general Where is all those users in the past?

[Silver Wind 114514 49]

It makes me wonder where did all those users of the forum went. Because in a post i wrote someone replied that there are so many users you can even see the end of schooltime in different time zone all over the world. So why does such popularity ends with forty thousand user now? Where are those guys and where's all those posts sent before? Did the poniverse server deleted its data?

[Starlighty 939]

I actually knew a lot of people from the OLD days and they just grew out of coming here or came to live a different life.... (or won't really THAT big of a mlp fan as they said they wwere? LOL BUT im still here if that counts! as for the data THEIR post are still there just gotta find them. 

[Iforgotmybrain 5,618]

They probably leave for various reasons. Lose interest in the show or just the fandom itself. They forget about the website or lose interest in it. I imagine a lot of it is the former, losing interest in the show. The fandom has died down a lot compared to the 2010s.

[MidnightFire1222 2,152]

Left for many reasons. People grow up, move on, quit, other reasons.

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,176]

One generation after another, people come and go.