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Essentially this is about activation. Getting members to participate more frequently and with greater depth. However looking at it only from a member perspective may leave larger gains untouched. As I type this, there are 326 users online of which only 25 are members! Last night I saw similar numbers. I assume its pretty much like this all the time. Why? Why won't the nonregistered viewers join and participate? About 8% of the viewers are members meaning no more than 8% of the viewers of TFP will ever participate. There is a much greater potential in getting the nonregistered activated and participating than trying to squeeze more out of the members.
And along these lines, what has caused so many active members to fade off and disappear? There are several members that I enjoyed reading that no longer are involved. Why did they leave? Is there any way of finding out? As important as gaining new active participants its even more important to maintain the group that is here. Membership churn will not accomplish anything.
I realize the points I bring up are more rhetorical than anything as active members can't answer for those who aren't members nor for those who are no longer active, but it does seem to me that those two groups should also be considered when searching for answers.
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