Postings vs Pictures...

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Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

It is time to look at the numbers.

Active members - 4,377

Members with 100 posts or more - 164 (3.75 % of active membership)

Members with more than
one green reputation box - 60 (1.37 % of active membership)


After looking at these numbers, I am a bit flattered that I had as many people upsize and possibly download any of the attachments I posted as I did. I was tremendously surprised to see that I, who have only been a member for a few months, was so high on the list of participating members in terms of posting and reputation.

Now this ain't my first rodeo, to use a saying popular out here in Wyoming, and I know that many organizations have a core of 10 percent of the members who do 90 % of the active work. And I know that some of the members are non-English speaking folk who are unable to post comments and may even be unable to understand much of what goes on here.

From what I have been able to surmise, this forum has been in existance a little over two years. This leads to several questions.

1. Are the above percentages an acceptable percentage of member participation?

2. Would a more generous download limit lead to increased participation?

3. Would a posting of an explanation of how the system of participation and rewards works lead to more participation? Perhaps this could be incorporated into a "Mission Statement"?

4. Does anyone else have suggestions or questions that fit into this discussion?

I suspect that an awfully high percentage of the total membership signed on out of passing curiosity or to see what pickings they could get. I bet a load of these are fairly moribund members - participation and activity not really being their thing. There is probably a record out there in the obscure electronic statistics of this forum showing who the most active members are, and how many hits they make per week. It is those members whose views should be sought to my mind.

Not sure about the Mission Statement idea. Good on the face of it, but would it make any real difference ?

Jenae - item 2. I really doubt it. Short term surge from the existing membership but after that . . . . ?

As always