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** The Great Debate * What's More Valuable To Any Forum ...

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by Motelsex, Dec 31, 2008.

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    ** The Great Debate *


    What's More Valuable To Any Forum?



    (a) - The People Asking The Questions

    or

    (b) - The People Answering The Questions?
     
    Motelsex, Dec 31, 2008 IP
  2. sawz

    sawz Prominent Member

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    (c) The People
     
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  3. Motelsex

    Motelsex Peon

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    ... cheesy
     
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    allout Prominent Member

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    I have to agree with Sawz. You need people in general. It does not matter what they do as long as they are posting.

    Of course, here at DP, you have be super careful posting or you might get the mighty Infraction whip.
     
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  5. Motelsex

    Motelsex Peon

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    #5
    if we were playing baseball, and the question was ...

    what's more valuable, a pitcher or a hitter ...

    would you answer me

    ..the players?

    It's really a good question.

    Think of the forum.. trying to build popularity....

    what good is a forum if no one is around to ask questions
    ...but at the same time, if the forum was filled with people who knew everything, it's be dead quiet in here!

    think about it

    Check the 'expert' and bragging threads on any forum and they are usually some of the lowest populated pages

    ... again .. think of the forum.


    oh .. and good pitching beats good hitting any day
    ... but you can't pitch everyday
    ..hmmm
     
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  6. allout

    allout Prominent Member

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    LMAO, you just argued the same point that we both made. Without both, there would be no discussion so there is no way to claim one is more imortant than another.

    As far as you baseball one. That is a different scenario. You can teach someone to hit a ball much easier than you can teach a great pitcher to pitch. So that one I can answer, it would be a pitcher! :D

    A forum is quite different! :eek:
     
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  7. Motelsex

    Motelsex Peon

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    #7
    you're still missing the actual question though....

    you were only given TWO choices

    (a)

    or

    (b)

    - - - - - - - - -

    **but a hitter can impact a game EVERY day - a pitcher can not
     
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    ncz_nate Well-Known Member

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    I think the pitcher's more important, generally.
     
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    lightless Notable Member

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    Both are required, but the people answering the questions are more important.
     
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    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    No 'or' here. Both is needed. Asking and answering what make the forum valuable.
     
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  11. Motelsex

    Motelsex Peon

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    alright, well

    I don't know how this became a Politically Correct thread.

    Just wanted to have some fun with it.


    - - - - - - - -

    there wouldn't be a need for answers if there were no questions
     
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    lightless Notable Member

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    But questions always seem to outnumber the [proper] answers.
     
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    TheHappyInternetMan Banned

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    #13
    Without both it doesn't exactly work out and make the most sense.

    Asking a question like this is practically unsolvable :(
     
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    iBLOGCASH Member

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    yea there is no point to ask a question if nobody is around to answer.
    and you cant answer a question nobody is around to ask.
     
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    wierdo Well-Known Member

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    I think they are equally as important. The question can't get answered if it isn't asked, and if it can't get answered... well it just can't get answered. :)
     
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    It needs two to tango.....

    One is as good as non-existent in the absence of the other...
    Try clapping with your one hand and hopefully, you have the answer...;)

    Regards,

    RightMan
     
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    One can't exist without the other. :) I think the most important thing is having active members
     
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    Knowledgeable people make the forum better...
     
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    the people who answer the questions....
     
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    #20
    ok .. this was mostly a rhetorical question... which came first, the chicken or the egg, and all that jazz...
    so no - there really is no FACTUAL answer...

    however... i've always loved philosophy, so this question was also steered towards 'your philosophical opinion', and the word 'valuable'.

    here's how i see it:

    ..i think the 'people who answer the questions' LEGITIMIZE the site...
    but the people who ASK the questions - MAKE the site necessary
    ...making them more ''valuable''

    'Where there's a need, there's a business''
    ...Questions are the 'need'
    ... Answers are the suppliers
     
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