Ok Ok
I'll rename the title WHO POSTS THE MOST AND WHY :lam:
Walter anymore stats on posting and board members.
B2B
MEMBERS THAT DONT POST
Started by
Bubble2Bubble
, Jan 05 2005 10:07 AM
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#16
Bubble2Bubble
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 02:28 PM
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#18
Bubble2Bubble
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 02:57 PM
Dive into Life and Live for Diving!
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however a significant number of electrons were inconvenienced.
Buy Lawn Mower and Chain Saw Parts at...
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no trees were harmed while posting any of my messages,
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#19
HandyGeek
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 03:04 PM
I'm an avid member of all sorts of different forums. I was a forum host at one time as well. During that time, I was informed that about 70% of the members there (creativecow.net if you must know) were what we call lurkers. They get the info they need and never ask questions or give feedback. It's a shame, but a reality. Most people just aren't very "vocal" in many of the forums I participate in.
Jeff
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Jeff
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#20
WreckWench
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 03:27 PM
Hey I wanna hear why people DON'T post!! So anyone who hasn't posted...or only posted once or twice....tell us why you don't post??? 
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"Imitation is the sincerest flattery." - Gandhi
"Imitation is proof that originality is rare." - ScubaHawk
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Kamala Shadduck c/o SingleDivers.com LLC
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#21
MNJoe
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"Charlie"
- Location:SE Minnesota
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 04:49 PM
I was feeling bad until I read this:
I don't post much because I am at work. I do have a computer at home, but it is extrememly slow. I could buy a new one, but I would rather buy dive gear.
I will make it a New Year's resolution to post more.
MNJOE
Approximately 50% of our members have never posted.
I don't post much because I am at work. I do have a computer at home, but it is extrememly slow. I could buy a new one, but I would rather buy dive gear.
I will make it a New Year's resolution to post more.
MNJOE
"just your average Joe from Minnesota, also known as Keith"
#22
WreckWench
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 04:58 PM
I will make it a New Year's resolution to post more.
MNJOE
That is ONE New Year's Resolution we can ALL Live with!!! Hopefully others will have the same one! -ww
Contact me directly at Kamala@SingleDivers.com for your private or group travel needs or 864-557-6079 AND don't miss SD's 2018-2021 Trips! ....here! Most are once in a lifetime opportunities...don't miss the chance to go!!
SD LEGACY/OLD/MANUAL Forms & Documents.... here !
Click here TO PAY for Merchandise, Membership, or Travel
"Imitation is the sincerest flattery." - Gandhi
"Imitation is proof that originality is rare." - ScubaHawk
SingleDivers.com...often imitated...never duplicated!
Kamala Shadduck c/o SingleDivers.com LLC
2234 North Federal Hwy, #1010 Boca Raton, FL 33431
formerly...
710 Dive Buddy Lane; Salem, SC 29676
864-557-6079 tel/celfone/office or tollfree fax 888-480-0906
#23
BradfordNC
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 07:32 PM
mmmmmmmmm chickletsI just post so I can get more of the little blue chicklets underneath my picture!!
OK, lets make a deal. If you stop telling me how to dive, I'll stop going down to the bus station at 2am to slap d***s out of your mouth.
#24
Funewgy
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 07:44 PM
Damn, I didn't know that we were supposed to add value with our posts. I just add volume. Looks like I am going to have to quit posting. Bye, bye.... or if I think I can offer something of value to the topic.
"Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call" -- J. Buffett
#25
Blublood
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 10:32 PM
Whats a post?
“There is no more unhappy thing than a man who has accomplished all his ends in life.â€
#26
finGrabber
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I need to get a life
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- Logged Dives:1200 ish
Posted 05 January 2005 - 10:37 PM
doesn't that hold up a fence?Whats a post?
#27
chinacat46
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I spend too much time on line
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 10:46 PM
No it holds up signs and lights.
#28
scubafanatic
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People are starting to get to know me
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 10:48 PM
...assuming the low posting participation rate is a serious question, I'll take a stab at posing a few observations:
1) one cannot explore the board without registering as a member, so naturally all the tire-kickers who just want to see what's behind the door register as members, inflating the membership rolls...only then do they diiscover SD.com isn't for them.
