# Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 14, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208 "2021-06-14T02:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 117
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/117 "2021-06-14T19:57:41Z")
Well said. I’m aware that there’s a large market of users who prefer a dumbed-down level of discourse (heh), and I don’t begrudge them for flocking to alternative options that cater to their jejune tastes. I’d just hate to see the SDMB descend to the level of those other sites. > [@Velocity](#): > > My own joining was completely out of random happenstance - I happened to be doing a Google search for extreme cold and its effect on the human body, and one of the best answers happened to come from a Dope thread, found on Google, so I ended up joining. That’s not an approach that could be…replicated. I don’t know how other “young” people here joined the Dope or what it was that attracted them. This is basically the same story as how I found and why I joined the Dope - I was searching for information related to a sport I play, but somehow landed on [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-sports-are-all-the-same/531638) from my Google search, and I was captivated by the oddball and heavy-hitting analysis the posters did on what would typically be considered an unimportant topic — a culture that I’ve never found on other parts of the web before. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208)._