I've only just started lurking, there's generally only a handful of new posts each day to read through. I'm not keen on bumping months old threads either.

Just start posting something, then :)

Is it me or has the activity on the forum dropped a wee bit?

You should. Ppl get notifications and generally answer (if it's like a discussion topic).

I am guilty of lurking more than posting. I often do this on my IG, as well. I rarely post pictures and mainly communicate with friends/family. I have enjoyed using this site to log my hours on the mat. I wish I had done this in excel when I started in 2009 at 10th planet. The nerd side of me seeing the stats and pie charts is gorgeous. I remember, as a single man, being at the gym everyday for 2 hours when I first started from 2009 to 2012 before branching into the gi full time. I wish I could backlog all that mat time. Haha. I have been trying to get people to sign up on this site but it is like pulling teeth with them. When I was at a seminar recently I made several comments to everyone there about this site and encouraging them to get on.

I am definitely less active. I visited Europe for the first time in three years around April, and I've been meaning to write about the two nice gyms I visited in Belgium, fellow beltcheckers: Benoit Zenthner, Sequana Luta Libre (North of Brussels) Wim Deputter's Brasa, Leuven and then laziness and other things took over. Both were super welcoming and had great stuff to teach. I remember a great variation on a soft omoplata control from Benoit, where you casually monitor their leg to switch to leg entanglements/kneebar if they roll, works great even if they do the inside roll a la Roger Gracie. I especially like Wim's approach, with a mix of MMA awareness and always encouraging his students to develop that great sense of feel/stickiness/awareness of how the other's limbs are moving. I meant to go back and get a private lesson with Wim, but I caught the flu from my nieces and didn't want to go in with a runny nose spreading my germs ^^ There was a very nice young purple belt there... (Shai? hi there if you read this, hope you make it to Tokyo someday ^^) thanks @Benoit thanks @wimdeputterbjj I'll be back someday! otherwise to the topic of low activity, I guess see this forum as I would old friendships; even if you're out of touch for a while, when you next meet up all the positive vibes are still there. Ossssss ^^

This is the activity that counts <3

How does that compare to verified?