Soapboards has over 10,000 members

[Kirsty :]]

Aww I'm a loved regular... you pulled a heartstring

[Perdita]

Thank you from another loved regular

[di marco]

wow thats a lot of members, shame most of them dont post though

[JustJodi]

I think its a nice number, and I think if Rimmer and the mods went thru the members list and trimmed it down, the number would be alot smaller
There are loads of lurkers,, or people sign up and forget they are on board ???

[Perdita]

Some people just want to read the spoilers and perhaps a couple of other threads they are interested in but don't wish to post any comments, which is ok. Or they are members on other forums and just don't find the time to post on here as well.

[Siobhan]

There is also a few who take time to post.. I know Vicky signed at the same time as me but only started regularly posting a year later.. give the newbies a chance... but I like the adopt (stalk) a newbie idea

[Abigail]

That was me, I signed up then forgot about it for a year or so. I think I've been a regular for three years now.

[Kim]

I think the peaks and troughs thing is also dependent on whether the soaps have good storylines or not. I haven't been as big a fan of EastEnders for example since 2006 when it got really boring on the whole. More people like to talk about the 'sensational' storylines which despite what the soaps may say, don't come around that often; I think.

Some people also probably just want to read the spoilers and signed up because there's a limit to the number of posts you can view without doing so.

I have more confidence to post on internet forums than I have to talk to people I don't know very well face to face. I'd guess that some are the opposite and so don't post much.

[Chris_2k11]

I will carry on posting for as long as this board is still here haha it really is like a little online home, I think its great that there's still quite a few of us that have been here since the start instead of just forgetting about it.

[Abbie]

I agree

I will keep posting as long as its here