Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-24325144-20150106201659/@comment-11345660-20150111012041

We can't force people to go on if they are not interested, but that's a risk Chat takes. And it is not the only way to contact people. Chat can always be encouraged, but forums and blogs are suitable substitute. Forums seem to have survived the second user recession in the recent months, but unfortunately, blogging has not. If it your wish to promote the more social aspects of the wikia, I suggest you take the initiative to invite and encourage chat, forums, and blogs any way thar you can. However, policy wise, there is really nothing changing policy could do about bringing people in. Like I said, it's not the rules that drive users away (They most likely don't even know the policy), it just doesn't interest them.