Post #9959 by hanford_lemoore on Fri, Oct 4, 2002 4:46 PM

I think it is human nature to be a little shy about posting.

a month or two ago I added a link to the the "introductions... new members post here" thread DIRECTLY into the Welcome email you get when you sign up for Tiki Central. I figured this would helppeople to go in and post at least one message. I think it works a little bit, but people are still a little shy.

The other thing is that, well, my guess is a lot of the lurkers are novices and don't have a lot to contribute on the board. They read, but don't have a lot to add, esp. when so many people here who do post are so knowledgeable.

I think if there's no name-calling then no one should be offended or intimidated by replies. I mean, people's opinions are BOUND to be different than yours.

I also think it's human nature to feel your first few posts to be of the utmost importance, accurate with a lot of good, unheard info. So that makes a lot of people shy away.

We have a LOT more lurkers who don't even have a membership. They love reading the info here.

Thanks to everyone for making Tiki Central worth reading without needing to reply!

~Hanford