Another reason there are 2264 accounts is that some people have multiples f= or the convenience of using alternate email addresses. I notice you have fo= ur accounts :)=20 So it's hard to compare today's subscription numbers to two decades ago whe= n people mostly just had one account each. Friendly regards, Bob ________________________________________ From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of Willia= m Westfield=20 Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2019 12:26 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT]:: The reason for the (putative) PICList decline. > [current membership ~2264 compared to ~2000 remembered =93peak=94] > > That's an extremely slow rate of decline. :-) There is little motivation to unsubscribble from a mailing list whose traff= ic level has gone down, as long as the messages themselves remain relativel= y non-spam-like. And disk space is cheap - There are even some email lists= that I receive and =93archive=94 but haven=92t actually read in years and = years. :-( PICs used to be the microcontroller of choice for hobbyists and beginners, = and a lot of discussions were spurred by their questions. Arduino and it i= lk have taken over a lot of that, and vendor forums have taken on the pros = less tolerant of such discussions=85 Finally, the structure of email systems have changed. It used to be that a= list maintainer would keep an active eye on email rejections prune recipie= nts. Now individuals, companies, or whole service providers can just disa= ppear without anyone or anything noticing=85 BillW --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .