Topic: Is the cr0 forum dying?

[Peripatetic Phil]

This must be discouraging to potential and new members and is showing itself in the loss of contributing members. 

Better :  "This may be discouraging to potential and new members and may be showing itself in the loss of contributing members".

There is no evidence that it is discouraging to new members, no evidence that there is a loss of contributing members, and even if there were evidence of the latter, no causal relationship has been demonstrated.

** Phil.

[littlechilie]

(Better) fair point there Phil,

But I should think if Admin would post the statistics there may be clear evidence to support my statement.

LC 

[Madrasandy]

There is no evidence that it is discouraging to new members, no evidence that there is a loss of contributing members, and even if there were evidence of the latter, no causal relationship has been demonstrated.

** Phil.

er ..Evidence as in contributing members that no longer contribute, which seem to be in abundance
er ..Discouraging to new members, as in new members who join and leave and post regulary elsewhere
 As I posted before I have linked , invited, spoke highly of this forum to curry lovers from the chilli growing forums, all who have come along , had a look and basically said no thanks, why?, "because its full of shit and takes an age deciphering all the inane posts , not to mention the know it all unhelpfulness of certain members", not my words

[Garp]

not to mention the know it all unhelpfulness of certain members

That's great, Andy. The only know-it-all members I have seen on here are you and Chewy. Perhaps you are the problem and not the solution.

[Peripatetic Phil]

(Better) fair point there Phil,

I should think if Admin would post the statistics there may be clear evidence to support my statement.

Statistics may support the part that claims that there is a loss of contributing members, but cannot of themselves establish (or even support) the claim that there is a causal relationship between posts on non-curry-related matters and a loss of contributing members. 

er ..Evidence as in contributing members that no longer contribute, which seem to be in abundance

On the contrary, a number of members who had remained silent for a very long while have recently taken to posting again, I am delighted to see.

er ..Discouraging to new members, as in new members who join and leave and post regulary elsewhere

There is, sadly, an occasional marked intolerance to certain new members, who do indeed then cease contributing.  Whether they post regularly elsewhere I have no idea, since this is the only curry-related forum I frequent.

As I posted before I have linked , invited, spoke highly of this forum to curry lovers from the chilli growing forums, all who have come along , had a look and basically said no thanks, why?, "because its full of shit and takes an age deciphering all the inane posts , not to mention the know it all unhelpfulness of certain members", not my words

Yes, one or two members (very few) manifest a pretentious "know-it-all unhelpfulness", but they are a tiny minority compared to those who are not ashamed to admit they don't know it all, yet are always willing to try to help if asked.  As to your "curry lovers from the chilli growing forums", if they knows of a better 'ole, they are welcome to go to it.  But I don't.

** Phil.

[Madrasandy]

That's great, Andy. The only know-it-all members I have seen on here are you and Chewy. Perhaps you are the problem and not the solution.

you are funny garp  ;D

[littlechilie]

(Better) fair point there Phil,

I should think if Admin would post the statistics there may be clear evidence to support my statement.

Statistics may support the part that claims that there is a loss of contributing members, but cannot of themselves establish (or even support) the claim that there is a causal relationship between posts on non-curry-related matters and a loss of contributing members. 

er ..Evidence as in contributing members that no longer contribute, which seem to be in abundance

On the contrary, a number of members who had remained silent for a very long while have recently taken to posting again, I am delighted to see.

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Hi Phil I believe old members post when a interesting curry related topic appears, sadly the posts are swept away with the junk that's been clogging the forum of late.

Leading to our valued members retreating and shaking there heads in dismay!

LC

[littlechilie]

(Better) fair point there Phil,

I should think if Admin would post the statistics there may be clear evidence to support my statement.

Statistics may support the part that claims that there is a loss of contributing members, but cannot of themselves establish (or even support) the claim that there is a causal relationship between posts on non-curry-related matters and a loss of contributing members. 

** Phil.

Imagine finding a great fishing forum, ok you join all excited! Then all you find are regular members on the time line posting about baking fairy cakes!! Get my point? 

[livo]

The bulldog clip car petrol cover door hinge spring doodad thingy had me scratching the old noggin.  But I suppose you would need to put petrol in the car to get to the shop to buy some curry related ingredients.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Imagine finding a great fishing forum, ok you join all excited! Then all you find are regular members on the time line posting about baking fairy cakes!! Get my point?

To be honest, I have no idea what this "time line" is to which you keep referring, but let us leave that to one side for now.  This is a forum about Indian cookery in general, and BIR recipes in particular, but its members are intelligent human beings.  And being intelligent human beings, they all have a wide range of interests; they are not anal-retentive manic-obsessives, interested only in BIR to the exclusion of everything else.  And so, sometimes, when they post, their posts are not about BIR but about one of their many other interests; some may mention football, some popular music, some car repairs and so on.  And in general, those who are interested in the topic mentioned respond, while the rest of us just mentally switch off.  And that is just how it should be -- a forum which focusses on BIR, but on which other topics can be discussed.
 
Compare that, if you will, with the amateur radio club that I joined at the age of 16, having just gained my radio amateur's licence (G3TGQ, if anyone cares); I went along to meet my fellow radio amateurs, and for a few weeks  enjoyed their company and their meetings.  But as time went on, I began to realise that they were, in fact, anal-retentive manic-obsessives.  Their ONLY interest was amateur radio; they had no other interests, and could not talk about anything else.  And so, after six months, I left.  Because whilst as radio amateurs they were first-class, as human beings they were CRASHING BORES.  As is anyone who is capable of talking about, and reading about, and thinking about, only one topic.

So let's leave CR0 as it is, please.  A place where BIR is the common interest, and the primary topic for discussion, but where anything else (yes, even religion, sex and politics) can be discussed, provided that that discussion takes places in the correct thread :  "Talk about anything other than curry".

** Phil.