Lots of browsers, little posters

globalrider · Mar 23, 2005

Well better that than end up with tons of threads and posts filled with nothing but small talk...and you see a lot of that, especially on other forums.

I can't help but :rolleyes

at some of the thread topics.

rob nye · Mar 23, 2005

Global Rider said:
Well better that than end up with tons of threads and posts filled with nothing but small talk...and you see a lot of that, especially on other forums.

I can't help but at some of the thread topics.

I agree with the caviat that sometimes what causes :rolleyes

for some can also cause :clap

from others. It is when it turns into :stick

that we need to take time out for a :drink

FYI we just passed the two year mark and I think things are going pretty well.

Best,

globalrider · Mar 23, 2005

Rob Nye said:
I agree with the caviat that sometimes what causes for some can also cause from others.
Best,

Rob, I guess it all depends on one's expectations and how one wants to spend their time.

Here is just one example of many that I pulled off another forum...

"The Perfect Bike". Like at what? Moto GP, motocross, trials, touring? Didn't even bother opening it. Maybe thread topics could be worded better.

"Do you ride to work?". Yes, no, whatever. Big deal.

Whatever turns someone's crank, I guess.

LORAZEPAM · Mar 23, 2005

You could always join Shira's site for the K1200's. The havent even come out yet and he has members.

beemokat · Mar 25, 2005

Nothing New or Original, but, by God, It's Posted!

I don't post much because I figure that nobody really needs to read a lot of "me too"s and "you said it"s, or even "F---in' A!"s; and most of the time, that's all I have to say.
OK, now that I have posted a totally useless and uninteresting comment, I have to log off and get back to work.

globalrider · Mar 25, 2005

BeemoKat said:
I don't post much because I figure that nobody really needs to read a lot of "me too"s and "you said it"s, or even "F---in' A!"s; and most of the time, that's all I have to say.

You mean like those really informative one liners like...

Cool!

I can't handle the information overload.

beemokat · Mar 25, 2005

Man Up, Dawg!

Global Rider said:
You mean like those really informative one liners like...

Cool!

I can't handle the information overload.

F---in' A right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

USERNAME · Mar 25, 2005

my dad used to tell me that i have two ears and one mouth, and so i should listen more than i speak. that was good advice.

i've adapted it to these online forums - i've got two eyes and ten fingers, so i should post more than i read.

bullit7801 · Mar 25, 2005

username said:
my dad used to tell me that i have two ears and one mouth, and so i should listen more than i speak. that was good advice.

i've adapted it to these online forums - i've got two eyes and ten fingers, so i should post more than i read.

Butt, how many fingers do you use??? Seems that you can never find the shift key. Is it the "hunt, peck and cuss" method? One or two fingers?? :stick

Let's see, one finger, two eyes. :dunno

tb

LORAZEPAM · Mar 25, 2005

Bullit 7801 said:
Butt, how many fingers do you use??? Seems that you can never find the shift key. Is it the "hunt, peck and cuss" method? One or two fingers?? Let's see, one finger, two eyes.

tb

Hey leave my friend username alone. He has a lack of self esteem that keeps him from making his I's higher case. Since he does that the voices in his head told him not to use the shift key at all.

HODAG · Mar 28, 2005

maybe he can't get his left foot up high enough to hit shift??

honu · Mar 28, 2005

I tend to lurk more than post, because I am a young one in the BMW world and have much more to learn than to share.

When I get home from work I like to have a beer and read through the threads that interest me. :drink

It's like eves dropping on a conversation at a bar, but better, because I am at home in my PJs, don't have to talk if I don't want to, nobody is hitting on me... and most important, the conversation is always about motorcycles.

honu · Mar 28, 2005

I think you should post more, if only so that we can see your cute little mouse with the helmet.

Reminds me of some childrens books I read when I was little, about a mouse who could ride toy motorcycles. I think they made a movie about it recently. I loved those books.

Here I go again, shooting my mouth off. I think this will make 13 posts for me. I've only been on for a month. Makes me feel a little too verbose.

kbasa · Mar 28, 2005

globalrider · Mar 29, 2005

selil said:
I've been lurking since 1993, but heck I've posted like five times in the last week. I guess I'm just motor-mouthing again. I'll go back to lurk/hibernation mode.

Yeah, but have you noticed the other extreme?

On some forums I have seem posters with 15,000 or more posts and they've been registered for about the same amount of time as I have.

Now lets figure that one out. 15,000 post at at least 2 minutes per post if they are adding any information of value (I'm being conservative on the 2 minutes). That works out to 500 hours or almost 21 days of solid posting. That doesn't even include the time it takes to browse in order to reply. Scary!

Then again, they may also bumped that number up by simply posting one liners or a simple icon. :dunno

kbasa · Mar 29, 2005

Global Rider said:
Then again, they may also bumped that number up by simply posting one liners or a simple icon.

globalrider · Mar 29, 2005

KBasa said:

You're not getting my vote.

As VP, imagine what our Owners News will look like with pages of Smilies/Icons. :stick

kbasa · Mar 29, 2005

Global Rider said:
You're not getting my vote.

As VP, imagine what our Owners News will look like with pages of Smilies/Icons.

DLilah · Mar 29, 2005

I would post more because I always have something to say :blah

, but I don't want to scare anyone by revealing my true thoughts. :evil

BRADFORDBENN · Mar 29, 2005

D'Lilah said:
I would post more because I always have something to say , but I don't want to scare anyone by revealing my true thoughts.

I know what you mean. :evil

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