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

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Nah, Polycarp had a low opinion of the Left Behind series, and [referred to “Left Behind”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-rule-about-linking-to-other-message-boards/304200/4) as “sinister buttock.”

I believe that skirmish happened right around the end of 1999. StormFront was within the next year or two, IIRC. It definitely wasn’t in the AOL days - I wasn’t aware of this board yet then.

ETA: I _would_ be worried about tangling online with StormFront. On the one hand, they might think we weren’t worth bothering with. On the other, if they were able to get someone to track down any of our real identities, they could be a danger to us and those living with us.

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