Title says it all. As this site has so much more user interaction than others out there, I have to say I'm a little shocked by the lack of replys to forum posts when the view counts are so high (often 10x that of the answers). Being used to sites such as GT and the like, I was expecting something far more active. Admittidly this is a newer site with far less members (for the time being) but this is sure to grow as people get word of the quality of reviews and other articles written here. What do you guys think? In comparison to other sites you've frequented is this an issue or a given considering the current size and exposure the site has?
I know what you mean. It just took me 21 minutes to respond.
Maybe its because the site is new, or a lot of people are too shy. Around this hour ( at least where I'm at. Its close to being 5am ) the site is pretty dead, and I think a lot of the Giant Bomb users might be from the US and Canada.
"I know what you mean. It just took me 21 minutes to respond.
Maybe its because the site is new, or a lot of people are too shy. Around this hour ( at least where I'm at. Its close to being 5am ) the site is pretty dead, and I think a lot of the Giant Bomb users might be from the US and Canada.
I would like more people to participate. :("
Most of the users are US based yes, they had a graph some time ago showing where the different users were from The US time zone is -5 to -10 so now it would late in the night or very early in the morning over there
Not really an issue. For one, like you said, the site is new. You can't expect to have a booming community that gets replies within seconds. Second, view count is always higher than post count.. always. I don't think the ratio really matters. Third, I think there's at least enough users for a decent forum experience at the moment.
I see the same thing on other sites as well, but as previously stated I would much rather have many views and a few good replies than many views and many worthless replies. The fact that many users are US-ish based is also a factor.
sometimes you open up a thread, thinking you will have something to add but then find that you don't. If you don't you don't have to make something up.
Well.... at least people make a point of upping their grammar skills here. Although the time difference would have quite an impact. I guess few good responses are better than lots of useless ones just for the sake of people increasing their post count (for site benefits and the like - GT, here's looking at you kid). Hopefully the site'll not only increase in membership numbers but also international diversity too.
Some people only reply if they actually have something meaningful to say...some people post in practically every thread, no matter what. I don't think it's indicative of a problem, it's pretty normal I think.
"Some people only reply if they actually have something meaningful to say...some people post in practically every thread, no matter what. I don't think it's indicative of a problem, it's pretty normal I think."
Also if its a thread that has a question, the creator may continually refresh the page hoping for an update.
Actually high view - to - post ratios are symptomatic of high forum population. When forums have only a few members, there aren't that many threads, and about half the time they will post when they view. However now we have lots of threads, people can open up a bunch in a bunch of tabs then only reply to the ones they really want too.
"Some people only reply if they actually have something meaningful to say...some people post in practically every thread, no matter what. I don't think it's indicative of a problem, it's pretty normal I think."
Also if its a thread that has a question, the creator may continually refresh the page hoping for an update."
"Some people only reply if they actually have something meaningful to say...some people post in practically every thread, no matter what. I don't think it's indicative of a problem, it's pretty normal I think."
Also if its a thread that has a question, the creator may continually refresh the page hoping for an update."
Gulity as charged, your Honour."
What do you think I've spent most of the day doing to this one?
"Some people only reply if they actually have something meaningful to say...some people post in practically every thread, no matter what. I don't think it's indicative of a problem, it's pretty normal I think."
Also if its a thread that has a question, the creator may continually refresh the page hoping for an update."
Exactly. Many people who post in a thread will return to it to see if anyone responded to their post, thus doubling the views of the thread.
"Title says it all. As this site has so much more user interaction than others out there, I have to say I'm a little shocked by the lack of replys to forum posts when the view counts are so high (often 10x that of the answers). Being used to sites such as GT and the like, I was expecting something far more active. Admittidly this is a newer site with far less members (for the time being) but this is sure to grow as people get word of the quality of reviews and other articles written here. What do you guys think? In comparison to other sites you've frequented is this an issue or a given considering the current size and exposure the site has?"
Dude, virtually every forum anywhere, ever, has 5-10x more views than replies.
Blame shy people, lurkers, the vicarious enjoyment of watching people argue over something stupid, or the simple fact that most topics don't end up being as interesting as the title; whatever the dynamic is, it exists on every forum with a wider audience than "people the admin knows personally"
"I'd rather have a few good posts than a load of idiots shouting crap in every post."
Unforunately, we have both.
I have to be honest - I think the discussion in Gamespot's forums is a lot better. This forum doesn't really have any topics that are controversial, open to discussion, interesting, intuitive...its all really bland.
I think it's just because everyone is spread out so thinly. The game related forums lack any kind of focus for activity, and the real building of an actual community. People are herded towards game specific forums, which do not have the activity to be a valid choice to post in, and after a certain amount of time of getting no response in those dead forums, people just give up and don't bother posting anymore. The fact that the PS3 forum is considered one of the more popular boards, yet has two day old topics less than half way down the front page, says a lot about how much of a failure the scatter shot forums idea is.
"I think it's just because everyone is spread out so thinly. The game related forums lack any kind of focus for activity, and the real building of an actual community. People are herded towards game specific forums, which do not have the activity to be a valid choice to post in, and after a certain amount of time of getting no response in those dead forums, people just give up and don't bother posting anymore. The fact that the PS3 forum is considered one of the more popular boards, yet has two day old topics less than half way down the front page, says a lot about how much of a failure the scatter shot forums idea is."
Or that you are posting on a two month old website that still is in beta?
I go 10 views per post so i guess im one of the guys whos bringing the average down.I often go into threads to find something interesting to read even tho i have nothing to say about the subject.
"Title says it all. As this site has so much more user interaction than others out there, I have to say I'm a little shocked by the lack of replys to forum posts when the view counts are so high (often 10x that of the answers). Being used to sites such as GT and the like, I was expecting something far more active. Admittidly this is a newer site with far less members (for the time being) but this is sure to grow as people get word of the quality of reviews and other articles written here. What do you guys think? In comparison to other sites you've frequented is this an issue or a given considering the current size and exposure the site has?"
I see what you are saying. On one hand, it is better to have as many opinions on a subject as possible. Sadly, it seems that some people haven't been raised to be mature enough to use forums or even communicate in basic terms, so while I would like that number to be more closely related, I also am kind of more grateful that most of the comments (most, not all) on this board have something meaningful to say...
It seems to be a good thing since the level of maturity of the users on these forums is pretty high. Not like some other forums where every second post is an incomprehensible mess.
What am I going to say here? Nothing meaningful. Nothing that hasn't been said thousands of times before on hundreds of other boards. After getting thousands of posts on one board you tend to drift away from massive amounts of posting for the sake of posting.
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