So, as everyone should know, the key to a successfull forum is a lively community. Now, VGChartz obviously has some of that, but I feel that we could do even better!! Now, why did this even come up in my mind? I saw the bottom say that there are over 1,300 people online here right now, of which 81 are members. So, in other words, the vast majority of people who check out this site aren't logged in/don't have an account. Now, I'd say that is definitely to be expected, but now I'm curious as to how many of those are people who just check the site for a short time and then leave, and how many of them are lurkers who just haven't made an account yet to join in the forums. So, maybe reading this thread, one of you lurkers will be inclined to create an account and join the conversation Or maybe you're just a shy fellow who is worried about joining, or maybe you just like analyzing us and actually participating is something that you're not interested in! In any case, I guess if you hadn't made an account yet, this thread probably won't convince you to do so. So, now switching my focus to the members here, how do you think we could convince more people to join? Is it something that we should even attempt? Or is it something that we should just see as "if it happens, it happens, if it doesn't, it doesn't"? I guess I like befriending new people, so I'd like to see some new faces.