POsting this here so people might actually see it!

[RaphaelsIsolation]

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?

[CyberCubed]

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.

[Powder]

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.

[tmnt transformer]

Originally Posted by Powder

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.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by RaphaelsIsolation

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?

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.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

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?

Originally Posted by tmnt transformer

One thing to note is how many new users have been banned recently.

Because they were all one guy.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

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.

He Who Shall Not Be Named.

[RaphaelsIsolation]

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.

[RaphaelsIsolation]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

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.

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....

[RaphaelsIsolation]

Originally Posted by Powder

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.

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.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by RaphaelsIsolation

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.

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.

...

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.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by RaphaelsIsolation

I'm just trying to make the forum better by getting others to participate.

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.

Originally Posted by RaphaelsIsolation

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

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

[Powder]

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...

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

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

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

[NinjaPug]

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

[TheSkeletonMan939]

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

[Amaranthus]

Some people have lives.
Deal with it, nerd.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by RaphaelsIsolation

And cybercubed... save it dude...

have you seen your post count?
.

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.

[RaphaelsIsolation]

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

[Candy Kappa]

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

Originally Posted by RaphaelsIsolation

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

he's the forum tryhard

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by RaphaelsIsolation

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