Back in the mists of time, I started the "Quiet Around Here" thread as an ironic challenge for forumista to post at a (rare) time when no-one else was active. Usually something daft like 3 am.
Now, of course, it is quiet around here most of the time. Indeed, forum luminary, Noel, was moved to comment "It's definitely quiet around here at the moment. Has the art of talking bollox around set subjects left us?".
The repeated batterings delivered by divisive and suppressive issues such as Brexit, the Pandemic and Safety seem to have finally beaten the life out of the forum, plus Facebook has stolen a march on the main way for members to communicate.
Back to those mists of time, non other than Gravymuncher opined that, in general, Fora would eventually blow themselves out once people got fed up with talking about the same old things time and time again.
So, are we at the moment now? Has our once vibrant and fun Forum staggered into the Grim Reapers waiting room. Should Brett be released from his chains to do something more useful instead?
I have my own views on this but before I spout my bollox, lets have a discussion.
I do have one initial suggestion though. Is it time to replace our avatars with a picture of ourselves, to give the forum more genuine personality? Swoop was always unabashed about this.