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Forum Development => Forum Help and Technical FAQs => Topic started by: matthew on April 26, 2017, 07:57:48 PM

Title: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: matthew on April 26, 2017, 07:57:48 PM
this site has it's uses. and they are many. but alot can be gleaned without ever posting. i wonder who all the "guests" are. at the bottom of the site, it lists how many are registered, and who, are online at any given time. always the unregistered outnumber the registered.


would it be worth the time to block out those who do not register to post? or limit them? what would be the boons? or drawbacks?


could convention tips only be seen by "posters" then?
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: AzT on April 26, 2017, 08:12:25 PM
The Truth Is Lurkers Are Out There

http://www.friendsofcc.com/forum/index.php?topic=2592.0

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Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: alyssa on April 26, 2017, 08:18:56 PM
lurkers become posters when they want something like sdcc badges or hotels or parking
till then they view way more ads then members
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Zero on April 27, 2017, 01:19:07 AM
Forum Housekeeping:

Moved from "Other Comic Cons and Conventions" to "Forum Help and Technical FAQs" (since this thread is basically related to forum members and the technicality of posting on the forums, not about conventions or other comic cons).
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: michelleeddington0523 on April 27, 2017, 01:27:27 AM
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this site has it's uses. and they are many. but alot can be gleaned without ever posting. i wonder who all the "guests" are. at the bottom of the site, it lists how many are registered, and who, are online at any given time. always the unregistered outnumber the registered.


would it be worth the time to block out those who do not register to post? or limit them? what would be the boons? or drawbacks?


could convention tips only be seen by "posters" then?
Me personally, I just founded out about this forum three weeks ago, via a friend. It's alot of information  to process, but it's very good know. Most of the time, I read topics and sometimes I reply. I enjoy learn all this info, so I am prepared when I actually get tickets.

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Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Transmute Jun on April 27, 2017, 05:57:39 AM
[member=6921]michelleeddington0523[/member]   If you are worried about getting a badge in future years, please consider joining a buying group on this site. At FoCC, we help each other out with all aspects of the SDCC experience, including buying badges. We will announce buying groups for SDCC 2018 in the fall.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: michelleeddington0523 on April 27, 2017, 07:07:15 AM
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[member=6921]michelleeddington0523[/member]   If you are worried about getting a badge in future years, please consider joining a buying group on this site. At FoCC, we help each other out with all aspects of the SDCC experience, including buying badges. We will announce buying groups for SDCC 2018 in the fall.
Thanks, I want to go to SDCC2018. So, right now all of this info is very helpful.

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Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Violet on April 27, 2017, 11:25:06 AM
Confession: Honestly, I was a lurker for about a year before I actually joined! I ended up joining because you had to in order to access certain links that were posted. I don't post a lot, but I do lurk quite a bit!
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: tsnyder on April 27, 2017, 11:35:10 AM
I was definitely just a lurker for quite a while and then got drawn in to exchange off site tickets with others.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Zero on April 27, 2017, 08:26:07 PM
Indeed... there are a few perks here and there to joining the forum community, such as being able to use the PM system and coordinate with other forum members for hotel exchanges/giveaways, parking permit requests, off-site ticket purchases or swaps, and meet-up plans; ask questions in threads that no one may have even though about and get some good answers; and so forth. 

(As [member=1817]Violet[/member] mentioned, yes, it is true that forum members with officially registered accounts can see links, while "Guests" do not.  Gotta tell you, sometimes, there are useful or cool links around.)

^__^;
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: NCDS on April 27, 2017, 08:34:25 PM


I never post :)

I know a lot of good members who don't post much but do a lot for the forum.  Post count tells you a lot but sometimes their actions can tell you more.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Chris on April 27, 2017, 09:16:44 PM
Can't take credit for this (I think it was Transmute Jun's idea), but if there is any information you don't want non-forum members to see, mark it with the "spoiler" function.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: mark on April 27, 2017, 09:27:02 PM
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Can't take credit for this (I think it was Transmute Jun's idea), but if there is any information you don't want non-forum members to see, mark it with the "spoiler" function.

FREE BEER AT
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Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Chris on April 27, 2017, 09:29:16 PM
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FREE BEER AT
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There ya go.  :)
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Transmute Jun on April 28, 2017, 06:37:48 AM
You guys are so
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Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: comicconfamily on April 28, 2017, 07:58:36 AM
I'm a bad member :( joined a while ago and while I read quite a bit (and love this forum), I don't respond much. Ok, I don't respond at all. But! I'm determined to join in more.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: alyssa on April 28, 2017, 08:07:54 AM
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I'm a bad member :( joined a while ago and while I read quite a bit (and love this forum), I don't respond much. Ok, I don't respond at all. But! I'm determined to join in more.

it's not bad to lurk it's just so much more fun to participate --- ;)

my first con, i was soooo jealous of other people with a group of friends. That's what this is, a huge group of friends who meet up at con's
oh and btw, we're all a little quirky, 
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Transmute Jun on April 28, 2017, 08:14:47 AM
It's not bad to lurk. Most of us are nerds or geeks, and historically, we've all had trouble fitting in socially from time to time. It's natural to be shy and reticent when approaching a group of people you don't know. But we try to be a welcoming and friendly and helpful bunch, so we love it when people come out of the shadows and join us in our con madness!
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: comicconfamily on April 30, 2017, 10:57:55 AM
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It's not bad to lurk. Most of us are nerds or geeks, and historically, we've all had trouble fitting in socially from time to time. It's natural to be shy and reticent when approaching a group of people you don't know. But we try to be a welcoming and friendly and helpful bunch, so we love it when people come out of the shadows and join us in our con madness!

