[Gkam84]

Just wondering how many new registered users there were today?

I went through one page of the Schwag and found at least 7 new users today, so i put up a “welcome” post

But while hitting up the 1 – 3 post users, i found a number of 1 post users 44 weeks and over, the most shocking to me was crazybaboon Member for 3 years 17 weeks and it was their first post in the Schwag

I know i keep going on about the number of users who only post in that, but without trawling the pages (which i may do when i’m bored) how many people from the currently 905 and rising comments would be left if you took out everyone with less that 10 posts?

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[The _Kaner]

I’m pretty sure I came to the
I’m pretty sure I came to the site as part of a Schwag giveaway…but 1 year and 3 weeks on and I’m still tootling around and ‘sticking my oar in’

…sure there will be those who are one post wonders…but probably many more that continue to contribute, albeit with less frequency than others

…not everyone feels at ease posting in fora…because unfortunately there are a lot of ‘flamers’ about….take youtube for instance…..I feel compelled to let someone know when I think they are being a tool! I can take as well as I can give, but then I’m a fairly opinionated sod!
Some people may go thru the site with a fine toothed comb, but have absolutely no opinion on what is said/reviewed etc…but still like to be part of the online community…lurking/stalking if you like…
Good luck to anyone that is picked out (randomly after all)of the hat..just wish I was that jammie!
:”(

[Super Domestique]

PeteH wrote:@sup dom – if I

PeteH wrote:

@sup dom – if I ever win a pair of their socks I’ll let you have one! Would you prefer left or right?

Thanks.

I will have a sniff when I take them off tonight and see which one smells worst and therefore needs replacing :& :&

[PeteH]

oooh. can we get dope on
oooh. can we get dope on here? Now I’m a bit more interested…

[Gkam84]

Martin – LeJogLe wrote:whats

Martin – LeJogLe wrote:

whats the schwag?

Depends on whom you talk to, on the “street” it would be low grade marijuana, but as part of a give-away and as thats what is being done here it means a promotional item/s given to employees, visitor to trade shows, etc….. an informal variant of swag.

[themartincox]

whats the schwag?
whats the schwag?

[PeteH]

@sup dom – if I ever win a
@sup dom – if I ever win a pair of their socks I’ll let you have one! Would you prefer left or right?

[Gkam84]

mr-andrew wrote:What about

mr-andrew wrote:

What about weighted voting for the schwag? People with more than 25 comments get 2 entries, people with 100 get 3 etc etc.

That would just lead to people spamming threads and news articles i think, thats why i said the 10 posts, its not hard to achieve without spamming everything :B

[mr-andrew]

What about weighted voting
What about weighted voting for the schwag? People with more than 25 comments get 2 entries, people with 100 get 3 etc etc.

[ianpv]

I’ve lurked about this site
I’ve lurked about this site for a while and registered today, largely to enter the competition. It’s win-win surely for the site? Larger user numbers must help them out, and now I’m registered I’m more likely to post.

Plus I *really* need something vaguely aero in the wheel dept for my S1…

[Gkam84]

dave_atkinson wrote:
the

dave_atkinson wrote:

the received wisdom is that for every 100 users a website has, there will be ten who will be contributors (in the sense of commenting on existing material) and one who’s a creator (generating new content)

So i was almost spot on when i said, I’d just like to see, even 10% stick around, I only started the thread to see if you had a number you were willing to share of new registrations since the Schwag went live 😀

But it seems to have sparked some more discussion, so thats always good aswell, shame my Welcome to the site didn’t 😕

[seabass89]

dave_atkinson wrote: one of

dave_atkinson wrote:

one of the main reasons we do schwag grabs is to attract new users, and turn lurkers into registered users.

Yeah, and it obviously works. I got a friend so sign up after his eyes almost popped out of his head (as mine DID) when I showed him the schwag grab.

Besides, the odds of winning is still alot bigger than the euromillions! :B

I think its great.. You guys are nuts!

Richey wheels here.. and Ritchey wheels there..

[dave atkinson]

Quote:More ACTIVE members

More ACTIVE members makes the site attractive to sponsors and advertisers. Yes

the received wisdom is that for every 100 users a website has, there will be ten who will be contributors (in the sense of commenting on existing material) and one who’s a creator (generating new content)

there’s plenty of new people on the site after a set of wheels, about 10% of the entrants. common sense suggests that a lot of them are interested in cycling, and reading the long lists of bikes they own when we approve the accounts confirms that.

so yeah, one of them might walk away with the prize. c’est la vie. one of the main reasons we do schwag grabs is to attract new users, and turn lurkers into registered users. who knows? some of those new people might be the backbone of the userbase in a year’s time.

[Super Domestique]

pepita1 wrote:PeteH

pepita1 wrote:

PeteH wrote:

Having never won anything in my life and not particularly expecting that to change, rest assured that I’m on here for the craick!

I agree. And sometimes, I don’t even bother entering schwag contests. Though I might enter the latest if its still open…but what would I do with a wheelset? I already have two and they roll true.

If you win them, you can always donate them to me lol!

[pepita1]

PeteH wrote:Having never won

PeteH wrote:

Having never won anything in my life and not particularly expecting that to change, rest assured that I’m on here for the craick!

I agree. And sometimes, I don’t even bother entering schwag contests. Though I might enter the latest if its still open…but what would I do with a wheelset? I already have two and they roll true.

[Super Domestique]

I must admit I was used to
I must admit I was used to using a forum in the full sense of the term, commenting and posting regularly so when I came to this site I was not really ‘on the ball’ for comments on news items/reviews as well as the forum.

That has changed, although keeping up across the board (so to speak) doesn’t always happen on my part, but that is time/busy schedule for you.

That said, when I recently asked about there ever being a Road.cc magazine it was pointed out this whole site is like an ever changing mag itself – so, in reality, any mag will have lots of readers, many of which enter comps, but few write/email in for the letters (for letters read comments) page!

Congrats in advance to whoever wins the wheels – just hope its me!!!!

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