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Is it just me or does there seem to be less activity on the forums? Not just here, but others as well.

I've noticed the same thing, though it's really a long-term trend that is coming to a head.

Probably (a.) fewer programming jobs out there, (b.) fewer people have good Internet access in this economy, (c.) more people are being consumed by the proliferation of passive entertainment, (d.) more forum and forum-like sites out there now to spread the load.

And maybe numerous other large and small factors that don't come immediately to mind.

That might be something that could be determined from the database of this forum. A graph of posts/month, posts/year, threads/month or threads/year, might show whether it is true or not. Personally, I hadn't noticed. The only trend I notice is the large number of basic questions that show up in September and January, the start of two of the semesters in US schools.

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

That might be something that could be determined from the database of this forum. A graph of posts/month, posts/year, threads/month or threads/year, might show whether it is true or not. Personally, I hadn't noticed. The only trend I notice is the large number of basic questions that show up in September and January, the start of two of the semesters in US schools.

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It was just a feeling I had, and I don't get on as often since going back to school.

Go Cards!!!

vb is dead.

*crickets*

All the questions have been answered.

On somewhat of a tangent, I've noticed recently that
there are more viewers in the VB6 and Earlier Forum than
in the VB.Net Forum.

What could this portend?

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Originally Posted by Spoo

On somewhat of a tangent, I've noticed recently that
there are more viewers in the VB6 and Earlier Forum than
in the VB.Net Forum.

What could this portend?

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There's more VB6 apps out there that need fixing?
More educational courses with VB6?

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Originally Posted by abhijit

There's more VB6 apps out there that need fixing?
More educational courses with VB6?

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I'd bet on the second question.

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Originally Posted by abhijit

There's more VB6 apps out there that need fixing?
More educational courses with VB6?

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I'll vote for the first one.

(And then the fight began)

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Originally Posted by dilettante

From the look of the majority of VB6 questions lately it feels like a lot of VBA plinkers have grabbed a stolen VB6 somewhere and are trying to make it work via copy/paste. Tons of very simple questions even a cursory glace at the manual would answer.

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Isn't it easier posting in a forum, than reading the manual? :D

..and it is easier to post a disguised homework question, than doing the homework for yourself!