# I wonder whether the activity of the board has gone up significantly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937 "2020-06-25T07:23:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937/1 "2020-06-25T07:23:13Z")
In my profile summary, I have just seen that number of posts created has increased from 1.2k to 1.3k. In my case, this is a significant raise in such a short period of time. I wonder if everyone else has gone through a similar experience and if the overall activity of the board has gone up considerably. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937/2 "2020-06-25T07:47:29Z")
I’ve jumped up a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937/3 "2020-06-25T09:10:30Z")
Likely it has since we can actually post now. Also, all the fogies complaining that it sucks because they changed it. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937/4 "2020-06-25T09:17:14Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Also, all the fogies complaining that it sucks because they changed it. Does that mean the activity will slow down? Or go up? What to expect? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937/5 "2020-06-25T18:49:15Z")
I’ve posted more since Sunday than I had in the preceding 2.5 years. But that’s simply because I’d been staying away and when I got the email announcing the move I clocked in to set a password and keep my membership alive in our Brave New World. Hard to say how long the novelty will last for me or anyone else. But I’d certainly expect at least a couple weeks’ spike in total activity. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937/6 "2020-06-25T18:52:58Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > Likely it has since we can actually post now. Seriously! Since the board doesn’t give me an error message every 5 minutes, it’s much easier to post. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937/7 "2020-06-25T19:14:33Z")
I think the design of this board is more conducive to back-and-forth conversation than the old one, which may account for it. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-whether-the-activity-of-the-board-has-gone-up-significantly/912937/8 "2020-06-25T19:20:08Z")
The above reasons make sense; also in my case I’ve been posting just to speed my way through the adjustment process - the more I use the site, the faster it will seem normal to me.