Lots of people talk here and sometimes we even use the forum. Private messages work when you want to converse with someone and using PM's doesn't clutter up the forum for the rest of the people here. Also, in this part of the world the lawn care business in general is slowing down as the grass has almost stopped growing. No grass - no need to use a mower. A mower won't need fixing if it isn't broke. Most folks are putting their mowers into storage for the winter right about now.
Now if you want to talk snowblowers then you will probably see an increase in posts but this is primarily a lawn mower forum hence the name LawnWorld.