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Originally Posted by lone lurker
Incognitas has resurrected this thread apparently to try to encourage some the many 'lurkers' to overcome their shyness, perhaps to register and even to post. I am one of those lurkers. May I give my reasons for not taking an active part in this forum. I apologise for the length of this identities first post but feel this needs to be said. No, I do not have multiple IDs..
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apparently .... are you suggesting she had another motive.
Multiple ID's .... you are already registered and are using this ID too ... Hmmm
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Originally Posted by lone lurker
This thread first appeared the day that we were invited by Russ to leave .com and join the new independent .co forum. I was one of those who came across and registered on the first day and even introduced myself on this very thread using using my old .com name. I can assure her that the problem is not one of shyness and my reregistering now is for the sole purpose of explaining why some of us do not wish to join in here.
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ok fair enough ...
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Originally Posted by lone lurker
One of the very first threads on this forum rapidly turned into an any subject " almost chat" thread, this became the most popular thread on the forum with thousands of posts. It was stopped and (I believe) deleted by the admins who said that this forum was a discussion forum and had not to be used for 'inane' chatting (my word not theirs). .
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Fair point really, this site was not set up to be a duplicate of .Com, things were going awry with .Com and the Admins set this one up with a slightly different agenda.
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Originally Posted by lone lurker
Look at the forum now. The upper half of the thread list (General NTL) is still relevant and tries to be helpful. However in Duffy's Dorm, although there is still the occaisional interesting discussion, the situation has mostly degenerated into farce. You have husbands having conversations with their wives, fathers having chats with their daughters, People even posting their wedding photographs (I have no desire to look at my brother's wedding photos let alone those of a complete stranger). Just look at the titles of some of the threads, do they tempt the 'lurker' to come on in? No, not at all. In fact, they give a distinct impression of utter drivel.
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General NTL ... A place where problems are discussed and solved to the best of the ability of the members ... and now with NTL staff helping out too, this can only get better.
Duffy's Dorm ... A place where members can discuss many different aspects about the things that affect them. There is laughter, fun, discussion, banter, etc etc. If there wasn't this would become a very boring forum. It's moderated well, and has become a community of like mided people.
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Originally Posted by lone lurker
Going down (in more ways than one) we arrive at the feedback section. I will pick just two of the threads to comment on from here. Firstly the discussion about whether to make public the giving of reps. As a completely disinterested party, from my viewing of this (and previous rep) threads, the rep system is, as someone suggested earlier, very much a nepotistic system and not really a reward to mark good service to the members. This thread has been dominated by those who it appears are those with most to lose if repping is visible to all.
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Rep system is optional ... turn it off if you don't like it and hence, no need for you to be part of those threads.
The rep system exists ... live with it ... some use it as it was intended, some don't ... soooo what ... If this is the most important thing in your life, then I suggest you re-examing it.
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Originally Posted by lone lurker
Secondly, this thread, since it was 'bumped up' approximately 24 members have posted (not counting admins). One person has made 21 posts, one has made 12, one 7, one 5, four have made 3, five have made 2 and the rest 1.
This monopolisation by a very few is repeated throughout the entire botton half of the forum and regrettably the vast majority of those posts by the monopolisers are utterly boring rubbish.
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In your opinion ..., but obviously not in theirs ... There hae been many threads of discussion about many different subjects, the ones I want to contribute to I do, the ones I don't I dont. Some subjects are very immotive, and one person will have an opinion and voice it vigourously, good for them, others will voice their opinion and leave .... this is discussion, and constructive arguing ... nothing wrong with that as far as I can see.
People are here because they enjoy the atmosphere and banter ... you obviously don't, good for you, maybe you will eventually find somewhere where you can sit comfortably, but I don't think wthis will ever be like .COM ... ever.
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Originally Posted by lone lurker
I apologise again if I have offended some of you. When I was formerly a member, some of you became good friends but I am sorry to say that there is no way that I or some of my contacts, would ever become active members again whilst this situation continues. Now, having put my point of view forward and I hope given a valid reason why so many lurkers do not become posters, I will shrink back into the shadows and post no more.
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It's a valid reason why some short sighted, anally retentive people may decide not to post, but why still lurk ????. If you don't like it as much as you say, what's the point in staying.
I for one enjoy it here, it's varied, educational, helpful, and most of all fun. If it wasn't, it would become very boring.