Re: Is this the end of the lurker?
Great points all around...I wonder if the site is a victim of it's own success? It seems that more threads are started than maintained; I know when I have been away for a while I go in to see how the "old time" threads are doing, theses threads are harder to spot due to the volume of newer threads that often are just how Bullitt describes. I know early on I was actually saddened to note that Fundsurfer and Griffin stopped posting regularly, I noticed it immediately because there wasn't so many threads in the "today's posts" section.
i wonder if Tom could set up an "old farts" section on the MB for those of us who have been around for a while and tend to post a little more substantive information (which I freely admit I don't always do). The "old farts" section wouldn't need access restrictions, only "time in grade" qualifications to start (or move a thread over). I must admit that when I log on and don't see any of the familiar threads...I feel like the MB may have passed me by.
i know I tell everyone I talk with about the tsp that they need to check out tsptalk...many come back and say they cruised the MB and found some interesting information; I think these cruisers should be encouraged. Today's cruisers/lurkers could turn out to be the next generation's Birchtree(Lord help us) or even a new and improved (if that is possible) JTH.
Just my thoughts...
BigJohn
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