# Showing thanks on the Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 15, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-thanks-on-the-dope/937912 "2021-03-15T04:36:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 58
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-thanks-on-the-dope/937912/58 "2021-03-16T06:19:44Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I’d love to be able to spread more love. +1 Like > [@mordecaiB](#): > > Do you have another reason to explain why so many stopped posting in one month? Sure. It was summer. I’ve noticed that lots of message boards lose people in the summer. There were a lot of people that wandered off in November too. Probably for the holidays. > [@mordecaiB](#): > > In your world does everyone post to a thread about why they are leaving? Maybe not. But that’s the only indication of why someone is leaving is if they post something about it. Any other reason could be coincidence. I’ve spent a LOT of time trying to figure out why some people leave message boards when they do.because maybe like you, I’d like to see more people stay. It’s often confounding. > [@TriPolar](#): > > I also post without thinking often and that’s another way to save time, Lucky you! That always gets me in trouble. > [@TriPolar](#): > > However, I am baffled by this idea that we will have an avalanche of “Thank you” posts for some reason. I’m skeptical that there are that many people hesitating to do it now There are at least 3 people who have posted that they held off. If you multiply that across the board, it could be a lot. > [@TriPolar](#): > > You’re welcome. Oh, man! That was my thanks for the week. Now I’ll have to wait another week. Hopefully, no one will say anything nice this week. 😉 > [@mordecaiB](#): > > I suppose they all could have decided to leave for separate reasons, or maybe they screwed up during the changeover and now have a “2” attached to their names. That’s six just from one thread. Trust me, there are a lot of people that stopped posting in June 2020. I appreciate your passion. It’s nice to see that someone cares about people leaving. I can see **ecg** posting, so I’m hoping he posts about the stats. [Yes, he did!] Thanks **ecg**! Here’s the thread he posted about it. > [@Do we have a sense of how much activity the board has seen since the change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-sense-of-how-much-activity-the-board-has-seen-since-the-change/921311): > > I was looking at [alexa.com](http://alexa.com) to see how many visitors the board had had, and it’s pretty far down. I think that site calculates unique visitors, but I’m not 100% sure. In any case, I’ve been way more engaged because I like the new format, to me it has felt like the board has been a hopping place… but maybe it really is a lot down? I’m not sure if statistics are available. [https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/straightdope.com#section\_traffic](https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/straightdope.com#section_traffic) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/showing-thanks-on-the-dope/937912)._