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July 8th, 2008, 09:54 PM
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 Joined: Mar 24th, 2007 Last Online: November 25th, 2008 Location: Ft Worth, TX Age: 27 Posts: 389
Car: e34 525it Rep Power: 13     |  Massive quantities of lurkers? I've noticed there's quite a few people lurking here (currently 133 people viewing the Top Gear forumm 45 viewing General Automotive; 342 total), but there's a pretty noticeable lack of posting for that number of people being actively viewing. What's the deal, lurkers?
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July 8th, 2008, 09:56 PM
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 Joined: Feb 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 08:32 PM Location: Germany Posts: 1,975
Car: BMW E36 323i superleggera (-85 kg to date) Rep Power: 48 | That's not really uncommon, a lot of people tend to read forums and only register later on, if at all. Remember that search engines often link to forum entries, so people will come and read. Additionally, a lot of registered people only start posting later on, they only register for downloads or to gain access to all forum areas. 
__________________ "We have to laugh at the Germans, because they're so riddled with guilt about their history, they can't laugh at themselves." - Jeremy Clarkson Last edited by the Interceptor; July 8th, 2008 at 09:59 PM.. |
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July 8th, 2008, 09:56 PM
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Car: '84 Pontiac Parisienne, '93 Chevy Caprice Rep Power: 19 | Laziness.
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July 8th, 2008, 09:56 PM
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 Joined: Nov 29th, 2006 Last Online: 09:40 PM Location: Texas Age: 19 Posts: 2,515
Car: 1985 Jeep CJ7, 1997 Ford F150 Rep Power: 50 | I think we all lurked for a while before posting. Even though my join date is 2006, I started being active only this year.
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July 8th, 2008, 09:58 PM
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 Joined: Apr 24th, 2006 Last Online: 07:23 PM Location: Berkeley & San Diego, California Age: 21 Posts: 1,451
Car: Invisible boatmobile Rep Power: 59 | I've always been a lurker, registered or unregistered
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July 8th, 2008, 09:59 PM
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| Previously known as ssnapier  Joined: May 23rd, 2005 Last Online: 03:00 AM Location: Fort Detrick, Maryland Posts: 1,331
Car: RS2'd 95 Audi S-6 '06 Jetta TDI Rep Power: 24 | It could be web spiders too....
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July 8th, 2008, 10:06 PM
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| Joined: Mar 24th, 2007 Last Online: November 25th, 2008 Location: Ft Worth, TX Age: 27 Posts: 389
Car: e34 525it Rep Power: 13 | There are A TON of guests on Final Gear. Kind of strange. The most I've ever seen on other forums is a 1:1 registered to guest ratio. We're at less than 1:3 right now. Probably boring and pointless information to most people. I like to keep track of statistics like that, though. I find it pretty interesting. I would LOVE to gain access to the forum stats page on vBulletin for this site, just to check out the different trends.
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July 8th, 2008, 10:21 PM
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 Joined: Jan 16th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Jagged Rock Junction, Toronto, Canada Posts: 348
Rep Power: 12  | I admit that I lurk quite a bit around here, but I usually reserve my posting for when I think I could make a decent contribution to the thread. I won't just post for it's own sake. I know a fair bit about cars but I'm not nearly as technically-inclined as some people here, so in those cases I read instead of write.
__________________ "Police people can have an entire conversation and you wouldn't recognize a single word. They call cars 'vehicles' and they never walk anywhere. They 'proceed'. Doctors are as bad, solicitors are worse. And then there's the world of film and television. I know what 'Roll VT' means and you don't, so I am brighter and cleverer than you." Jeremy Clarkson |
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July 8th, 2008, 10:25 PM
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| Mantastic!  Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 09:15 PM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,358
Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 77 | The number of guests & lurkers will be high right now because there's a series of Top Gear airing.
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July 8th, 2008, 10:29 PM
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| Lazy Head Dude  Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988
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Known spider count: http://forums.finalgear.com/online.php?who=spiders 167 guests as of the time of this post. I try to get guests to register by this annoying box at the top of all pages in addition to a few ads between posts: 
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July 8th, 2008, 10:30 PM
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| Evo-less  Joined: Jun 10th, 2005 Last Online: 08:19 PM Location: United Kingdom of Denmark Age: 25 Posts: 2,901
Car: Ford S-Max Titanium - 268hp Rep Power: 70  | They are all BBC lawyers..
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July 8th, 2008, 10:39 PM
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Car: '92 Chevy Truck / '94 Honda Accord Rep Power: 12 | Viper: What are the extensions in the bottom right of your FF window?
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July 8th, 2008, 10:51 PM
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988
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__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 | |
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July 8th, 2008, 10:56 PM
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July 8th, 2008, 11:01 PM
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988
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__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 | |
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July 8th, 2008, 11:12 PM
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July 8th, 2008, 11:23 PM
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| Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988
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__________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005 | |
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July 8th, 2008, 11:26 PM
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| Joined: Mar 24th, 2007 Last Online: November 25th, 2008 Location: Ft Worth, TX Age: 27 Posts: 389
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