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In terms of subject matter, 355 different discussions had contributions made to in the first week of 2015, whereas there were only 259 this year.

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Does not seem like much of a decline to me and bearing in mind about a dozen "star chasers" took themselves  off a few months  ago I woild think genuine  posts are holding up. 

With respect, David, you call them "star chasers" with no possible justification. I think they made it clear they were fed up with the constant moaning, repeated highjacking of threads and attempts by a small number of posters to dominate threads to the point where other folk simply gave up debating with them. Me, I chose to stick around but I know which section have my sympathy! threads

In terms of subject matter, 355 different discussions had contributions made to in the first week of 2015, whereas there were only 259 this year.

I think Ro's decision on Dogs could account for  quite a bit  of that.

Not everything is in decline. The number of posts per user has increased by 4% and the number of posts per discussion increased by 24%. Could that be because all the ‘doggie’ talk has been focused into one thread?

I quite like these little snippets of information Rogher, thanks for your efforts. I don't think the comments about star chasers from others are helpful, we're all stuck with the star system. i did hear a radio programme about "rewards" on social media and the psychology of giving and receiving "likes" apparently it gives us all a little burst of serotonin which can be addictive.

Very little doggie talk goes on these days - only 50 posts on Caravanning with dogs thread in the last 4 months. Similarly the number of posts in the Pets thread has slowed to a dribble 

Many of the 'combatants' are no longer here 

May be the doggie chat has stopped is because when we have a sensible debate with input from both sides of the camp ,and then a long comes a members who has to take it to another level and make it personal ,so the thread gets closed

I quite like these little snippets of information Rogher, thanks for your efforts. I don't think the comments about star chasers from others are helpful, we're all stuck with the star system. i did hear a radio programme about "rewards" on social media and the psychology of giving and receiving "likes" apparently it gives us all a little burst of serotonin which can be addictive.

The very nature of posting will accumulate stars and, for some, it would appear to be a motivation. So long as the unhelpful contributions remain in the ‘Trivia’ section all sides should be satisfied. I think the real value of this forum comes from the help and guidance shared between members. Maybe the new software will reset our statuses and measure activity in a different way. 

PS, I've just given you a small dose of serotonin, brue.

I don't post as much these days as i'm fed up with the continual 'back biting'.  Found a friendly forum where its fun to be and informative and not combative, world without trolls - excellent