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What do you expect out of your thread?
lincolnSence
Posts: 409
Ok, I've run the numbers and the results are in. For the last 381 posts here are the results:
- 4 or 1% had 0 responses
- 93 or 24% had 1 - 4 responses
- 94 or 25% had between 5 - 9 responses
- 108 or 29% had between 10 - 19 responses
- 72 or 19% had between 20 - 49 responses
- 9 or 2% had between 50 - 74 responses, and
- 1 response had 201 responses (this was .2625%).
So what does it all mean? What do you expect when you post a thread? What are your chances of posting a thread 100 responses long? Well, I'll tell you.
The top 3 posts in the database were (out of 1131 total posts):
- our 2nd runner up with 128 posts was "forum faces"
- our 1st runner up with 199 posts was "husbands estate"
- and our grand prize winner with a whopping 201 posts was "explain your handle"
(Note: these results are unaudited)
So if your goal is to put up a thread and get 100 posts, good luck!!!!
What do you expect ? (I'm looking for 100 posts please)
- 4 or 1% had 0 responses
- 93 or 24% had 1 - 4 responses
- 94 or 25% had between 5 - 9 responses
- 108 or 29% had between 10 - 19 responses
- 72 or 19% had between 20 - 49 responses
- 9 or 2% had between 50 - 74 responses, and
- 1 response had 201 responses (this was .2625%).
So what does it all mean? What do you expect when you post a thread? What are your chances of posting a thread 100 responses long? Well, I'll tell you.
The top 3 posts in the database were (out of 1131 total posts):
- our 2nd runner up with 128 posts was "forum faces"
- our 1st runner up with 199 posts was "husbands estate"
- and our grand prize winner with a whopping 201 posts was "explain your handle"
(Note: these results are unaudited)
So if your goal is to put up a thread and get 100 posts, good luck!!!!
What do you expect ? (I'm looking for 100 posts please)
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Computer Services
What did the doe say when she came out of the woods?.....Last time I do THAT for a buck!
Computer Services
What did the doe say when she came out of the woods?.....Last time I do THAT for a buck!
I'll bet that "talk to a grader" thread has potential.
Other threads that start with ideas that may be controversial, or "poll" like questions (ie. what is your favorite coin) can have a lot more responses. If everybody can answer it, then of course it will have more responses.
At most I expect 30 or so posts for whatever I put up. 100+ posts are out of my league at this time.
BTW good data. You can be the "Official Forum Statistician"
Proof Dime Registry Set
My Barbers
Computer Services
What did the doe say when she came out of the woods?.....Last time I do THAT for a buck!
Ok, here's an easy way.
Just say something off the cuff that ticks off those set registry guys.
Ray
Four Word Posts!
see? My Auctions "Got any 1800's gold?"
(hint, hint: I just started one this morning)
B.
A Tax is a fine for doing good.
Lincoln Sence - Is this a contest to try and get the most responses
or is it a contest to see if McDonalds sells more Big
Macs than whoppers?
I try to make a statement and see where it goes
Is coin collecting a contest to see who gets the
most coins or the finest coins ?
Isn't it better to start a qualitative thread rather
than a quantitative thread ?
Stewart
its4real - only took me 20 minutes.
Thanks for the posts.
To me these boards are similiar to a newspaper. You have your Headline threads-- serious topics that deserve attention that most people read (whether they respond or not), Sports-- registry, bragging rights, Get the eBay Geek, threads, General Entertainment-- light stuff, attempts at comedy, and even a bit of the Local section--area stuff posted by homies.
Some threads are going to win the Pulitzer, and some belong in the funny pages.
There is a place for it all. We all skip some sections of the paper, and pay attention to others. People are like that with threads. They pick and chose what interests them. One thing I know is that the threads are read by a lot more people than actual responses indicate. And the number of responses can be artificially inflated due to a couple members going off on some cross talk tangent. Which is just the way it is.
What do I want out of a thread? Depends. I have posted to amuse. I have posted to get a question asked. I have posted to try to send a message. I would like to think that I don't waste people's time when I post a thread. But, ultimately what you accomplish or get out of one is not like a sporting event that can be summed up with a final number.
Edit: forgot to say there is certainly a Business section here, and the BST boards works as the classifieds.
As far as discussion: well, after being a forum member for about 2 years or so, many of the topics have been touched on at one time or another, several times threads just go haywire, but predominantly (for me anyway) after so many trolls and/or troll-like threads OR the mightier than thou posters, I just reserve comment for primarily factual responses and those that mostly deal with the futherance of disseminating and gathering educational information that is collector oriented.
I grant you that I have an ocassional emotional outburst, but as ol' Jack Webb used to say, "Just the facts ma'am, just the facts."
Debatable (and numismatically worthy) topics often run their course after 20 or so responses because even though we all have an opinion on "Toned vs. White" and "PCGS vs. NGC", etc. by the time there are a dozen responses on each side of the issue, what more can someone offer that hasn't already been said?
On the other hand, threads like "explain your handle" (which probably belongs in the Open Forum) or "forum faces" can be added to for as long as there are new members (or old ones) willing to add their 2 cents to the topic. The 202nd post in the "explain" thread will most likely be just as unique as the 2nd one.
You have an excellent command of the language and a most precise way of expressing
your thoughts. I always enjoy seeing your comments. They are always worthy of the time
spent reading them. Regards Bear
Camelot
i concur with most statements,as long as the thread is answered,GREAT,sometimes i wished it was just 1 answer(the correct answer) instead of 100 opinions,if this happens to my question(100 opinion answers) then im no better off than when i posted the question............does anyone concur???
p/s i put another question in to help you obtain a 100 reply post
An open mind will support transformation.
Recognize life is full of change
and celebrate the opportunity.
"There is always a way to collect,Never surrender the hobby"
Two formulas always work here if quantity is your aim:
1.) Make a general, well thought out inquiry about some aspect of collecting that everyone can relate to and has an opinion about.
2.) Make a bold statement that you know will get member's blood boiling.
May I suggest..coin collecting?