I usually look at how many members and guests the forum says are currently online whenever I stop by to check for any new posts. I cannot believe there are actually hundreds of people on here each day but there have only been 8 new posts in the past 4 months, since the end of February.
Right now, it says that there are 267 guests and one member online and that there was a record 1,965 number of users online on 3/25/2025. What gives?
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Bots?, web crawlers? and maybe a few folks.
I think maybe folks are using the forum as a source for problem solving and no so much "community" like it used to be. That's unfortunate. Some of my very best friends I found on this forum "but the times they are a changin'".
I do miss all the posts over the last few years. I check in a couple times a week and it is sad that there are not many posts anymore.
It is a great shame that the forum is now a shadow of its former self, it was such a good source of help, advice and camaraderie back in the day!
As some are aware Bradley were looking at closing it down and the last I heard via Brian (Bradley HQ) was that once they had a mechanism to archive the more relevant parts (a third party did very kindly produce an archive) that would be the case, however that was at the back end of last year with no updates for a good while now?
Still pop by maybe once a week for old times sake.
I check in a couple times a week and it is sad that there are not many posts anymore. I learned a great deal from this forum group, and made many acquaintances and friends. Thank you to all who contributed and shared their knowledge over the years. This has been (and still is) the best community that I've encountered.