I'm curious why the low ratio of members to guest. It's so easy to register.
Most people probably just come across the site when looking for information, or seeking the answer to a problem.
That is how I came across the site.
I had bought a MBP - and was 'a switcher' in the parlance - and was looking for answers to specific questions; a search brought me to the site.
Actually, I was surprised at the extensive nature of the site, and admit that I returned a few times, (partly to find out stuff, partly because I was intrigued - I had never joined an online community before then.) However, I did lurk for a few months before joining, mainly because I had a question or two about my MBP to ask.
And then, I liked what I saw, stayed and decide to become a fairly active participant.
Probably members that are not logging on.
No, I wouldn't think so. I think lurkers jury checking it out, or looking for a specific piece of information.
It's very typical of forums to have ratios like that, especially forums that rank as highly as we do in search results. Lots of traffic from random people coming in that way who are only here briefly and not interested in joining the community unless they have something specific to contribute to,
Or something specific to ask.
Many join the forum just to ask a question, with no intention of staying for any other reason.
Thank you for explaining it. It would be great to get even a small percentage of them to register.
I suppose that this depends on whether it would meet their needs.
Many on here are members of several online fora. Some of us are only on a few.
Some of us have already been assimilated by the collective. Resistance is futile!
Agreed.
True! Those as willmtaylor mentioned, if a lot of the traffic comes from searches then it's likely they wouldn't register.
For instance, if you're having a tech issue with a computer and you search the problem, it'll link you to
loads of forums - Technet, Microsoft support, DELL support, HP support - and you're really just browsing through what people have said to get an answer to your question.
Because I had bought a Mac, my search led me here.
