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New Members.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:33 pm
by WhoseGeneration
Why do so many join and then never contribute to or initiate discussion?

Re: New Members.

Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:54 pm
by akirk
I am sure that there are probably standard % figures around for those who join / those who initiate / those who respond / etc. but doesn't seem all that unusual...

with this forum we have some areas locked to those not members, so that in itself gives a reason for some to join - to read those areas

Alasdair

Re: New Members.

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:34 pm
by RiK
Yeah, always plenty of lurkers on any forum.

I tend to go in phases, occasionally spend a few weeks active on one place then have a bit of a breather and hang somewhere else for a while. No specific reason why other than natural attention span cycles I think.

Re: New Members.

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 6:40 am
by Horse
Did you say something about a short attention spa

Squirrel!

Re: New Members.

Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:09 am
by ancient
There's a fox in the field :D

Re: New Members.

Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:04 pm
by Mogdavid
Hi

I'm a new member who is a serial lurker on a few message boards and forums. I read and learn and rarely think of anything to say which someone else doesn't write better, more concisely and before I've got around to doing so.

I appreciate all the thought and effort people go to in their messages, as well as being entertained by the banter :-)

David (Mogdavid)

Re: New Members.

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:35 pm
by WhoseGeneration
However, it's even worse now.

Re: New Members.

Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:18 pm
by Ray Mott
Just writing to say hi as a new member, joining today. Regards, Ray

Re: New Members.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:01 am
by vanman
Ray welcome found us then

Tom

Re: New Members.

Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:18 am
by Horse
Ray Mott wrote:Just writing to say hi as a new member, joining today. Regards, Ray


Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself? Have you had much of a chance to trawl through old threads, anything particularly interesting to you?