I succesfully talked 2 of my friends into joining (not that they were opposed, they are both final fantasy fans and frequent the web daily), but after a couple of logins, they never logged back in. This is a clue, in my eye. I never bothered to ask them why they didnt log back in, although I think the reason is clear. They dont have a reason to stay/they dont feel welcome/there just isnt enough activity for them to care about coming back.

Im trying to remember the most recently active threads here.
-feminsm thread
-religious thread
-homocide thread
-sex thread
-fart thread
-phone thread
-martial arts thread
-FF14 thread

only a single ff thread in all of that. Also, I started 3 of them.