Other forums arent as inactive compared to SF . So I guess something puts them off from visiting SF . Maybe its because they dont get their doubts answered.
You are absolutely right.
I have been regularly visiting this place for the past couple of days and I noticed one thing that really made me sad and worried.
I have seen many members online but they don't post anything. Most of them don't even bother logging in. They just come, visit some of the pages and then off they go. The place doesn't attract them anymore. Its like they have no confidence on the forum that their doubts/questions will be answered here. I can understand that people come and go and new members take their place and the cycle continues but its the reverse-case scenario in here. I have been on a lot of forums but never witnessed such a behavior.
I have been thinking a lot and to be honest couldn't jump to any conclusion but I guess we all know what the reason behind all of this is. We
now lack the spirit to help others like we used to do a few years back. Everyone was contributing to their best. Just see the stats for yourself for the years 2009 and 2010. By just comparing the
New Topics started now and then, we can say that 2-3 years back new members had the confidence that there problems were going to be solved here and most of the new members that joined us during that period of time are still with us due to the confidence they had.
If you don't believe me than just have a look at the number of views for the past couple of months and then compare that to the number of views 2-3 years back for the same month and you'll definitely get the idea what I am talking about. We have a lot of new members coming in these days but sadly they are just being sent off to other forums just because of our own dereliction.