09-01-2016, 12:32 AM
Hi Julie,
Even though my 4 year anniversary of joining the forum is coming up in March, I would like to put in my $0.02.
I think I understand why people may leave the forum. In the last year or so, I've been less active than in prior years. With the exception of a thread I created last week, the last time I created a thread was in June of last year. The last time I posted progress pictures was in August 2015. My average daily post count used to more than 2.00 and now it's 1.92. Part of the decline I think is choosing to go cold turkey for between 30-100 days at a time. Another reason is the dwindling number of members who become long-term contributors to the forum. The third reason is hitting the wall of non-progress as you mentioned. Besides my puffy areloas, it's hard to say how much progress I'm really making anymore.
A bigger issue I think is the large number of members who don't make the first step to introduce themselves and post progress pictures. There are 12,000+ members registered but the top ten posters contribute probably more than 10% of all posts made.
Even though my 4 year anniversary of joining the forum is coming up in March, I would like to put in my $0.02.
I think I understand why people may leave the forum. In the last year or so, I've been less active than in prior years. With the exception of a thread I created last week, the last time I created a thread was in June of last year. The last time I posted progress pictures was in August 2015. My average daily post count used to more than 2.00 and now it's 1.92. Part of the decline I think is choosing to go cold turkey for between 30-100 days at a time. Another reason is the dwindling number of members who become long-term contributors to the forum. The third reason is hitting the wall of non-progress as you mentioned. Besides my puffy areloas, it's hard to say how much progress I'm really making anymore.
A bigger issue I think is the large number of members who don't make the first step to introduce themselves and post progress pictures. There are 12,000+ members registered but the top ten posters contribute probably more than 10% of all posts made.