Serious question here , what happened ? All the members who left over Iraq decided to come back and vote for the worst leader since the 1930 s , along with an army of naive middleaged people who think that politics is a matter of having the best of intentions and shouting a lot to their facebook friends . Meanwhile , our opponents have devised strategies to use and abuse both traditional and social media to their own electoral advantage , and have successfully painted us as a party of nutters . Both of these were easy for them because we are incompetent . <| sep |> The bowl seems pretty active to me from my experience . When I was on SA I had a steady stream of messages from SDs even as an older relatively speaking SB . I only have experience of the UK bowl though so don ' t know how things compare . Wide range of locations as well , although I ' d say London would be your best port of call because then you can meet people who travel in on business as well . Timescalewise I ' ve had people want to meet that very day , and I ' ve had people that I ' ve spoken to for a couple of weeks before we meet . I really think all components vary wildly depending on the POT , whether SD or SB . As always though if something feels off trust your gut !