I too would like to see HNI become the busy place it used to be. The fun when there are hundreds if not thousands of posts every day keeps people coming back. I am a member of another well known sportsman's forum and most posts get an answer in a few minutes if not seconds. At any time there can be several hundred members all reading and posting. HNI has all the right forums to be the same and was actually busier just a few years ago. I know some have said that other forms of social media gets all the traffic but when I see another similar forum to HNI getting so much traffic it makes me wonder why not here. I used to be a Mod on this site and voluntarily gave it up due to the excessive spam that was flooding into the site. It appears that problem has been rectified by some software that admin introduced and for that I am grateful. They have enabled the site to be a fun place and I guess it is up to the members to start posting and bring HNI back to the fun place it used to be. With regard to the issue of chasing away new members I think we all need to be aware of our responsibility to post responsibly. We all have our opinions and the site is certainly a place to express them. I am no longer a moderator but feel that self moderation is actually the best way to keep the site alive and well. We all can do our part as unofficial moderators by posting in a way that generates good will and welcomes new members. I looked at the stats on the bottom of the main page and see there are 695 active members. I don't know how the software traps those numbers but I have to believe they have remained the same. I stepped down from Mod duties several months ago and there were around twice the number of active members at that time. It looks to me that the site is slowly dwindling down to a number that I fear will shut it down. It is up to us to welcome new members and see it grow. That's my opinion and I hope a few of you regulars share that thought and do what you can to get HNI back to the top.