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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #15 - Oct 23^rd, 2006 at 6:08pm Off topic replies have been moved to This Thread I've moved the tea/breakfast comments over to the the new thread.
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greek_lady Diamond Offline Carpe Diem Noctemque Posts: 698 Greece Gender:	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #16 - May 23^rd, 2007 at 2:02pm I was wondering where is OldKathy?? Meanwhile I've got a couple more ideas about topics to try to liven things up a bit, here. I hope people like them and that the moderators don't get angry at me!
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Curlgirl64 Stardust Offline Practice Yoga,give and receive Reiki Posts: 2974 Brooklyn,N.Y. Gender:	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #17 - May 23^rd, 2007 at 5:18pm I think we all(moderators) welcome your thoughts and ideas,greek_lady!!
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #18 - May 24^th, 2007 at 7:47am Of course we welcome your ideas! Bring 'em on!
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Re: Where is everyone?
Reply #19 - Jul 14^th, 2007 at 3:03pm

I know I have been MIA myself but I am preparing for the arrival of a new baby boy in late Aug/early Sept. Also Hubby and I have a bet going on as to how much my hair will grow thru the pregnancy so I dont want to be tempted to measure and possible jinx myself! Grin

The prize for the winner is the loser has to do all the daily chores and a massage. I can try to stop everyday until the baby comes thou.

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Kiraela Diamond Offline Posts: 825 Southern Louisiana Gender:	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #20 - Jul 14^th, 2007 at 4:26pm Congratulations, Bluberri! I hope your new son is healthy and perfect, and that you win that bet!
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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #21 - Jul 14^th, 2007 at 6:29pm How exciting, Bluberri! You must keep us up to date on everything!
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bluberri Ruby Offline Posts: 61 Mommytown Gender:	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #22 - Jul 15^th, 2007 at 3:07pm Its so hard not to pull out my tape measure! Last night my mom came over while I was brushing my hair and she said it was to my mid thigh What a temptation!!
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joeydog 1992 Ex Member	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #23 - Jul 15^th, 2007 at 4:56pm Wow, mid-thigh...I can't imagine my hair ever being that long. Good for you. And good luck with the new little one!!! JD
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Jerry

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Reply #24 - Aug 21^st, 2007 at 6:32pm

oldkathy wrote on Oct 21^st, 2006 at 2:33pm:

I'm not sure of the solution, but I'd like some suggestions. I check out this site two or three times a day. What I usually find is that there are only two or three people on at any given time. We get new members and they post a couple of times, then they are gone. Sometimes there has been no change at all on the index page. So my questions are these: Where does everyone go? Why don't folks stay? What can we do to get people more involved? When I post on another long hair site, I often have to search to find my thread again. But here, I rarely even get a response other than from moderators. (Thanks Bikerbraid, Curlsgirl, and Sakina!) Please don't take this as criticism, I am genuinely looking for ways to help this site.

I know how you feel Roll Eyes

I am a moderator at another forum and I start threads hoping people will reply but nothing happens. What frustrates me is that a topic might have 500 hits but no replies Shocked

But what really bothers me is all the lurkers who join and never say as much as 'hi' or 'hello'.
I can understand where some might be shy or afraid but a simple 'hello' might get the ball rolling.

I am very thankful for forums and message boards dealing with long hair but I really enjoy the sites that allow off-topic discussions.

I have noticed since I joined here the messages are pretty steady so far.

But, I would rather have a board with steady messages rather than messages going so fast they are hard to keep up with.

Jerry

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bikerbraid

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Reply #25 - Aug 21^st, 2007 at 7:45pm

Jerry, most message boards have lots of registrants that never post. Here, probably only 1% of the members have ever made a post. Not only do most of the members not post - a significant number never even return! Shocked

I've never figured out why someone would go thru the trouble of registering (and using a nonsense user name) to never return again. Huh

This board is well moderated, which eliminates the rif-raf pretty quickly and also helps to keep things moving.

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Reply #26 - Aug 21^st, 2007 at 8:18pm

Some people are just lurkers. I mean, I've been reading for months and only just hit ruby. Think of it like a party. You drift from conversation to conversation, except here nobody gets insulted if you stay for the equivalent of one sentence. For some people, to immediately insert yourself into a conversation seems...obtrusive.

Oh darn! That was me finding an earring. I have a horrible habit of taking of my earrings whenever they start bothering me, which means I have earrings here, earrings there, earrings pretty much everywhere. And all single because of course I only find one. And I told myself I was going to take care of this pair...

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Off Topic! Cheesy

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bikerbraid Shooting Star Offline Life is short, Break the rules Posts: 6569 Bike Paths of the Midwest Gender:	Re: Where is everyone? Reply #27 - Aug 21^st, 2007 at 10:31pm I don't mind the lurkers. People who are rude and inconsiderate I would prefer stay away. I look at message boards as places for information and entertainment. We share lots of info about hair care. The off topic stuff just adds personality and makes it more interesting. We get to know the whole person, not just their hair!
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roomtogrow

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Re: Where is everyone?
Reply #28 - Aug 22^nd, 2007 at 10:51am

well oldkathy, i do see your point, especially about people just posting on a few journals, as it's hard to keep up with everyone's journal, so i know i read usually about three or four and have a little time to reply to them. so i will try to read more journals if i can. i'd like to get to know more folks.
as for it being a small place, i looked at other hair boards and got a bit shy. i like how cozy longlocks is.

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Galadriel

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Re: Where is everyone?
Reply #29 - Aug 22^nd, 2007 at 11:25am

I don't usually read anyone's journals. My computer time is limited, and I usually pretty much use it all up just updating my own journal. Embarrassed

Lately (well, ok, after I moved to country and someone stole several hours of my days) I haven't written much at all anywhere but my journal.

I love it though when someone visits my journal and leaves a little note. Makes me feel all warm and social. Cheesy

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