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Old 12-27-2001, 05:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Members with ZERO POSTS

I was going thru the member list trying to look up someone's email ID and here's what I found:

1) Most of the members (most=over 60% approximately) have a zero post.
2) Very large number of members have joined suddenly in December 2001
3) Many members have zero posts since October 2001

I'm too lazy to count everything, but found these numbers intriguing.

Does this imply that we have a lot of "lookers" and no "participants"?

Or are these "fake" members? If so, for what purpose? Do such huge number of non-participants ultimately dilute this forum's intellectual pool? Or is it the other way around?

What do you think?

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Old 12-27-2001, 05:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
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It's a vast right-wing conspiracy!

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Old 12-27-2001, 05:24 AM   #3 (permalink)
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They are probably just shy! I was kind of like that! I had joined under another name on another forum and I didn't post anything for almost a year!

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Shahani from Fort Lee New Jersey writes.
Dear Roseanne Roseannadanna how come so many people on here have zero post.
Geeze Shahani you sure do ask alot of questions.
Did you ever notice how you get those little bit of crust in the corners of your eyes in the morning.Well,it just goes to show you.It's always something.
Good Night my little Roseanne Roseannadanna.
I wonder if anybody will get the joke.?
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Old 12-27-2001, 05:43 AM   #5 (permalink)
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http://www.techimo.com/forum/showthr...&threadid=4552

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Old 12-27-2001, 05:44 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 12-27-2001, 05:45 AM   #7 (permalink)
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i seen a post, cant recall which one where some gamers have to actually sign on to download a demo or patch for some game..that might account for the influx of new members..which is great news
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Old 12-27-2001, 06:09 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Shahani raised a point which I think was for the common good.
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"Geez shahnahi you sure do ask a lot of questions"
The issue he raised may or may not have significance to an individual member. However, he did the work and bought it to our atttention as he apparently felt it merited review and explaination.
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"Good night my little Roaseannadanna..I wonder if anybody else will get the joke."
Regretably, ridicule rather than review was the response of one member who exceeded the boundaries of common courtasy. The question was not whether we got the joke but the evident intent of the joke, notwithstanding whether everybody was aware of a newscaster.

Yes, there may be many reasons why zero -post membersmay be present, yet I see nothing in in shahani's post to prejudice the answer. The prejudicial remarks was applied after the fact with a humorless remark drawing an analogy about eye crust.

Perhaps some greater decorum in dealing with substantive issues is in order. Certainly, a member who does not want to deal with such has the option of not responding. Indeed, there was absolutly nothing in this reply that addressed in any manner the substantive issues raised by the question.

Another member did address the question by citing his own experience which was apropos to the question, yet achieved that without resort to ridicule.

Members who care enough about these Forums should not be penalized for their interest.

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Old 12-27-2001, 06:23 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I too was told that many people sign up in order to be able to download demos and patches (as was earlier said).

I guess some of these people do not post here, in other words they may have signed up ONLY to download and NOT to post.

Thats the only way I can explain it.
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Old 12-27-2001, 10:28 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Hmm. Well I know that my sister had zero posts until I mistakenly posted on her computer with her login.

In her case she just browses the forums and reads what interests her.

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