# 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:** 31
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/31 "2021-06-14T08:57:51Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Not sure I agree. I think we are pretty welcoming of anyone who turns up and says something vaguely intelligent and relevant … that you agree with. The _reason_ there is a friendly consensus is because anyone you don’t agree with leaves. Disagreement is often expressed in the most unfriendly terms. Personally, I came here and remain here because of The Straight Dope and QQ. I don’t want GQ to be like other general interest forums, which are mostly full of unfounded opinion. I think that it is possible that young people might not have the same interest in facts and knowledge that I do: they’ve grown up with Google, and perhaps facts and knowledge just don’t have the same importance as when I was young? If that’s true, then the SDMB is done. On the other hand, if it’s not true, I’ve long thought that we could continue a front-page blog based on questions in GQ. There are still occasional odd questions that attract long and thoughtful responses: [How Can a Jet Engine Fly in the Rain? - General Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-jet-engine-fly-in-the-rain/943942/39) Something like that is still odd and interesting, even though it’s not as odd and interesting as a typical SD column was. --- _[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)._