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Mourne not your comrades who must dwell / too strong to strive -
Within each steel-bound coffin of a cell, / Buried alive;
But rather mourne the apathetic throng / The cowed, and the meek -
Who see the world’s great anguish and its wrong / And dare not speak.
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Posted by: VD
This. I've been here for 7 and half years...and I have to say, apart from the above, AGE plays the biggest role in me not visiting Bungie.net the way I used to.That definitely plays a big part. But it's not the only reason, IMO. Look at a site like reddit, or neogaf; plenty of people 18 and up, with jobs and lives and everything use them. It's understandable that people will become less active as things like college, employment, and significant others remove large chunks of free time from life. But millions of people sit down and check facebook every day when they get a chance, while many long time and devoted members of this community continue not just to cut back, but to completely drift away. If not for sub-communities I think the falloff would be significantly higher.
User retention isn't just a problem, though: I think it's a symptom. The real problem is a lack of purpose -- ie, for all the reasons people have mentioned, there's simply nothing for most people to do here other than look at stats. (There's an idea floating around in my head about how stats could be part of the answer, but I haven't really thought it out yet.)
While many of those problems stem from the community itself, I think there are ways to mitigate the noise and increase the quality of the site. Hopefully whatever Achronos is cooking will help. On the plus side, I don't think we're wanting for employee interaction these days. I can't remember a time when so many employees were posting so frequently. Sure most of it it silly one-off posts, but I'd rather have that than have them be relegated to official announcements and PR. ...In fact, I think the fact that employees feel comfortable enough to come in here and post jokes is one of the brightest signs for the place.