ronin - 10:23 am on Oct 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

Not to worry!

I wonder if there are some statistics out there which show what percentage of signed up forum members you can reasonably expect to become a) thread starters, b) regular posters and c) occasional posters. I suppose it would depend highly on the topic of the board.

I have set up an "Introduce yourself...!" thread on my forum and PMd everyone to invite them to come and add themselves. It's been two days so far and nothing.

My next tactic will be to invite some of the former posters individually to add themselves to that thread. That might get the ball rolling.

I wonder if part of the problem is that the board topic is industry sector based. People want to read information, but don't feel they know enough to make any comments themselves. But even so...