I was wondering if what you said, PJF, was a result of the thread bumping effect that this forum now has, so did some quick looking to see how many threads have been started over the last... 80ish days (since start of July). The graph shows threads started per day (vertical axis) as a function of time. Day 79 is today, day 1 is July 1. 

It had picked up a bit after the free bryce 5 thing for sure, but was starting to slow down again by the looks. The bryce 6 date is when the Bryce 6 revealed thread was posted at DAZ.

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