What is going on?

[LottomagicZ4941]

What is going on?

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What's Going On?
Currently Active Users: 53 (6 members and 47 guests)
Most users ever online was 321, 10-08-2004 at 05:08 PM.
LottomagicZ4941, ((( hippy ))), anastrophe, CARLA, Drk_lncer, Tombstone

How can 47 people read and not have an opinion to post?

I just don't get it?

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[Suresh Gupta]

Originally Posted by LottomagicZ4941

....What is going on? Currently Active Users: 53 (6 members and 47 guests)
Most users ever online was 321, 10-08-2004 at 05:08 PM.
LottomagicZ4941, ((( hippy ))), anastrophe, CARLA, Drk_lncer, Tombstone

How can 47 people read and not have an opinion to post?
I just don't get it?

Why are you so surprised?

[Peg]

Not sure about here, but I know at another site most of the guests are google bots.

[lady cop]

i've been working 12 hour nights, but will be here the weekend...maybe people are shy?

[((( hippy )))]

this morning i read just to update before leaving for a dental appointment, however i do try to post each time i visit. there could be many reasons for not posting, people may not have an opinion on those subjects, they might read then go away for a while to think of what they want to say and then return to post, as lady cop wrote they may be shy, or they may be new and just getting the feel of the forum

[Suresh Gupta]

Originally Posted by Peg

Not sure about here, but I know at another site most of the guests are google bots.

Who are google bots and what is that site?

[Peg]

Google is a search site. The google bots and google spiders go through forums, etc. and it helps when people do a search to better direct them to what they are searching for. At least, this is my understanding of it.

[Tombstone]

Hi Everyone,

You'll see the google bots show up as: "Google Spider" in the "who's online" listings.

Having a lot of lurkers is very common - and I'm guilty of same for most of my Internet career. I've spent years looking, reading, researching and never made a peep on the online forums.

I'm trying to atone for my sins now though!

[Tombstone]

Originally Posted by Suresh Gupta

Who are google bots and what is that site?

Hi Suresh,

And to add on to what Peg posted:

google is: www.google.com It is the most popular search engine in the U.S.

If you go to google.com and type in: forumgarden you get:

3,250 pages for forumgarden

Over time as more pages are created and then get indexed by the search engines, more people will find Forumgarden.

[Jack Sprat]

Originally Posted by LottomagicZ4941

Currently Active Users: 53 (6 members and 47 guests)
Most users ever online was 321, 10-08-2004 at 05:08 PM.
How can 47 people read and not have an opinion to post?

I joined and participated heavily for three weeks until discovering that several members are highly opinionated and refuse to accept that this is a discussion forum. Unfortunately these members are also among the most prolific posters. I want a forum that encourages a free exchange of ideas not one that welcomes opinionated, bigoted, and anti-scientific rantings.

Now I visit two or three times a week, seek out threads that seem the most interesting, and read. I will not post on any thread that is dominated by religious zealots.