I guess I'll chime in here to the points that have been brought up many times. Why not give my 2 cents on the actual topic.
1. BB is struggling to get it's name out, so lots of people who just join and never login don't exist on BB anymore.
2. When people look at the forums if they're new and they see that the user size has been reduced in half in about 3 years, they don't know if it's worth investing (donating) or even spending their time on the site. Sad, but true.
3. The user number will eventually plateau. Although it seems bad right now, lots of us are still here and are active, so that's a plus (yes I know this has been stated).
4. As bad as I look as a manager, I've been here for a while. And I just finally understood why the game is so good. It took me forever, but I realized training is actually fun rather than thinking I found a stud because he had legendary jump shot and was 33 years old. My point here is that some people really struggle to understand the game and it's all about patience, this isn't 2k, you can't just simulate. I spent 3 months tutoring my friend on BB, and I'm proud

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5. Kind of piggy backs from #4, but I really think there should be a summary you're directed to (NOT THE MANUAL) when you first login about how leagues work, players, training, and all of the other stuff. I dont remember what the warm welcome is for BB when you join other than the manager checklist (hooray.) and I really think it would be amazing for BB to get volunteers who speak the language of whoever joins to send a new person a message offering them help and telling them about the forums. I know you get an auto mated message from someone when you first join, but seeing some kind of auto - message from someone like EBW (first active person I could think of) saying something about the forums and how BB is a slow paced patience game.
Those are my views... Looking back at it I really rambled on 5 and basically made a suggestion. Oops.