POsting this here so people might actually see it!
 

Been wanting to post this for awhile but just never did...

How about all you lazy guests make accounts and participate in the threads?

Way too many lazy people that don't want to register/log in and post.

I know I'm right. I just hate seeing a dull/semi active forum that has 10-20 members logged in but 100-200 guests just lurking.

Why so lazy?

Uh...what? A lot of the "guests" are regulars who just aren't logged in at the moment. I don't log in every time I come to this forum, only when I want to post something. So sometimes I'm probably here as a "guest."

Otherwise millions of people lurk any forum. This is the norm for the internet.

I don't know why this is in the TV discussion section...

Anyway, you're not right. Point 1: Most of those guests are not real people, they're Google bots. They scatter across the web hunting data for ad purposes, among other research oriented things. Point 2: If they aren't the kind of people who want to become a member of a community, there's probably a good reason for that. They have nothing productive to contribute, they don't play well with others, they don't have the time, they don't want their thoughts/opinions documented, etc. You know what happens when you nudge lurkers to join? They make -10 unenthusiastic posts & disappear again. What's worse, having a bunch of lurkers, or ghost accounts?

This place is hardly dull or semi-active. What, you want it to pop like IGN or something? When this place gets an influx of new members, there's nothing but trouble. People have no forum etiquette, they start drama, do dumb sh*t, yadda yadda yadda.

This. The only times this forum is really "dead" is the weekends. Other then that tho. One thing to note is how many new users have been banned recently.

You know, you can actually SEE how many people are online at any given time? Try it out.

Probably 85% of all people online here are Google Spiders and Ad Bots. You're woefully uninformed.

What if I'm a guest who likes just seeing what other people are talking about, but don't have anything to add or say? Or what if I plain don't want to? Why add drivel?

Because they were all one guy. :lol:

He Who Shall Not Be Named. :tlol:

Yeah its cool I figured I'd get a bunch of loyalist replies not liking my post.

My point is the forum has lots of members and is the best tmnt forum. It just annoys me to see so many lurkers to members ratio

I'm just saying it would be nice if the people that don't log in log in or register and post more often.

And cybercubed... save it dude...

have you seen your post count?

it doesn't matter at all if you don't "log in everytime"

and this is in the tv section because most of you would blow this off if it wasn't in a more viewed area.

That must mean that 80% of the people on this forum have nothing to say lol

I'm just trying to get other people that don't log in or don't register to participate to make the forum better.

that's all. this ISN'T really negative....

I used to have that same kinda dark cloud outlook on certain things...

I'm just trying to get those lurkers to register or log in. You would be very surprised how many people just come here to read stuff and don't actually want to register because they are lazy.

I'm just trying to make the forum better by getting others to participate. What do I know though.

Didn't think this would upset so many of the 10k + posters. :roll:

Just trying to educate you, man. You're seeing a problem that doesn't really exist. At least not to the extent that you seem to be saying.

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So I just checked the online section, http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/onl...c&pp=25&page=6, and that actually IS a whole bunch of Guests. Usually it's all Spiders and Bots. Huh. Interesting.

So you may have a point. However. It's really none of our business who lurks and who joins, and why should we care anyway? We already have enough cool people and assholes both. I'm fine with the community we have, and I don't blame people for not wanting to join.

Cubed will scare 'em off with his nostril fetish. :tlol:

Yeah, calling them lazy good-for-nuthin's will get them to log in. Instead of making a thread in the appropriate section asking lurkers and largely inactive members politely why they don't post more often, it was a much better course of action to go to the TV section and ask them why they're lazy.

Often, it's better to say nothing than to add posts of no substance whatsoever.

You want people to be more active, but then you bully those of us who have high post counts? Yeah, that makes sense. What the hell is a "loyalist"? Did you mean "elitist", maybe? Even that doesn't apply, though. This thread is so counter-productive. You're insulting both would-be & veteran members at the same time. Great way to improve the community! Getting offended when people educate/inform you, or prove you wrong, is an incredibly toxic personality trait. Perhaps Raphael should have stayed in isolation...

This. Bless those who choose not to continue the trend of saying absolutely nothing of value.

OP has 200 posts in 3 years and is complaining about people not participating.

The irony, of course, is that our friend Raph has been here for three years but has amassed a mere 215 posts.

Some people have lives.
Deal with it, nerd.

My post count? I've been on this forum for 11 years, more than a DECADE.

My reg date is 2004 for god sakes. I was also very active when I was a teenager a decade ago when I first came here. Of course I'm going to have a high post count, I'm active and have been here for a long, long time.

LoL yea I got away from turtles for a while...s o my post count in 3 years time is quite skewed

cyber, you were saying that you don't always log in when you come here... and I'm thinking wtf? your post count says otherwise...

that was my point.

i think poweder (see if he corrects this one) needs to do a line of powder lol

he's the forum tryhard

This is it. The most meaningful thread on the 'Drome.

This is interesting! I entered a world of thrilling intrigue and went back into Raph's posts to see if he was always this rude. And what do I find, as his very first post?

Well! A lurker, eh? A lurker for THREE YEARS before joining!

Sure, I'll buy a bag when you pay for that commission you wanted.

:)

Nice... yeah I joined and was active and then got out of TMNT for a couple years or something.

But yeah my intention was just to attempt to get other people that are casual less casual.

Sorry it ruined everyone's day.

Power we're cool man. I was just giving you a hard time and vice versa I assume from you to me.

Peace

Wow... talk about tryhard... take the cake and eat it!!!

Yeah I used to be the person 3 years ago when I joined that I'm against. I used to just casually check in and read like I'm complaining about. Then I joined and was pretty active for about a year or something. Then took 2 years off roughly. Now I'm back and trying to contribute. And I have been. Aside from a couple posts that people overreacted on I've been a good member.

Keep digging.

oh wow. nice

So I'm not one of the lazy people you despise?

Awesome!!! :tgrin:

This thread is just.... I don't even know what to call this. :trolleye:

I think I like RaphaelsIsolationWard. This guy entertains me.

If Arkham Asylum were a real place, I think I'd get a job there just to watch the crazies. Then I'd whistle at Harley Quinn and the Joker would feed me my own lips.

Yeah, this place is probably a little safer.

LOL! I'd be right there next to you, jotting down notes on all their little idiosyncracies, habits, doing my own profile on every one of them to research psychoses for a best-selling book about Gotham's worst lunatics. Joker trying to feed you your own lips might be compelling reading.....

Either way you are covered because...
http://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/57351139.jpg

This thread needs to be locked.

Right on time as usual, Cubed!

You need to be locked, you little turd.

Batman versus Chuck Norris... who wins?

Quick, before a mod heeds the Cubed Call and LOCKS. THIS. THREAD. :tcool:

Rob Van Dam?

Dig this:

Last night one of SuperGoku's banned accounts was on.

Today we suddenly get a brand new drama thread. From an "old" inactive member. He even took a swing at Powder.

Do the math, aaaand You're Welcome.

It pays to be paranoid on that front, but this is definitely not him.

Prove it. Prove YOU'RE not him, smart guy. This could all be an elaborate ruse.

That's it, right? "Ruse"? Is it "rooz", or "roose"? Either way, burden of proof is on the accused. Enlighten me, I dare ya.