I miss some of the old timers who came around. I tend to make this place one of my stops every day. I go through periods where all I want to do is read the posts. Then I go through times when I am more apt to post, Seems to come and go for me.
I haven't been run off with a stick yet which is, I guess, a good thing. Things tend to balance out over time. I don't think it's healthy to become too invested in a forum. At least for me it isn't.
I tend to analyze things at the social level. There are people here who I have been in threads with for years, yet to this day I have never felt they directly addressed me. We tend to address a subject and not a person which always made me feel uncomfortable, but that's me.
There have been a few squalls that have ended in a few leaving, having said that, I can't think of too many places where there is such a quality group of people with the same or similar interests.Even if you don't use Sonar, this is a nice place to visit.
Facebook is usually a big waste of my time. I tend to prefer a forum.