I was looking at the "List of Users" here which I find very interesting and noticed that some were listed as "lurkers". What is a "lurker"? I have never seen that term used on a forum before. Anyone that hasn't looked at the list, should as it interesting to see especially where people are logging in from as I never thought I would see people logging in from outside the US.
GENECOP said
05:53 PM Dec 23, 2013
Lurkers typically define people who read the forums but never actively participate or post...
VanMar said
06:16 PM Dec 23, 2013
Cathy,
In looking at the list, I get curious about some of the members. The ones who have been members for a long time, post regularly, and then disappear off the face of the earth.
Hey! An idea for a forum requirement. "All family members, not otherwise posting, shall be required to check in once a month with a 'well-being' report." We'll have to come up with some kind of punishment for non-compliance.
Vance
bjoyce said
06:53 PM Dec 23, 2013
VanMar: I hope you are joking.
SnowGypsy said
07:24 PM Dec 23, 2013
Thank you! I'm thinking VanMar is joking. To me though, you get used to seeing someone around posting and then suddenly they are gone, well, you just always wonder what happened to them. I know when we have relocated, I have tried to let those that might care, where we have went and how things are going. I've seen "Guests" logged in from China, UK, Ukraine and a few other surprising places. As a child I used to sit and go through the phone book looking at all the numbers and names and thought it was the most fantastic thing I had ever seen. I am easily entertained.
Bill and Jodee said
09:07 PM Dec 23, 2013
I saw a post a couple months ago where a member asked about another who seemed to have disappeared. Within hours someone replied with the missing person's status. Asking the question seems like the best first step to find out about a MIA member.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary I think we should assume they won the lottery and are spending all their time spoiling their grandkids !
((good one Vance.... ))
cherylbrv said
10:08 PM Dec 23, 2013
I actually have been thinking a lot of someone who was very active and then suddenly disappeared. I sent her a PM but didn't get a response. Should I post here (new subject of course) whether anyone has heard from this member?
VanMar said
07:38 AM Dec 24, 2013
bjoyce wrote:
VanMar: I hope you are joking.
Yeah, I was.But there are some members that I found entertaining and informative that I wonder about. It's like any family member that disappears....you feel like filing a missing persons report.
V
Howard said
08:58 AM Dec 24, 2013
For this particular Forum, I have the following settings for members:
0 Posts = Lurker
1 - 24 Posts = RV-Dreams Community Member
25 or More Posts = RV-Dreams Family Member
It doesn't mean anything other than to distinguish levels of participation. :)
SnowGypsy said
09:06 AM Dec 24, 2013
Thank you, Howard. I am just endlessly curious and that listing is so neat unlike any I have seen.
Terry and Jo said
09:52 AM Dec 24, 2013
If one looks further into the list of users, one finds that there are a LOT of folks that have registered but have not posted but maybe once or twice. I guess some simply came and registered in order to ask one or two questions and then moved on. Or, they might have read enough of the experiences of others to get the idea that this life isn't for them.
Who knows, but it is disconcerting to see a fairly active user disappear for a long period. It makes me begin to speculate that they are having to deal with serious illnesses in their family, or even worse, have passed on. After all, being an RV Dreams "family" member is just that. We are a family with the same concerns for the others as it would be in our own families.
I recall the words of Glenn Beck when talking of family one time. His daughter that has special needs began to talk of her "family of the heart." When Glenn asked her about that, she replied that she had her "blood" family to which she was literally related to, but that all those acquaintances that she had grown to love, otherwise known as friends, were her "family of the heart."
Terry
GENECOP said
09:59 AM Dec 24, 2013
cherylbrv wrote:
I actually have been thinking a lot of someone who was very active and then suddenly disappeared. I sent her a PM but didn't get a response. Should I post here (new subject of course) whether anyone has heard from this member?
You can ask here, this might be a good start , kind of like a Lost and Found for missing members....
Terry and Jo said
10:19 AM Dec 24, 2013
Cheryl,
I don't know if it will help, but some members activate the feature that sends them an e-mail when anyone posts to a thread that they started. Even if they haven't been logging into the forums, they will get the e-mail, so you might try that. For them to get a PM, they may have to log in order to even know a private message was sent to them.
I was looking at the "List of Users" here which I find very interesting and noticed that some were listed as "lurkers". What is a "lurker"? I have never seen that term used on a forum before. Anyone that hasn't looked at the list, should as it interesting to see especially where people are logging in from as I never thought I would see people logging in from outside the US.
Cathy,
In looking at the list, I get curious about some of the members. The ones who have been members for a long time, post regularly, and then disappear off the face of the earth.
Hey! An idea for a forum requirement. "All family members, not otherwise posting, shall be required to check in once a month with a 'well-being' report." We'll have to come up with some kind of punishment for non-compliance.
Vance
In the absence of evidence to the contrary I think we should assume they won the lottery and are spending all their time spoiling their grandkids
((good one Vance....
Yeah, I was. But there are some members that I found entertaining and informative that I wonder about. It's like any family member that disappears....you feel like filing a missing persons report.
V
For this particular Forum, I have the following settings for members:
0 Posts = Lurker
1 - 24 Posts = RV-Dreams Community Member
25 or More Posts = RV-Dreams Family Member
It doesn't mean anything other than to distinguish levels of participation. :)
If one looks further into the list of users, one finds that there are a LOT of folks that have registered but have not posted but maybe once or twice. I guess some simply came and registered in order to ask one or two questions and then moved on. Or, they might have read enough of the experiences of others to get the idea that this life isn't for them.
Who knows, but it is disconcerting to see a fairly active user disappear for a long period. It makes me begin to speculate that they are having to deal with serious illnesses in their family, or even worse, have passed on. After all, being an RV Dreams "family" member is just that. We are a family with the same concerns for the others as it would be in our own families.
I recall the words of Glenn Beck when talking of family one time. His daughter that has special needs began to talk of her "family of the heart." When Glenn asked her about that, she replied that she had her "blood" family to which she was literally related to, but that all those acquaintances that she had grown to love, otherwise known as friends, were her "family of the heart."
Terry
You can ask here, this might be a good start , kind of like a Lost and Found for missing members....
Cheryl,
I don't know if it will help, but some members activate the feature that sends them an e-mail when anyone posts to a thread that they started. Even if they haven't been logging into the forums, they will get the e-mail, so you might try that. For them to get a PM, they may have to log in order to even know a private message was sent to them.
Terry