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Just purging home drives at the moment of ****, whilst browsing CF and wondered something; Why, when there is 101 people browsing the forum right now and that is a fairly consistent number, are we stuck with the same 20 or so posters? I think CF is a pretty popular forum for this topic, so why do people not partake in it? is it because JohnnyMX is ruthlessly intimidating and sarcastic? or because JK is too well groomed? or are they just lazy and don't want to give back? Do we even want more active members?

Can't help but wonder why the popularity of this forum doesn't reflect the true number of active members.

 

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I blame BosonMichael.

It's because what he says is true and usually it's not what people want to hear.

 

Maybe it's because newbies like me, who've never really used forums before, do feel a little lost. It's like joining anclub and not really knowing anybody so we're quiet...except for me.
As I've said before you sharing your knowledge and wisdom with us is a great help so thanks again.

 

I can't understand it myself, I mean you can hide behind the keyboard anyway, it's different when you have met face2face and begin to actually know people but until that happens people should be happy to post online.

Obviously with me being the shy and retiring type I don't post often myself

 

Of course not SimonD

 

Eh? I'm a pussycat mate.

I think most people browsing are people who think they've been ripped off by training providers but are too embarassed to say so, and training providers keeping an eye out for students saying that they've been ripped off.

Then of course there are those that see ANOTHER thread starting out 'I'm thinking of doing A+. Help me!' and think, christ, not again.

Me though, always happy to wade in and fight the same fight time and time again.

 

Is this not the case with the most internet forums? The majority of users will be browsing/silent readers and the more vocal users tend to be in the minority.

 

HAHAHAHAHA

I laughed out loud at work when I read that, I think Ive already had this with Boson

I make a point of reading through BosonMichael's posts if I quickly browse through a topic as there always straight to the point and very... factual I think is the right word to use

You are being very mean if you give someone false hope as it wastes there time and your giving bad advice so that makes you a bad person I guess...
Good on Boson for being honest and down to earth in terms of advice he's giving.

I like to think I partake in some Forum discussion but I don't want to sacrifice too much study time, don't get me wrong I do love this forum but at one point I found myself browsing this forum more than I was studying

The majority of people who come onto this forum are seeking help and advice for certifications they are about to take or any other form of education in IT perhaps or maybe just have an IT related question...

The way I see it is alot of people like to take advice but aren't going to go out of their way to see if they can return the favour by becoming a regular poster and giving advice to others who were in the same situation as they were in before hand.

I like to get my opinion across on here as I am still very much thick as **** compared to some of you guys in terms of my IT knowledge but I have now contributed towards the forum by becoming a premium member so that I feel good for.

On a side note I occassionaly feel discouraged to post my thoughts on a subject as I feel like my posts are invisible the majority of the time in some cases when I have a question I think to myself why bother asking,
but I had a solution to that problem I became a prem member and now I have that bright green badge next to my name.

People need to give something back to the forum that has provided you with pricless advice
GO GREEN! go Premium people!
and post when you feel you have advice that you can give to other members and don't forget to rabble on if you feel like doing so, just like I have done in this post!

I take my hat off to anyone who reads my whole post I think I'm done now

 

I agree, I only joined CF in December, I think its a great site and is helping to encourage me finish my exams as I can look around and see people that have actually completed them that are in a nice job and understand what their talking about. Maybe one day I shall be the same If ever I have question I always ask on CF after googling as there may be so much info on Google. But it's not always answer and explanantions to the questions you want. I have everyone on here to thank for answering them and making me understand what I'm learning. So I guess if someone flicks through but doesnt ask any questions then there knowledge will only be limited to the same amount as the other users that flick through without thinking or trying to help someone. I guess if anyone has any questions feel free to ask as it helps when learning a lot

Dave

 

+rep because, well, I agree....and the back sack and crack comment made me lol.

Qs

 

C'mon then, hat off. Chop chop

 

JK, I was going to get you a gift voucher for the local beauty spa for valentines because your eye brows need shaping again. No longer my friend, no longer.

 

I couldn't find a smilie taking off his HAT!

How about a beer for you sir!

 

Haha, you know what's funny about it. Is that it's actually true. When you go abroad it's full of Mancunians like Dazza wearing stuff like that. Oh the horror. I'm from Salford by the way JK, better dress sense, but 500x more common.

 

Personally I think its more of a general issue really people will always browse sites (look at any forum and you will probably notice this). The reason I dont post much is because of the content which is either training provider rant/tittle tattle or arguing. Sorry but thats why I've stopped posting here so much, its not a slant or go at anybody but just why I tend to have a quick peek a couple of times a day, decide theres nothing new and move on!

Again its a personal feeling so not an attack by any means.

 

I think alot of people do find this site as they are starting out on the certification route or have just been ripped off by a tp.

The people i usually see posting are the members that have been here a while or have a good amount of certs under their name.

For myself, i am only on my second cert, so i try and post where i can but i dont have alot of expierence to pass on when people ask questions on training for this or that.

 

If you do a search you'll find that we had pretty uch the same question last year, the year before and the year before that too. the concensus from those threads was basically "it's like that because thats the way it is".


BTW, I almost spat my lunch all over my keyboard when I read about the back sack and crack.