Believe it or not (and like it or not), it tends to be the 'off the wall' and argumentative threads that keep any form of life around here.  The amount of views those threads get is proof of that.  I take a lot of notice of how popular certain threads are and what thread title is attached to them.  When Roxie started this thread it got three times more views by the time it got just one reply, than a "Poser" related thread got after receiving three replies.  That shows there was far more interest in this thread than a "Poser" thread that was started around the same time.  The reason is simple, it's the title, and people viewed it thinking it was going to be another juicy slanging match.

The sort of threads you want to shove-off to somewhere they don't get read are actually a benefit to communities like these, because when the forum is going through a quiet spell, there's still something else to come back to the forum for, whether that be a good old whine or a bit of fun.  And because people get involved in these threads, people are logging in to read the replies, and because they're logged in, they see other threads, "Poser related" threads that need attention.  It behaves is a sort of reciprocal fashion - it's a kind of ecosystem I suppose.

So while you think people don't like these threads, the statistics prove otherwise, and believe me, the decline of this forum has nothing to do with me, or with Roxie shooting her mouth off either.  The only people who say such things are those that have an issue with me (or Roxie).  As Vilters points out, it's the disfunctional state of the forum that is to blame.  I personally think it's also down to the complete lack of Poser related events:

• Where's the Poser rendering competitions?
• Where's the Poser animation competitions?

Even if there's no prize, people still like to play around at stuff like that, to challenge themselves and improve their slills.  Perhaps if there was some of that going on around here, things might start looking up a bit more.