Hi, gang,

I'm really concerned about the lack of participation in our discussion forums.  I know that many of the older members have dropped off for other venues. But---

In the past two years we've acquired several dozen new members.  A hearty welcome to all of you. But, my concern is that y''all join, and that's the last we hear from you.  And I'm curious why you aren't taking part. 

You know you're welcome to join any existing threads, or to start some of your own.  But there's only sillence.

I'd really like to understand why.  We know you are reading some of the discussions, because the number-of-views columns keep growing.  I presume, from that, that there is interest.  Just no responses.

So please, please, let me know the reasons.  You can post them on this thread, or, if you'd rather, just PM me.  

This certainly applies to older members as well as newbies.

Thanks for helping me out with this.

I've certainly noticed a lack of participation as well. And I'm as guilty as anyone of not posting much. Personally, it's a combination of not really cooking anything that would be a good fit here (or hasn't been covered already) and a lack of time. Most frequently I get on here while I'm at work and my computer is working on something in the back ground and I have a couple minutes to wait for it to finish. Unfortunately that means I only have a few quick minutes to read and respond. Sometime I don't even get through the post I've started reading before having to get back to work. Other times I finish, but don't have time to respond and then forget to come back and respond.

I have a feeling a lot of the view count is people coming here for a specific recipe, and then leave never to be seen again. Or possibly the count is incremented by web crawlers like search engines indexing the page? Whatever it is, it sure would be nice to get back to the level of activity we had even just a couple years ago. I'll work on being more interactive. But... two people don't exactly make for a busy forum. It definitely would be nice to get some fresh blood in here and posting.

Good to hear from you.  Hopefully we'll get things restarted.

To Historic Foodie, 

Unfortunately, there is very little participation on the Forum and it is very saddening.

Some evenings I run into Melissa and you.

However, it has been some time since I have been active as I am publishing a digital multi lingual magazine, focusing on Travel - Tourism,  Gastro - Eno Trade fairs, photography, wines and chef interviews. 

So this keeps me very very busy.  

However, I just spoke to Ron and want very much to participate more .. 

All my best for a lovely weekend.

Ron, Historic Foodie, Hoser, Melissa, Karl, Pitrow,  Dan, and all New Members & all Older Members,

It is truly sad, that nobody is posting any longer and nobody is starting or adding conversational discussions any longer. 

I am very saddened to have received some news from Historic Foodie regarding this matter.

We are all very busy, however, it is imperative that we all collaborate here on FOTW at least once a week so that there will not be an empty forum. 

I have a digital platform wine, trade fair, travel - tourism magazine online since 2017 and it is alot of labours and it is challenging to also post in FOTW, however,it is important to me and therefore I have decided to post at least once a week. 

PLEASE, find a moment to do same. 

Thank you for all your collaboration in this matter.