@msolga,
msolga wrote:But (& someone correct me if my perception is wrong here) lately I've notice most of the newbies (& there seem to be quite a few of them) tend to be "one-off- topic -posters", who don't really stick around & actually become involved in A2K.
It's always like that. We have thousands of people just come to read. Hundreds who post, and dozens of "regulars". The majority of people who post will always be mainly interested in getting their one thing answered or said. The ones who stick around will always be in the minority.
Think of it in terms of your own participation on the internet.
How many pages have you read, without writing on?
And how many sites that you've written on do you become a regular in?
For us, it's pretty steady, and about 80% of the visitors are just going to read the one page they came for. Out of the 20% who interact further a smaller percentage will register and post. And out of those, a smaller percentage will become a regular.
We've had some new regulars, but yeah, the casual users do outnumber them vastly now just as they always have.
Quote:Generally with thread topics about a particular personal issue, like a failing marriage, or an unfaithful husband ....
Here's a good example about how these perceptions are so arbitrary. In the next post:
The Pentacle Queen wrote:There's been hardly any philosophy posts recently, and no screaming newbies on 'relationships and marriage' for my entertainment.
So one person's perception is that we pretty much only get one-off relationship posts, and the other thinks we don't get them any more.
That's the thing with these state of the site perceptions, it tends to be based on the few minutes one user saw what. A couple of anything is all that a user needs to declare a trend in the state of the site.
Really?
