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[Mortblanc]

A forum is made up of a variety of people, and all those people have different habits and behavior patterns. All types of forums have a cycle of activity. Several of the forums I belong to are 10-15 years old and even though they have thousands of members they go through definite and obvious cycles.

Outdoor forums tend to go dead in the warmer months of the summer.

Hunting/firearms forums tend to go dead during hunting season.

Camping forums are also weather associated. People go to the woods to get away from the computer.

Survival/prepping forums tend to go calm when social/financial conditions are relatively good and no one gives a crap.

In the summer I post mostly in the afternoon due to the heat limiting my outside activities.

At this time of year I post mostly in the morning while waiting for the sun to warm my world.

I tend to disappear on weekends for camping trips and sometimes for a couple of days mid-week now that hunting season is in full swing.

When I was working I often could not post or observe forums due to the pressures of the work load.

I also do not ask questions, post threads or comment on topics/links/equipment that have been covered once every two weeks and have gotten the same replies consistently, or better yet different replies from the same people.

The problem might just be the contents of the vessel and not the vessel.

Or as one of my moderator friends on a very successful wilderness survival forum always states just before closing/locking these "dead forum threads".

"If you think things are slow or boring ask a question or post a thread!"