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

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**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/492 "2021-07-03T20:14:15Z")

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Start a Homework Help section to help out the young folk, particularly those who can’t lawfully be [taught certain subjects](https://apnews.com/article/what-is-critical-race-theory-08f5d0a0489c7d6eab7d9a238365d2c1). Be subversive. Though that may attract younger members than you necessarily want.  
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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> modernize and simplify the rules and the pinned topics, with an emphasis on “simplify”

Best I can tell, there’s really only one rule–Don’t be a jerk–with the rest merely defining what a jerk is.

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