I don’t belong to that other sight for reasons mentioned, plus it’s just not very private, and I like to keep my life private. And for me personally, I enjoy less people.
Most of my roll calls on Cruise Critic for unique cruises are pretty active, but I’m wondering since the OP is from Australia, if a cruise that doesn’t originate or end in the US, like a TP, just doesn’t draw as many Cruise Critic folks.
I’m on the Panorama in Oct. from Singapore to Long Beach and it’s been pretty active.
I sailed the Splendor from Long Beach to Sydney back in 2019, and we had a pretty active Roll Call then also.