Hello,
I remember moving you recently from the Members Awaiting Moderation category. We now do this manually, in order to deal with computerized spambots.
If you look at the statistical details posted at the bottom of the forums top page, you will see that we have about 700 active members, out of a much larger membership number. We have discussed this on a number of occasions and we think the main reason is the rise of social media such as Facebook. As a result, the forums have indeed become quiet, but there is still a hard core of regular members who access the forums and contribute fairly frequently. If you pose a question and it is still not answered after a reasonable period, contact the forum moderator, or the senior moderators, or the administrators, and we will try to help. These individuals have been training in their respective arts for a lengthy period and the archives also contain much information.
Best wishes,
Peter Goldsbury,
Forum Administrator,
Hiroshima, Japan