SD.com is 'based' in Dallas, TX, I suspect most 'members' are geographically distant from 'headquarters', so active participation becmes relatively pointless...I know if I didn't live in Dallas I wouldn't be interested in SD.com.........I'm looking for a lifetime dive buddy, so a purely cyber-relationship wouldn't interest me, I need to be where I can meet would-be buddies in person.....parties/ happy hours/ etc. Even if, for example, I went on a SD.com trip, and met, say, a nice 'mermaid' from NYC, it would still be very unproductive.....the odds are small either one of us would give up their home to 'join' the other, whereas if I met a local lady on a trip and sparks flew, there'd be a reasonable chance the relationship could grow back at 'home'.
2) not every single diver is an extrovert
3) not every single diver feels themselves especially 'witty' ,and perhaps feel a bit overwhelmed/overmatched with the board 'banter'......not everyone can be Robin Williams, moreover, not everybody with a good sense of humor can come across that way from behind a typewriter.
4) sometimes it doesn't take long for a thread to 'max out'...ie, the obvious has already been stated by the quick-on-the-trigger 'extrovert' board members, leaving little more original thought to be added.
5) late-comers to the board may feel to be 'outsiders'...sometimes it's hard to butt-into threads where the 'regulars' are exchanging inside jokes without feeling like a fool, and risking the reaction "who the heck is this guy?"
...on a more cherry note, with this posting I've doubled my post 'count'!
Karl
1) one cannot explore the board without registering as a member, so naturally all the tire-kickers who just want to see what's behind the door register as members, inflating the membership rolls...only then do they diiscover SD.com isn't for them.
SD.com is 'based' in Dallas, TX, I suspect most 'members' are geographically distant from 'headquarters', so active participation becmes relatively pointless...I know if I didn't live in Dallas I wouldn't be interested in SD.com.........I'm looking for a lifetime dive buddy, so a purely cyber-relationship wouldn't interest me, I need to be where I can meet would-be buddies in person.....parties/ happy hours/ etc. Even if, for example, I went on a SD.com trip, and met, say, a nice 'mermaid' from NYC, it would still be very unproductive.....the odds are small either one of us would give up their home to 'join' the other, whereas if I met a local lady on a trip and sparks flew, there'd be a reasonable chance the relationship could grow back at 'home'.
2) not every single diver is an extrovert
3) not every single diver feels themselves especially 'witty' ,and perhaps feel a bit overwhelmed/overmatched with the board 'banter'......not everyone can be Robin Williams, moreover, not everybody with a good sense of humor can come across that way from behind a typewriter.
4) sometimes it doesn't take long for a thread to 'max out'...ie, the obvious has already been stated by the quick-on-the-trigger 'extrovert' board members, leaving little more original thought to be added.
5) late-comers to the board may feel to be 'outsiders'...sometimes it's hard to butt-into threads where the 'regulars' are exchanging inside jokes without feeling like a fool, and risking the reaction "who the heck is this guy?"
...on a more cherry note, with this posting I've doubled my post 'count'!
Karl
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Terri
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 11:14 PM
Hey Karl!!! Welcome to the Board! I hope your posting trend continues and you become one of the 'regulars'!
By the way, most of us don't get some of the inside jokes, so don't let that stop you.
Terri
By the way, most of us don't get some of the inside jokes, so don't let that stop you.
Terri
'I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead'...JB
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scubafanatic
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Posted 05 January 2005 - 11:52 PM
Hello Terri,
for the warm welcome! ...perhaps I might post more often if WW could see to it that I'd get to use them as credit towards my PADI "CyberDiver' cert !
...I'm not 'against' the inside jokes...it will just take time to work my way to the point where I feel at home enough to begin to 'wade-in-that-pool'.
...I still need to flesh-out my personal profile and dig up an appropriate photo...I'm new to digital photography (although I've been diving for 3 years) but I think I can scrape up a dive related photo from my Bahamas JULIET live-aboard trip.....I know it helps to be able to associate a face with a name.
Karl
for the warm welcome! ...perhaps I might post more often if WW could see to it that I'd get to use them as credit towards my PADI "CyberDiver' cert ! ...I'm not 'against' the inside jokes...it will just take time to work my way to the point where I feel at home enough to begin to 'wade-in-that-pool'.
...I still need to flesh-out my personal profile and dig up an appropriate photo...I'm new to digital photography (although I've been diving for 3 years) but I think I can scrape up a dive related photo from my Bahamas JULIET live-aboard trip.....I know it helps to be able to associate a face with a name.
Karl
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