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Nick
How do you define lurkers Brett? Are alot of these accounts that are just inactive?
Nick
Ya, our daily uniques are two fold our total active membership.
It's about 3.75 times as many non-logged in members as logged in (with cookie) members Nick. It's been that way since the beginning Nick. It's just the way we work...
Having subscribed to every form of newletters and e-zines out there, it amazes me how I read something new at WebmasterWorld and within a day or two another bag full of emails arrives telling me the hotest new SEO and design tips.
Keep up the excellent work WebmasterWorld.
[edited by: fathom at 2:50 pm (utc) on Aug. 31, 2002]
hehe - funny how that works isn't it.
Mods keep teasing me to plant a fake story just to watch how many newsletters pick them up ;-)
Bad Wilson!
Nick
We saw you lurk! :)
I wonder what makes people lurk, it's not as if it's some kind of private club.
Nick
Some just feel that their level of experience isn't high enough to be able to contribute. Others come looking for a specific answer and find it. As mentioned above, quite a few come to harvest ideas for their own articles and newsletters. (Freelance reporters, one in particular, love their by-line but hate citing a credit, or so it seems.) Still others are members of *gasp* other forums and come here to see if there is any news that hasn't made it to their usual hangout just yet. (Comparing a member's visit to a "breaking" thread here to timestamps is other forums tells the tale pretty quickly.)
You can't fib here! :)
Oh, you can fib --it just doesn't fly. With the exception of the one reporter who happened to, ummmm, "report" one of our hot threads almost word-for-word as his own work in a MAJOR online webzine, WebmasterWorld hasn't flogged anyone ... none that I know of, anyway.
Still others are members of *gasp* other forums and come here to see if there is any news that hasn't made it to their usual hangout just yet.
Other forums? You mean I actually stumbled on the best right from the beginning?
That's a first for me.
Ive set up my company webiste (work for my dad!) and this month we've just had our record month mainly due to the website (with great advise from here we are ranken really well on most SE) and if you dont have to pay for membership soon (re - thread by Brett) I will deffo be making a donation soon!
(sorry for lots of brackets)
I was right.
I lurked for a few months. I was worried that I might get addicted.
Hehe. My worries exactly. :)
I'm a lurker, mainly because writing posts would take up too much of my time. I'm one of those people who surf here while at work, so I'd better watch out a bit - I already spend too much time surfing on the web.
Another reason for lurking is that I enjoy reading your posts, but I don't have much to say. I'm a quiet person in real life, too, and I guess the same applies to these discussion forums.
I lurked for a bit but only because of the intimidation factor. And when I did finally post I cross-posted (geesh)! My apology was accepted and I was encouraged by the positive responses even though I had screwed up.
Brett - I know you've heard this here many times but this Board is a valuable resource. I'm damn glad I found it and that I took the chance and participated!
I forgot to say THANKS.
Gregg
[edited by: lorax at 4:13 pm (utc) on Sep. 2, 2002]
first, find out if the board is really on topic.
second, its important to check if you really fit the community
third, do you have something to say except "me too"?
fourth, how are newbies treated?
When comparing vistor counts (members vs. lurkers) please also keep in mind that many check WebmasterWorld from work without logging on and submit their contributions from their workstation at home.
WebmasterWorld Friday 7:42 pm on Aug 30, 2002: [webmasterworld.com...]
Only place that is discussed on the internet. Appears to even have been news to Google.
Saturday -> SlashDot [yro.slashdot.org...]
Monday -> BBC [news.bbc.co.uk...] (link back Thank you!)
Monday -> Reuters [news.com.com...]
Monday -> SlashDot [yro.slashdot.org...] (link back Thank you!)
Monday -> Register.co.uk [theregister.co.uk...] (link backs in past - thanks)
I've seen similar trails many times over the last year.
1) Way too much hassle to register:
Find how to register
Fill out a bunch of info (sometimes personal info)
Wait for an email (in many cases)
Find email
Follow instructions on how to validate email:
Click on link in email, or find temporary password, or however this particular forum handles it
2) Since email usually required to join, possibility email address may be sold/spammed
3) Feel they don't have anything to contribute (And/or what they may want to contribute doesn't outweigh hassles of #1)
4) Used to be a member but forgot login info/username and/or which email they registered with
5) Genuinely has no interest in contributing
6) "shy"
Some of these are only perceptions and may not hold true for this forum,but, think of all the forums you've joined in your life and how some of them had some of these problems... user might remember the bad ones.
I do recall now that "Local" posts do not count so pressure is still on me to post somthing useful in 120 days...I am up for the challenge :)
