I assume you're talking about the fact that the number of new topics and the number of posts were so low in October.
I wouldn't worry about it. October was a busy month....World Series....important election......
Unfortunately, the death of Don Briscoe has resulted in an increase of posts....news of that sort always does. I wish we were posting like mad because we were all watching the New Dark Shadows on the WB.....but that never happened.
But as a wise moderator told me once.....this has been going on for 40 years already, and it's not going to disappear any time soon.