Hey guys, My site stats: Our members have made a total of 4,804 posts in 1,610 threads. We currently have 2,344 members registered. Members who have posted: 26.41% How can I get this up? I have some good discussions but not many posting
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How to fail at internet marketing. lol As for OP. Do you require signup to read your site? That's probably why you have that odd ratio. And if members are signing up to read your site and then not posting it's my guess that you don't have good threads or good subjects.
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That an awesome number! The vast majority of forums do not come close to that! --- I would have thought most forums to be about half that! However, there are things you can do to increase it. Have a read about the 90 9 1 theory: http://www.forumdr.com/the-90-9-1-principle-applied-to-forums/764/
90-9-1 is bogus. Your general chat is dead. In comparison most forums have 10%-50% of their posts in an off topic area. I would reorganize your General category. Remove graphics and Fun & Games from subforums and make them regular forums. Change sort order so it's General Chat, Graphics, Fund and Games, and then your other forums in there. I can see from searches your own staff doesn't participate in General section very much at all. Encourage them to start threads and engage the users.
Care to explain why? I do not think the principle is bogus. The actual numbers may be bogus. In every social community there is always more lurkers than those who contribute occasionally vs those who contribute a lot. Who cares if the number is actually 90 9 1 or whatever? - the principle is about moving people from the 90 to the 9 to the 1.
If the numbers are bogus then the principle is bogus. It's stating the obvious by saying there is a ratio of guests, actives, and hardcores. That's duh. Hey I want a successful forum where everyone is lurker. Wanna know the best part about http://www.forumdr.com ? IT HAS NO FORUM! As if anyone should take advice from a guy without a proven success. Most of the principles he has on his forum are just obvious BS probably copied from other locations. I feel bad for anyone that reads that crap.
Tell me about it. I've a site with 15k members and a third of the posts. But they way I see it is the content/subject of the site. Mine is about Q&A related to university subjects. Most of the people visit it, get their answers and then leave. Only few stay. On the flip side, you've sites like DP on which to make it worth their while, people need to come back and post.
Keep on the frontpage a list of the most recent topics, this usually helps people to keep track of the current talks inside the forum and participate.
I just have the opposite scenario. Less members but more active people. As of now we have this stats Threads: 15,206, Posts: 121,768, Members: 6,329. I think maintaining the quality is the key.
Maybe there is a portion of spambot regs and that's the reason why so many members, but very few posts.
Why less posts ? The people who are posting are those who are actually interested to be the part of your website, those you enjoy it. The rest are forcefully registered in some way.. Do you force them to register to be able to read a post ? If yes, this is the reason.