I'm ok with Malcolm moderating and policing the posts as he does, the "other" forum had got a bit ridiculous with constant exchanges of insults and drivel (course improvement thread for example degenerated into a slanging match between a few individuals). I eventually spent about 30 secs on it about once a week n logged off bored.
As to OP's original post, the old forum had sometimes nobody at all on it at this time of year, and obviously even less banter, I'm sure this forum will be better and more fun as list of users online grows in equal measures as the excitement.