For the CEO silent majority who have never posted - Hi !

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For the CEO silent majority who have never posted - Hi !

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Hi to all the lurkers and silent companions on CEO.

It has been pointed out by Soi Dog that over half the people signed up here have never posted.
Just rough numbers:
Around 51% of registered CEO members have never posted anything despite having taken the time to sign up.
Over 70% have one post or less.
https://cambodiaexpatsonline.com/asinine ... t4463.html

If i knew how to do a poll I would, but it would be very cool if members who have never posted would just post a line to say why they have never posted or why they signed up. One or two word replies are fine. Obviously something here has grabbed your interest or why sign up ?
Don't tell me the General has been offering free drinks in exchange for registration? (You've been had!)

I've got nothing to do with CEO, but Soi Dog's post got me wondering...

I used to hang out on another forum before this one got started. It wasn't very welcoming to outsiders but it was a mine of information when I first arrived and even after that, so I would check it out regularly, but post rarely.
Is this also why half the members here don't post, or is it just that you have better things to do with your time ? Signed Curious CEO member who doesn't have better things to do :popcorn:
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Hi, I'm shy so I haven't posted before...
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I also wonder. If they don't want to participate why did they bother to sign up. It is really unfair that they read what we wrote and we had nothing to read from them. I felt like i almost remember all the nickname of all active posters lolzz as every time i logged in i saw just the same members.
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StroppyChops wrote:Hi, I'm shy so I haven't posted before...
O:-)

Why hi there Stroppy Chops! And why have you been too shy to post on here before now?
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Anchor Moy wrote:
StroppyChops wrote:Hi, I'm shy so I haven't posted before...
O:-)
Why hi there Stroppy Chops! And why have you been too shy to post on here before now?
Because there's 440 posters...
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Post by Username Taken »

There are other benefits to signing up than just the ability to post.

- When signed in, you can automatically go to the latest post in threads.

- You can Subscribe to Topics.

- You can brag to friends about how many forums you subscribe to.

- You can be a member of 440 vowing never to post here, but keep an account open just in case.

- And so much more.

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I'm a lurker in at least 15 forums with a big fat 0 as my post count in most of them.

Usually I sign up for the information and the reading, but I feel I can't contribute much. That's my reason in other forums, although I'm not a lurker over here or on k440.
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What I find interesting is that as I write this, there are 382 people viewing CEO (or have over the past 60 minutes). K440 has 250 right now. Admittedly it's quite rare we have as many viewers as them at any given time - but the gap seems to be closing lately. So this site seems to be finding a reading audience, unless we there are hundreds of bots skewing those numbers.

OD, how about posting some stats on CEO readership, if such data is available. How many average pageviews per person reading CEO? How much time does a typical viewer spend here? Just curious.
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It would be interesting to see how much crossover there was in the two readerships.
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StroppyChops wrote:It would be interesting to see how much crossover there was in the two readerships.
How could you tell since we are all anonymous ? 8) And you would have to get the stats from the"other side" to compare, so we will never know until OD takes over both fora...

As for the lurkers (or the "readers-only", lurker does sound a bit shady) ...I was just interested in what makes so many people join a forum that they can read for free, if they don't intend to post ? Do people join thinking that they may post something one day ? How long do posters usually lurk for before they start to comment ?

Any past or present lurkers - sorry readers-only - care to comment ?
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