Maybe you should ask yourself why so many of existing older members no longer post any more?
Stats can be made/displayed to prove anything you like or whatever suits your narrative…
Like the old saying goes…
“There are three types of lies – lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
Also as has been said so many are ridiculed just because they like a participant yet no one does anything about that.
If you know examples of these members you miss, why won’t you ask them yourself?
A few other suggestions, a popular payment provider being dropped and verotel being inflexible, no reason to buy a membership with the amount of content posted for free on this forum and finally piracy
Sure, those are fully valid and true points. Those do not reflect fully in the visitorship, though, but certainly influence our subscribers stats, which is private data.
@jabbath1987 Not saying i particularly miss them just that many just seem to disappear.
i’t’s a bit difficult to ask them once they have gone though isn’t it?
Also many are so adversarial i just don’t bother with them, this may put many people off from joining.
mate we are mere underlings and have no real say may aswell
they will either baffle you with science or bulls__t niether of which are any help 
Like they always say “Bulls__t baffles brains” 
Why, you could simply @ mention them or PM them to check if they are alright. People come, people go. We all have some stuff to take care about apart of our passion to VHTV
Sorry my reply was really meant for Jabbath.
It takes a while for anyone to realise a member isn’t around anymore so as i said it could be a bit difficult to message them once they have gone.
But as you say people come, people go, just a big revolving door really and yes, we all have many other things to worry about in our lives apart from VHTV.
ive had enough of this now think ill shut my gob and disappear
That’s how it happens. Another one is disappearing… 
Only funny for the German readers I think 
If I right click, my browser (‘Edge’) allows me to translate typed words (whole sentences and paragraphs) but it doesn’t work for posted images. Actually neither does the globe icon one, as provided by VHTV. 
You can do it on Google-Pictures, translate…
Well I try to explain. It says that elderly people disappear in the internet without a trace because they press the buttons “alt” and “delete”. “Alt” in German means “old” so old and delete
Oh OK…well now that makes sense. Thank you for explaining. 
is this my bestest palVirgil?, nahhhhh can’t be must be an imposter, he ain’t that fucking miserable
Well it won’t as it’s an all in one image file not separate text.
Not insulting the older generation are we pal 