Most people online???

[Submeg]

Hmm...there has to be some incentive to post rather than just reading....Because once you start, there is no stopping!!

[Stephen Coates]

The best incentive to post, is for the person to have a problem to post about, or to have an answer to someone's question, or to have a comment on something which someone else has posted.

And if they have none of those, then they won't post.

I really don't see what other 'incentives' there can be to post.

[TiredOfLife]

Ste is probably right.
I started posting in forums when I had a few problems and needed help.
Caught the bug that way.
Can't really see how you can entice someone into posting if they are not up for it.

[Submeg]

It just seems strange that there are some ppl and then register and read the posts, but never post. Very strange....I registered on this other forum, but as of yet, I havent gotten any music equipment, but still I post in the off topic section. There's always something going on there.

[Stephen Coates]

Some people might only be interested in reading though.

I have been on forums where I have only read some posts, and either never or rarely posted.

And I have come accross plenty on people on amiga.org who saythat they have been reading the forums for a long time but have either never registered or posted in the past.

[TiredOfLife]

There seems to a be a fair bit of that recently on Amiga.org, people comming out of the woodwork after along period of lurking to post.
Don't know whay's woken them up now though.
Something to look into maybe.
Something we can replicate here perhaps.

[Stephen Coates]

Maybe they were getting so desperate for a new amiga and so confused about everyone taking each other to court over new amiga products not being made properly.