Why do People Join this Forum?

[Razor]

Hi Phil,

I think you're correct, everybody who joins the forum, has to, to enable them to have full access.  Maybe it didn't need to be one of the options as it really is a "given"?

The way it panned out for me was;

1, to gain full access,
2, to learn recipes and techniques,
3, to "chit chat" or discuss recipes,
4, to "chit chat" with like mined people about curries, BIR's and TA's,
5, to "friendly" debate recipes and techniques from different regions,
6, to have a bit of friendly banter with other members

I put them in that order because, that's the way I feel my time on cr0 has developed. 

I've got to admit, I really would like to see a greater contribution from our quieter members, if only to get to know them a bit better and hopefully, uncover a competent cook in presence.

I can understand certain members reluctance to post, especially when you have a few prolific posters, like myself, commenting in every single post!  It's almost as if they (the quiet ones) see us as the "experts" and doubt their own contribution. 

Of course, we are not experts by any means and I think that we would do well to remember that!  The "meet and greet" introduction for me is one of the most important areas on the whole forum.  How a new member is welcomed could well determine how much of a contribution, that member puts into the forum.  A simple "welcome to the forum and good luck" is often all it takes!

Ray

[Malc.]

I think all four 'access' choices could have been incorporated as one.

I'd like to see a friendlier atmosphere on here both within the serious topics and especially in the general chat sections for both curry and general chat section. This will almost certainly allow new members to feel more comfortable about posting and perhaps encourage them to take part in the more serious topics.

[Cory Ander]

But if you can't "access recipes, ingredients and techniques" without joining the forum, surely this automatically means that those same people are joining the forum "to access stuff they otherwise can't", does it not ?

I'm not the one ticking the boxes Phil.  I was simply summarising which boxes people have ticked so far.  And no one (yet) has ticked the box "To access things I can't access without joining" as one of their main (two) reasons for joining the forum.

[Peripatetic Phil]

No one (yet) has ticked the box "To access things I can't access without joining" as one of their main (two) reasons for joining the forum.

Not would I expect anyone to, because the more specific reasons for which people might join have already appeared in the questionnaire.  I'm sure you know at least as much about questionnaire design as I do, Cory, but in this case I think that the answers we get are not as revealing as they might be if all questions were mutually exclusive.

** Phil.

[Cory Ander]

I would expect someone, whose (one of two) primary reason(s) for joining the forum is to access information they otherwise couldn't access, to tick that box. 

They wouldn't really know what additional information (recipes or otherwise) they could access without joining and seeing.

Sorry Phil, I don't claim to be a statistician and I don't claim the questions to be perfect.  Nonetheless, I wanted a simple way to find out why people join the forum.

[canicant]

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Well I got lured in by the promise of sex, drugs and indian food, unfortunately two are sadly lacking but at least I got one out of the three

Rob.

[commis]

Hi
Canicant, if your doing it right, you should be getting two out of three.
Regards

[minimonster]

I joined years ago as I loved BIR food and wanted to make a curry at home.  In the years before joining I had half heartedly tried my hand at this (cookery books, recipes from a friend of a friend who apparently worked at a BIR) with zero success.

I had heard a base sauce was important, but had know idea where to start.

I stumbled across this website, and to access the base sauces you had to join - so i did.  I spent weeks pouring over all the posts going years back.  Had a go at a few recipes.  They weren't great (I didn't have the technique or follow the recipes properly) but were a vast improvement over anything I'd made before.

I now make the same recipes and they are great!

However, I feel my experiences really offer nothing new to this forum that hasn't already been covered.  My curries taste brilliant, but are still missing that last 5%.  I think I really expected to find a secret ingredient, but from reading all the posts it seemed very unlikely.

I was/am amazed at the dedication that some of you have to getting that last 5%, which makes me think it isn't really possible at home! If it was I'm sure one of you would have cracked it by now.I suspect it's something to do with the scaling of recipes in BIR, or reclaimed oil or using bhaji oil or any number of things that aren't easily reproduced at home.

Saying that I really love my home curries, and to friends and family they are better than the real thing!

So in summary,  I really appreciate all the info on this website and it's helped me make great curries.  I don't have much to contribute that hasn't already been covered, but like popping back in the hope I'm wrong and someone has cracked it for the last 5%

[Domi]

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Well I got lured in by the promise of sex, drugs and indian food, unfortunately two are sadly lacking but at least I got one out of the three

Rob.

Maybe a bit o'hashish is the thing we're all missing, Rob ;D well...some of us lol

[canicant]

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Domi..... I never said which one of the three I got from here

Rob