by vespasian » Sun May 29, 2011 11:27 pm
dfreely wrote:vespasian wrote:the forum has hundreds of lurkers :neutral: when you look at all the people looking at posted successes,and the number actually posting anything,this makes it apparent,it also puts off genuine collectors from posting there successes,in case the celeb gets swamped by these people,,most of theses lurkers are looking for info,so they can send off and then sell them, some sort of regulation might be a good idea? thats my opinion anyway
How do you know for sure that they're lurkers? You don't know exactly who are looking at topics - it could be search engine spiders, could be search engine hits, could be someone just having a look-see, etc. Just because someone doesn't post doesn't necessarily make them a lurker. And while there certainly are spammers, it's hard to really control that without turning this into some sort of "club" or paid site, like other sites have taken to.
the posting numbers are low,and its consistent numbers too,,most posted successes get no more than 3 comments,even though there is quite often hundreds of visits eventually,its on all the posts ,day in,day out,,,,,,,if you dont contibute your a lurker,its as simple as that,,nobody with any sense is going to post a result,that they have spent hours researching,for some lurker to use to bombard a celeb ,until they stop signing for real collectors,be assured there will be dozens of dealers and sellers just waiting for these kinds of opportunities
[quote="dfreely"][quote="vespasian"]the forum has hundreds of lurkers :neutral: when you look at all the people looking at posted successes,and the number actually posting anything,this makes it apparent,it also puts off genuine collectors from posting there successes,in case the celeb gets swamped by these people,,most of theses lurkers are looking for info,so they can send off and then sell them, some sort of regulation might be a good idea? thats my opinion anyway[/quote][/quote]
How do you know for sure that they're lurkers? You don't know exactly who are looking at topics - it could be search engine spiders, could be search engine hits, could be someone just having a look-see, etc. Just because someone doesn't post doesn't necessarily make them a lurker. And while there certainly are spammers, it's hard to really control that without turning this into some sort of "club" or paid site, like other sites have taken to.
the posting numbers are low,and its consistent numbers too,,most posted successes get no more than 3 comments,even though there is quite often hundreds of visits eventually,its on all the posts ,day in,day out,,,,,,,if you dont contibute your a lurker,its as simple as that,,nobody with any sense is going to post a result,that they have spent hours researching,for some lurker to use to bombard a celeb ,until they stop signing for real collectors,be assured there will be dozens of dealers and sellers just waiting for these kinds of opportunities
