What is the secret?

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I realize that post count has nothing to do with how well respected a member may be. It has to do with how well that poster expresses him or herself. Personally, i write as a person who is afflicted with shortness of breath might speak. I've noticed that my posts go mostly ignored, and i've been a regular visitor to many forums so I'm not blaming anyone here. All forums that i have visited have resulted in the same outcome. So, what is the secret to becoming successful in an online forum? What sort of posts do you have to make to get people to realize that you exist?

make a memorable avatar.

Longevity helps, too. I've gotten comments on my avatar, but I doubt I "exist" quite yet, for the simple reason that I have been on this forum only three days!

Lots of people ignore me too. I'm used to it: I'm older than the average poster here and therefore unlikely to attract 'peers'.

I think possibly asking questions or making posts that entail or draw questions will get more responses than posts that make short statements of opinion.

I know some of the posters here ask questions a lot, it gets them responses.

The thing is, It's very easy to get noticed, but harder to be respected.

It really depends what you really want - I'm probably very noticable with my blunt opinions, but a lot of members don't like that.

If you want respect, you have to go along with what most other members are like, and what they approve of.

I can't give you much advice about respct, probably because I don't have much from a lot of the members here, but if you want to be noticed, just participate and be yourself

I think that it would be nice to be the Hale-Bopp of the forums.

Make an Ask DrGonzo Anything thread.

Post threads on topics that are likely to incite a debate, or something a lot of members can relate to.

From a casual observation it appears that comments that are incindiary and generally off-topic concerning AS get a more noticeable response than others.

I tend to pay attention to the subject matter much more than the poster. Only after a long time present in a forum do I notice who has what opinion, or categorize people in terms of their personalities, or even remember poster names; though I could easily summarize the various views on a matter.

I would therefore recommend you take pains to give as many new pieces of information and novel viewpoints on any given issue as possible. Inform; do not incite. That way lies trolling.

I have responded to you DrGonzo. (and yet again)
I think the secret is to just hang in there and keep adding your voice to the cacaphony and eventually, you just kinda find your place. You begin to notice a few people that you can really relate to so you tend to stalk their posts and join into their conversations. You begin to start threads (good job on this one) And I've noticed, if you really want some attention, post a thread on which you threaten to leave. That works every time. We're all suckers for that one!
Best of luck!!

Aspen wrote:
Dr. Gonzo,
Whatever you do, please don't do that!



I was just being facetious.