When I attended my first Comic-Con (which was with my family), I kept thinking the whole time about how this OUR place, home away from home and where we belonged. And as a mom, it felt so good to be in a place where my kids fit in so perfectly. This forum has the same feel. ♥
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: alyssa on April 30, 2017, 12:17:34 PM
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When I attended my first Comic-Con (which was with my family), I kept thinking the whole time about how this OUR place, home away from home and where we belonged. And as a mom, it felt so good to be in a place where my kids fit in so perfectly. This forum has the same feel. ♥
thank you, that's the best type of compliment

I totally understand having a geeky kid and seeing them finally find a place where they can be themselves -- it's priceless.  mine's 17 now and not into con's much any more but the learned confidence of being at con's has taken him places and given him a sense of being- that makes me happy
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Computer Gary on April 30, 2017, 07:04:19 PM
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would it be worth the time to block out those who do not register to post?


I hate forums where you can't even read the threads without registering.  I don't want to register for a site that might turn out to be a waste of my time.


It's fair to restrict posting to those who have registered, but let people see what you're all about.  Forums that don't let unregistered people read them might be turning away people who could have wound up being valued contributors.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: SamTurtledove on April 30, 2017, 08:59:29 PM
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It's fair to restrict posting to those who have registered, but let people see what you're all about.  Forums that don't let unregistered people read them might be turning away people who could have wound up being valued contributors.

I definitely recommend the mobile version of Tapatalk, for guests. This forum (and others) can be browsed and you actually can click on links and read Spoiler contents, without being logged into the forum.

You still need to register as a FoCC member to post a reply, use PMs, explore member profiles (when you can't find that thread you read last week!) and subscribe to topics. The mobile version adds to the guest experience, especially those considering membership!

Sorry but you are not allowed to view spoiler contents.


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(sometimes the mobile version's layout doesn't match the last post read, though!)
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: Chris on April 30, 2017, 09:39:32 PM
I get ritualistically beaten with reeds if I don't recruit enough lurkers for my quota, so that's another reason to join because we all agreed that we like me and don't want to see me in pain.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: sondra17 on May 01, 2017, 11:17:30 PM
I've been a lurker for 3 years with very little posts, sorry. I, too, am determined to participate more. Quite honestly, this forum has taught me all I know about Comic Con. So thank you.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: mark on May 05, 2017, 10:17:51 AM
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I've been a lurker for 3 years with very little posts, sorry. I, too, am determined to participate more. Quite honestly, this forum has taught me all I know about Comic Con. So thank you.

I was a lurker for a good while too, I think I finally registered so I could use the old hotel sale practice form. Now I don't shut up, ahahahaha. Echoing some other comments, SDCC is a team sport and I can't imagine trying to handle it without the help and advice I get from the forum.

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thank you, that's the best type of compliment

I totally understand having a geeky kid and seeing them finally find a place where they can be themselves -- it's priceless.  mine's 17 now and not into con's much any more but the learned confidence of being at con's has taken him places and given him a sense of being- that makes me happy

My daughter's in a similar spot, she was painfully shy when she was younger, (as was I,) but starting tonight she is going to be onstage with a main role in a musical.  To be sure, it's a junior production in a small theater but still something that I would have thought impossible when she was younger. A lot of this change is of course due to amazing parenting but there's a pretty clear line between going to conventions, meeting people with shared interests, seeing/listening to creators and performers, and then when she started middle school seeing another girl with a Doctor Who shirt and having the confidence to go up and start talking to her. This, with the help of a cooperative teacher, led to a little Doctor Who lunch club where she met some more fans. Some of them were in the theater and now most of that lunch group is too.

Not saying everyone will have that experience, (though I did hear my son singing a song on xbox live the other day, it's a start) but even with how much pop culture has grown in recent years, it can still be lonely to be a fan. If I meet someone at work that's a fan there's usually a little dance at first so we can find what we can talk about, (comics? no, movies? yes, Star Wars? nah Star Trek, which series? ...) and we eventually get to a point where we can argue that Janeway was the best captain ever. At a good convention, and in this forum, I know that I can learn about and share pretty much anything.
Title: Re: i wonder how many "guests" use this site for information... without ever posting
Post by: ripresa on July 25, 2017, 09:31:26 AM
Put me in the group of been around and pretty quiet for a while, but now I can't shut up either :)