Why is it

[jjbrr]

that every thread's post count/view count ratio is so low? On other forums plenty of threads get nearly a 1:1 ratio, which is great. But here it seems people don't contribute as much :( 50 posts and over 1000 reads?

 

How many lurkers are out there just reading but never registering or posting?

 

If any of you out there would like to register and introduce yourself in this thread, please feel free!

[kenrexford]

One reason is that people sometimes go back to read others' comments after their own post.

 

Suppose, for instance, that I want to check on what is going on with this topic a few times. The first time, I typed in this response. The next 10 times, I won't post a response (hopefully). I might, however, return to see if anyone thought my spin on this issue was very good, insane, or meaningless. I might check to see what wild conspiracy theory Winston uses to explain this issue. Whatever. But, my one "post" might be coupled with 20 views, if I find this issue fascinating.

[jjbrr]

Of course I do the same thing. I guess the lack of traffic makes it possible to reread the thread many times before others can contribute to the thread.

 

I still want lurkers to register and introduce themselves here ldo.

[babalu1997]

Of course I do the same thing. I guess the lack of traffic makes it possible to reread the thread many times before others can contribute to the thread.

 

I still want lurkers to register and introduce themselves here ldo.

hello, i am babalu, and i am a lurker

 

i am here to share

 

i want to dispel the myth that water cooler poster suffer from mental illness , which prevents people from posting for fear of ridicule.

 

a quick survey of the posts will dispel all doubts you may have

 

please post, we are here to listen

 

we can hug the good looking ones too

[jjbrr]

free hugs, eh? someone told me i'm good looking once.

[Aberlour10]

On other forums plenty of threads get nearly a 1:1 ratio, which is great.

Is it really great? It shows for me that nobody read these threads except a few posters and ...even they dont read responses very often, otherwise the ratio would never be nearly 1:1. It sounds like a "virtual cementary" :(

[Roupoil]

I think the 1:50 ratio just shows that there are much more people reading BBF than the regular posters, whixh doesn't strike me as specially bad... Being myself a lurker here for more than two years now, I can try to give reasons why I don't post more : I don't play enough good bridge to posts question in the A/E section, and I am not bad enough to ask in the B/I. More seriously, it just happens that I don't have enough time to post (and frequently that, when I read a thread for the first time, a few dozens of interesting answers have already been given and I don't feel I could add something to the discussion). Reading BBF is already very time-consuming, I think most people couldn't post as much as the frequent posters here even if they wanted to.

[matmat]

we could post cat pictures in individual posts instead of all at once.

[jjbrr]

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2140/77369899.png

 

Cracking open my collection of cats in silly hats ldo.

[Aberlour10]

I am pretty sure >>>>you like this one>>>>

 

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/funny-pictures-kitten-is-excited-about-bacon.jpg

[kenrexford]

I like cats. Cats are fuzzy.

[jjbrr]

Bump for lurkers

[matmat]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/funny-pictures-cat-has-unraveled-all-your-thread.jpg

[gwnn]

I like cats. Cats are fuzzy.

like the fuzzy 2♦ bids of yours?? I hope cats are less obscure.

[ggwhiz]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/358317592/

 

Plenty of room for all of gods creatures.... next to the mashed potatoes.

 

includes cats?

 

Haven't figured out how to post the actual picture as in the above but maybe it's just as well if nobody tells me.

[jjbrr]

Haven't figured out how to post the actual picture as in the above but maybe it's just as well if nobody tells me.

I'll tell you in hidden text. Then it's your choice if you want to read it or not :)

 

 

I right click and save the picture as something, then upload it to imageshack and it gives you a bunch of different links for embedding the image into a webpage/blogs, posting on forums, etc. Copy the one called direct link and paste it into the little box that pops up when you click IMG above this text box. Voila.