• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

13 registered members online, 1323 elsewhere...

Rich Z

Rich Z

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So how do we get those other 1,323 registered members to hang out here regularly? Is there something that needs to be here to attract them that is not? Or is there something here that chases them away that should not be here? :shrug01:

This place would really be jumping if we had their daily participation.....
 
Rich Z said:
So how do we get those other 1,323 registered members to hang out here regularly? Is there something that needs to be here to attract them that is not? Or is there something here that chases them away that should not be here? :shrug01:

This place would really be jumping if we had their daily participation.....
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Rich,When you say 13 online,do you mean at one time or 13 regular visiting members?When I'm not on the forum does it show up as me being offline?Or does it mean they are not signed in?But I think some people come once or twice then for some reason or a other the disappear into the void.You should pm all members that you have not heard from in awhile and asked them if we did something to scare them off.Maybe some members don't have the internet anymore or some people just like to read and not respond to the post.Stalkers I call them.I was one them for awhile until I got the feel of this place,but once I meet some members I was hooked.Now there are some members who I think have "special privelges" here.I won't name any names but they have there own ranting room.:lmao: I still love you bro.:nanana:
 
The 13 members were registered members who were online here at that time. There is a certain amount of lag time involved from when someone drops off here and it is reflected in that display, but for all intents and purposes, it gives a fairly accurate method of determining how many people are on at any given time.

There is another display below that showing how many registered members have logged in within the past 24 hours. That has been around 75 the last couple of days.

Yeah, maybe I need to make a broadcast email to those members who haven't logged in here in a while to make sure they haven't forgotten about us....
 
Rob,

Backyard Mechanic said:
Now there are some members who I think have "special privelges" here.I won't name any names but they have there own ranting room.:lmao: I still love you bro.:nanana:
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:lmao: :nopity: I'm sorry...Did I detect a hint of :bow: envy? :nanana:
You crack me up!!!:rofl1: Maybe your Next post should be in Ray's Ranting Room.:hehehe:
 
Rich Z said:
The 13 members were registered members who were online here at that time. There is a certain amount of lag time involved from when someone drops off here and it is reflected in that display, but for all intents and purposes, it gives a fairly accurate method of determining how many people are on at any given time.

There is another display below that showing how many registered members have logged in within the past 24 hours. That has been around 75 the last couple of days.

Yeah, maybe I need to make a broadcast email to those members who haven't logged in here in a while to make sure they haven't forgotten about us....
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I'm a member at 3 other sites,but I stop buy 3,4,5,6,7,8 times a day to see whats new!!! I know a few of you people from other sites,but I go by a different name on them!! I like being incognito here for now!!!:rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: Some day I'll come out of the Closet!! :thumbsup:
 
Krazy Horse said:
I'm a member at 3 other sites,but I stop buy 3,4,5,6,7,8 times a day to see whats new!!! I know a few of you people from other sites,but I go by a different name on them!! I like being incognito here for now!!!:rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: Some day I'll come out of the Closet!! :thumbsup:
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Well depending on who you really are, maybe some members here will throw you back INTO that closet.......... :lmao:
 
Rich Z said:
Well depending on who you really are, maybe some members here will throw you back INTO that closet.......... :lmao:
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:rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: Thats very Possibly true!! I don't think I've Ticked to many Off!!:thumbsup: :D
 
Rich, I think the mass emailing might be a good idea. See if anyone will give you some reasons why they registered and then didn't continue to post. I know there are always folks who no longer own a vette or who just feel they have nothing to add or who don't spend much time online....
Who knows?? :shrug01:
I like it here even with the "special" people :D . They make it that much more enjoyable :yesnod:
 
Backyard Mechanic said:
I like it here even with the "special" people . They make it that much more enjoyable
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Quiet , Ray is probably listening.:lmao:
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Ya think so? Guess we'll know shortly, huh?? :yesnod:
 
WooHoo........

I'm "special". :dancer01:

Rich,

This thread is a good start.

There's a list of reasons and it's anyone's guess as to why people aren't here.
My guess is, some joined early on, but it wasn't busy enough back then and they've since forgotten about us.
Some like the ambience of other forums...Ours = Laid back, others = controlled chaos.
Some just lost interest.
HERE'S THE BIGGIE.....Some are just Chicken Sh!zit:lmao: .

