Where Have All the Posters Gone

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Originally Posted by CHASZ51

I really enjoy the big Corvette forum! I never had any problems with any of the mods over there, thete is always something to talk about and lots of action.

Just agree to follow the forum rules and all will be fine.

Could not be said any better

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Originally Posted by Rich Z

...But in any event, any suggestions on how to make things better here concerning participation? How do you suggest we get participation in order to attract participation?

Originally Posted by Shadow

...and...?

Solutions? Suggestions? You made the statement, now offer up some solutions

See, as we all know, it takes INPUT to make a forum move. That INPUT isn't generated by watchers.

You can not force people to post!

[pewter99]

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Originally Posted by Shadow;61468[B

Bostons last Tuesday?
What happened there?
Never saw a word about it on here?

Why?[/b]


probably because you run around the net bashing me and then call me asking how long we are gonna be at an event..if you hate us CF members so much why would you want to hang out with us??? you think I came to Guru....yeah I heard....to funny....alot of people are tired of it G...not just me....let it go. Even Andy is tired of the bitching about CF over there as are the Mods/Admins on DC....funny no one comes to CF and complains about getting banned on any other Corvette site.


Although each of the aforementioned sites have thier forte', none of them provide me with the local input I recieve here

None of them provide me with the friendships I've made herenor do they provide me with the ability to actually meet many of the members through out the year.


BS


Even the formerly HUGE CorvetteForum failed in that regard.

formerly?? 100 new registrations a day


I had to keep checking back into the section, missed a lot of posts or got them late


because it moves.....almost 200K registered members




The averages are much better here but we need the people to start posting, responding to the threads and begin starting new ones

You'll find here that even though we may disagree, there's little if any "moderation", "editing", "locking" or any of the other free speech issues you'll find on some sites. There is some as we recently saw, but not nearly as much Maybe thats a bad thing? Maybe it's a good thing? Time will tell.


Low activity...nothing to do....


What we're NOT is a COMMERCIAL SITE . As such we don't rely on sponsors or vendors to stay up and running.



hence low activity

[pewter99]

and another thing when the Roadhouse forum starts tripping work filters and people get blocked at work your posting is gonna drop too....but like I said WTF do I know

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Originally Posted by Shadow

...Take a look below:
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 421
Rep Power: 7

Over 761 days on board and 421 posts?

I'd guess that elsewhere your post count is likely up in the stratosphere

There's a lot going on. Shows, events, cruises, parties, gatherings, etc, etc, etc, but if no one informs anyone and no one posts about them, nothing's going to happen

Yes my post count there is up there on the other site.. For the 1st several years many post were about many issues I had with my Vette. And trying to keep it on the road. Well before 2006). Over this time I have made many friends there. I became an events Coordinator there and doing a lot of the back scenes work for the St Jude fundraiser.

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Originally Posted by Shadow;61468As Rich said, this forum has a much narrower focus than just the general Corvette community:thumbsup:

It's specific to the[B

FLORIDA[/b] owners and as such, could be a much greater resource than just about any general "section" on any of the major forums. You don't have to search for it, you don't have to sift through everything from Florida to South Carolina, and many of us are truly local to one another

Yes so this board will move slower. I can not tell you why it does not move. What I do know is that my club with 250+ members are encourage to come here! For some reason most of them don’t. Jim Kill tells them at every show and meeting about this board, he appears to be the events coordinator for here, so I will not step on his toes..

Also there are event sections. A lot of my post are in Southeast. Hell I even have post in southwest now, since I went to Texas for a St. Jude Event. I also post in off topic. This area is very active and will not trigger corporations to block this site.

Now on to the "RoadHouse" section. I believe this will trip corporate sensors. but of course I do not know. I fell this type of section has not place on a Corvette Board. I understand you have to want access to it, but just the fact people know it is there.

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Originally Posted by Shadow

...Bostons last Tuesday?

Never saw a word about it on here?

Why?

These 1st of the month meeting have been posted here. This time none of the three who usually post it here did that oops....

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Originally Posted by Shadow

As we can see from this, there's room on the internet for everyone. Some places just haven't caught on to that concept or are too worried about the almighty dollar $$$ to embace it

I will not quote all the forums you are marketing here again. Yes there is room for everyone, some will always be more active than others and we may never know why....

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Originally Posted by Shadow

This is a great place for FLORIDA CORVETTE OWNERS to meet

Although each of the aforementioned sites have thier forte', none of them provide me with the local input I recieve here

None of them provide me with the friendships I've made herenor do they provide me with the ability to actually meet many of the members through out the year.

Even CorvetteForum failed in that regard. I had to keep checking back into the section, missed a lot of posts or got them late as a result, and only had a handful of true friends on that site (as evidenced later)

The averages are much better here but we need the people to start posting, responding to the threads and begin starting new ones

The local motorcycle forum I am on is more active than the national one I am one. I think this is because many people are friends and have become close, but I really do not know why some forums become more active than others.

If you missed post on the other forum, you should have subscribed to the a particular thread (rather it was and event thread or just on Off Topic thread you were interested in) then you would have gotten e-mail everytime some one posted. If you did not want that; then you should have subscribed to it, so you have the link in e-mail then unsubscribe to it after 1 person responded.

I like speed , and to me if I post a thread and 1 hour later it has no post and goes to the 2nd or 3rd page, I am ok with that. On the other side, if I post a thread and several people rely then that is also good.

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Originally Posted by Shadow

So...if you don't think the site "moves"...then stop complaining and help do something about it


Comments like that are counterproductive and do not help a site grow.

Instead, try being part of the solution

Thanks.

Not complain, I am responding to a thread . Comments like this are stating the truth, I do not think it is a secret that there is little activity here.

As I have said I do not have a solution, just observations from all the Forums I am on .