>I might have mentioned something a few weeks ago about seemingly lower participation. But you stated it was really the spread of messages into different categories.

The point made here was in regards to the way replies are being answered and not about the quantity.

>I think it's a little of both. For one, I don't see the logged-in users numbers the same as they once were a couple of years ago. I remember a time when there were always over a hundred people logged in, every day except weekends.

We had over a 100 this week during business hours in average. We sticked at 107-110 yesterday for a while. Note also that for a full month, it went down because of Christmas break. November had a long holiday. Whenever that is the case, it takes a lot of time for people to get use to their regular day to day tasks.

Another factor which affects some of that is the way VFP releases are being done. For example, VFP 7 has been there for a while, many got used to it by now and less technical support is needed. When VFP 8 beta went in, messages increased as well. The same will happen when the product ship. It goes by interest and by need.

The other factors, I mentioned, as you said, in the other thread.