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

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/33 "2021-06-14T09:36:30Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> … 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.

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.

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