Seriously..
I've talked to a few people, who've said it's hard to Navigate on this forum compared to others they've been on.:shrug01:
I've talked to another, who felt he didn't "fit in".:shrug01: :shrug01:

Rob and I spoke of a person while we were at the winery. Rob said he just met a guy who's been lurking around, reading threads and posts, but is a little gun shy to participate.
Apparently, this guy had a bad experience on another forum (yup, that one:rofl1: ) which left him weary of forums in general.
I wish I could have met this fella and just talked to him.:yesnod:
I know what some are thinking...:hmm: :badidea: :lmao: :toetap05: :rofl1:

Anyway...I love this forum, it's full of.................................................










good people!:thumbsup:

~Ray
 
Hey Rich Z, Offer a brand new vette to the one person who writes the most threads, a set of tires to 2nd place, CAI to 3rd, and so on. We know you can afford it. Them snakes are worth a fortune aren't they????? Just kidding of course. I think the ole 80-20 rule is working its angry funky head. 20% of the members are writing 80% of the threads.
I think you are doing one heck of a job running this forum. Many thanks and gratitude always. Mark
 
Rich Z said:
So how do we get those other 1,323 registered members to hang out here regularly? Is there something that needs to be here to attract them that is not? Or is there something here that chases them away that should not be here? :shrug01:

This place would really be jumping if we had their daily participation.....
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Hey, I'm tryin to do my part! I check in several times a day. Maybe there's not ENOUGH controversy on this site. I've had no problem navigating.
 
Personally Rich, I really don't want this site to get like the CF. I have actually lost interest over there and spend more time (when I can) either here or at the Z16 forum. Both of these sites are much more down to earth than CF.

I joined this forum over a year ago with the anticipation of meeting fellow enthusiasts in SW Florida. I was concerned that after we move from Maryland to Florida that it would be difficult to give up our long time friends to develop new ones. Well I will tell you that it is and will be difficult to give up our Corvette friends here in Maryland, but it was through this site that my wife and I have met some great people in the Ft. Myers area. 2Vettes (Linda and Robert) and Electra (Barb and Andy) have developed into great friends that we look forward to spending Corvette time with after our move. They have introduced us to other members of the SW Florida Corvette Club and that has been a great experience for us so far. Without this site, I am convinced that these relationships would not have developed.

So, you maybe disappointed in the current activity level and I do understand your concern. But the quality of the participation has been more than I expected. Thank you for a site that has helped us during our transition to Florida.

Rich
 
Thank you all for the kind words.

I guess my worry stems mostly from the concern that this site could very easily just die on the vine. There were some very active regular posters here, and they just left. So it makes me feel that I am doing something wrong here to chase them off. If that can happen to them, then it can happen to others as well. Meanwhile I am clueless about what I am doing wrong as the last member fades off into the sunset.

Yes, I know what it takes to make a site like this work. Traffic. But obviously that is a catch-22. How do you get the traffic to attract the traffic? :crazy03:

Many sites just don't make it. A LOT, actually. It's difficult to break the ice, and then once you do, you may wind up on a small iceberg that just floats away and melts.

Heck, I don't know. That's why I started this thread. To give anyone and everyone a chance to throw suggestions at me. It may very well be that all it will take is time on the playing field, and I just have to be patient. :shrug01:

Or maybe as has been suggested give away a free vette to the member who makes the most posts. Like, say, the first one to hit 1 million posts. :hehehe: I'll be dead and gone then anyway, so by that time it would be someone else's problem. :rolleyes:

No, I don't think this will ever become a really HUGE site. Probably can't simply because the target audience is so small. How many Corvette owners are in Florida that have an interest in participating on a message board system? Probably not all that many. So I am trying to find out why anyone who meets that criteria who knows about this site is NOT here as a regular....
 
I belong to other forums (3) and each has a nitch.Florida is a regional ,social forum which I enjoy as my favorite because it's low key and social.For what you have it's very well run .I also wish that between jail sentences I could help more.
 
Real short Rich
I am new and have used a lot of motorcycle forums before getting my Vette(first) a couple months ago. I like it because everyone is about my age or older and it is more mature then some other sites. I navigate just fine. It's like a small family. Very cool. Keep it up corvetteflorida!
 
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