Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members?

Kinda but disagreement is often expressed bluntly here to everyone, including people who have been here forever. That’s part of this place’s… err… charm.

And there is far less of a hive mind here than most forums in which I participate. Try saying something absolutely correct but unpopular on Reddit – you will get downloaded into oblivion. IME here if you say something basically factual and rationally justifiable - even if it’s not something most agree with - you will get a moderately fair run.

On Reddit my most downvoted comments are where I have stated a legal fact that is unpopular but unquestionably true. People don’t even argue or suggest you are wrong - they just downvote because they don’t want to hear what you have said.