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[Dodger]

Do you have to? What's the point? You and others have made your position clear, Moses has made his clear. Just act according to one of your options and leave the rest of us to decide for ourselves. We are quite capable of doing that, you know.

A separate Thread would probably gain more visibility - which would be the intention.

[cdnmatt]

A separate Thread would probably gain more visibility - which would be the intention.

This forum isn't exactly a bustling online metropolis. There's maybe 20 members here...

[Dodger]

This forum isn't exactly a bustling online metropolis. There's maybe 20 members here...

There's thousands of members here. They just don't say anything. Maybe this will change.

[Moses]

There's thousands of members here. They just don't say anything. Maybe this will change.

No. Visitors thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, members hundreds, about 200-250 is core of daily visiting members.

[Dodger]

No. Visitors thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, members hundreds, about 200-250 is core of daily visiting members.

Thanks for the clarification:

With a volume of 200-250 daily visiting members, and only 20-25 who actually participate in Board discussions, there's definitely an opportunity to grow this number, as I'm sure you're aware.

I'm sure everyone here has an idea or two as to how to accomplish this. I only have one:

- Remove any obstacles that would prevent people from wanting to participate.

People want to have fun on forums - not do battle with invisible forces like some child's video game.

[StevieWonders]

not do battle with invisible forces like some child's video game.

What an interesting thought - video games with INVISIBLE forces.

[mr giggles]

Thanks for the clarification:

... there's definitely an opportunity to grow this number, as I'm sure you're aware.....

I'm sure everyone here has an idea or two as to how to accomplish this. I only have one:

- Remove any obstacles that would prevent people from wanting to participate.

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How ironic when the bully says this, when he is the biggest obstacle.
He accuses posters such as myself as being fake (I am not, I have only 1 handle, but can only speak for myself- otherwise Moses would have banned me), yet he can't even be true to himself! He was a raving heterosexual for decades before he decided to come clean- what a faker and scammer to woman!
Is it any wonder that there are few posters or members here- honestly, who needs to put up with his crap. At the moment, this poster likes the sound of his own voice and dominating the forum by ping-pong posts with one or 2 of his minions. Of course, he would resent anyone else with a different view who might take the spotlight off of him. He tries to discredit others with no evidence, even after being challenged, typical bullying behaviour.

I remember when ChristianPFC was often attacked and scoffed about and doubted early days on here, and now he is a moderator and doing a great job.

I’ll finish this by using the old saying : “Be kind to everyone on the way up; you'll meet the same people on the way down”.

[Armando]

Thanks for the clarification:

With a volume of 200-250 daily visiting members, and only 20-25 who actually participate in Board discussions, there's definitely an opportunity to grow this number, as I'm sure you're aware.

I'm sure everyone here has an idea or two as to how to accomplish this. I only have one:

- Remove any obstacles that would prevent people from wanting to participate.

People want to have fun on forums - not do battle with invisible forces like some child's video game.

You think everyone will have an idea? Perhaps. But you are surely aware that the desire to offset ageing memberships by increasing the posting membership of Boards and ways this could be effected has been an occasional topic on gaythailand.com and gaybutton.com. In both cases virtually no ideas were put forward and there was zero increase in posting membership. Probably it is a topic that has also been aired here before.

gaythailand.com has now become part of a much larger GayGuides Board adding European and US membership. The number of posts have certainly increased, but as far as I can see the Thai posts tend only to be made by those who posted on the old Board. In other words, the memberships of both Boards are not mixing - yet. gaybuttonthai.com, founded when it was believed that gaythailand was to become part of a US escort site, seems to be on its last legs with very few new daily posts apart from those by the board owner.

I have some gay expat friends in Thailand not one of whom has any interest in posting in any gay chat forum. They do not contribute to any chat sites at all. Equally I have a couple of friends who vacation in Thailand every 2 or 3 years. They also see no reason to even read any of the chat rooms. So I have always wondered where a new posting membership might come from.

[StevieWonders]

You think everyone will have an idea? Perhaps. But you are surely aware that the desire to offset ageing memberships by increasing the posting membership of Boards and ways this could be effected has been an occasional topic on gaythailand.com and gaybutton.com. In both cases virtually no ideas were put forward and there was zero increase in posting membership. Probably it is a topic that has also been aired here before.

Every bar owner knows there’s a percentage of his regular customers who believe they have the absolute crowd-pleasing idea to boost the number of customers. The same is true of every commercial website. If it’s that good an idea it’s probably already been tried. Why are sites like Gaybutton a posting desert? Might it be that the Grand Ayatollah who runs that site accepts no dissent so people simply don’t bother? The costs to start a site are minuscule compared to starting a bar, but there are many more thriving bars than there are thriving sites. If Dodgems and his fellow Bookburners believe in their business model, why not start their own site?

[mr giggles]

You think everyone will have an idea? Perhaps. But you are surely aware that the desire to offset ageing memberships by increasing the posting membership of Boards and ways this could be effected has been an occasional topic on gaythailand.com and gaybutton.com. In both cases virtually no ideas were put forward and there was zero increase in posting membership. Probably it is a topic that has also been aired here before.

gaythailand.com has now become part of a much larger GayGuides Board adding European and US membership. The number of posts have certainly increased, but as far as I can see the Thai posts tend only to be made by those who posted on the old Board. In other words, the memberships of both Boards are not mixing - yet. gaybuttonthai.com, founded when it was believed that gaythailand was to become part of a US escort site, seems to be on its last legs with very few new daily posts apart from those by the board owner.

I have some gay expat friends in Thailand not one of whom has any interest in posting in any gay chat forum. They do not contribute to any chat sites at all. Equally I have a couple of friends who vacation in Thailand every 2 or 3 years. They also see no reason to even read any of the chat rooms. So I have always wondered where a new posting membership might come from.

See post #46