In addition to the reasons already mentioned, I feel that we don't get (m)any new members because it's just too daunting of a task! It may be difficult to admit, but Gotwoot is a family. A very dysfunctional one, with knives to the throats of several members, but a family nonetheless. You have your different cliques of anime watchers, manga readers, gamers, etc., as well as people that come and go as they please like myself. But for better or worse, everyone here is family. It's taken years for us to become like this... in fact, I'm fairly certain that all consistent posters have been here for 5+ years now. For someone new to come along is just... well, speaking from an objective standpoint, it would just be too much work to try and fit in.

Couple that with the fact that most internet users these days are Facebook-dependent imbeciles, and I'm gonna have to say that we're better off the way we are.

Though I'm never opposed to certain areas of the forum becoming more active... *cough*Fanart*cough*