum began in 2004 and 20 of you are still actively participating from that year and 18 of you from 2005, many of whom are gurus of course.
A big thank you to you founder members for sticking with it for so long.
I think those figures alone speak volumes about the health of the forum. It isn’t dead or dying,2006 saw 19 of you stay on board for the long term but 2007/8/9 saw a sudden drop to 13 members staying on each year. 2009 was a vintage year however and it produced no less than 3 gurus,. Well done Steve, Mark and Enrique !
Now in 2010, the numbers understandably start to dwindle, reflecting the financial crisis, our little forum mirroring the state of society, of people leaving and none coming to these shores. Only 6 members manage to hold on with White Horse and Gus keeping the pace up.
2011 sees much of the same with less and less joining because there are less moving here.
It may be my imagination but there has been a little flurry of activity of newbies and old ‘newbies’ posting since El Cid has posted asking members to be more polite to them and each other. 2011 sees 14 current posters approximately which is up on last years figures. I hope it continues.
…and the point of my post ? It wasn’t to have a dig at you, Bob, I was simply curious about the real figures.
The forum isn’t dead or dying and it is only as boring as we care to make it.
Changing perhaps and yes, maybe I should get out more
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