Lurker Rehabilitation Program

It seems have the posts in the introduction forums are from long long-time lurkers introducing themselves.

Any idea on how to encourage more participation from lurkers?

Any idea on what a standardized welcome to the forum message would look like for a lurker?

 

That is a good question, I know that it took me a few years being a lurker before I finally created an account.

I don't think we can generalize why someone is lurking, as the reason most probably depend on the user.

Some might just browser the paint blogs, others the rules section from time to time.


So I am not certain how we can encourage them to join and post, other than keeping the friendly atmosphere we already have.


In regards to the standardized welcome message, I am not certain I understand what your referring to here?

 

Both I guess, though I assume most lurkers registered and never posted (that way you can keep track of unread posts easier). The odds of getting a casual lurker to register and then participate are fairly low.

When I write a response to a newbies introduction, I like to talk about how good the various subforums are. I assume most lurkers already know what we have so that's out, so I'm not sure what to say.

For a standardized response I was thinking something humor filled, maybe with a Spawning of Bob cartoon or some lurker based artwork by N810.