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Great Big Stees

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
During its past seven pages, May 3 to June 27, 2013,
the Spirituality Forum has seen a modest 25% (53/210)
of its threads die with a dozen or fewer posts:

[b]> Spirituality Forum: 53/210 = 25% <------> General Forum: 90/210 = 43% = 70%
Greater Volume of General Forum Thread casualties (90/53).


Does this contrast illustrate the difference between Life & Death? (gb)[/b]
Maybe Life and Lifesupport?

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
During its past seven pages, May 3 to June 27, 2013,
the Spirituality Forum has seen a modest 25% (53/210)
of its threads die with a dozen or fewer posts...
Spirituality threads live longer for one obvious reason: Endless wrangling.

Posters disgorge the same feeble arguments over and over and over and...

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Perhaps there are only so many subjects to be covered in the spirituality forum, usually along the lines of 'god exists/god doesn't exist; The general forum is much more, one might say, general; there are a lot more things to talk about. Maybe that's why there are more new threads and they don't last as long. I don't see that as a problem.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Spirituality threads live longer for one obvious reason: Endless wrangling.

Posters disgorge the same feeble arguments over and over and over and...
"Endless wrangling." = EWG

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Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Maybe Life and Lifesupport?
Maybe.

Grampy Bobby
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Originally posted by Indonesia Phil
Perhaps there are only so many subjects to be covered in the spirituality forum, usually along the lines of 'god exists/god doesn't exist; The general forum is much more, one might say, general; there are a lot more things to talk about. Maybe that's why there are more new threads and they don't last as long. I don't see that as a problem.
If so, why start threads in this forum?

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
During its past seven pages, May 3 to June 27, 2013, this forum has seen an unheard of volume of its threads die with a dozen or fewer posts: A Whopping 43% (90/210). Is the sight of 90 Dead Soldiers strewn around a sign of life? (gb)
Maybe it's a sign that the quality of these multitudinous original posts is lacking. Not all threads deserve response.

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Originally posted by Suzianne
Maybe it's a sign that the quality of these multitudinous original posts is lacking. Not all threads deserve response.
"Not all threads deserve response."

... or maybe the audience has become so distracted that it's lost its focus.

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Here's your formula for failure, Bobby:

There are 24 posts in this thread and 10 of them are yours.

What have we learned so far?

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Here's your formula for failure, Bobby:

There are 24 posts in this thread and 10 of them are yours.

What have we learned so far?
Bob replies? 😕

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Why is this forum dying?
Because everyone on it is?

Great Big Stees

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Originally posted by whodey
Because everyone on it is?
prophetic, I never thought of it that way.😀

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Enjoying RHP's General Forum


1st Rule: Be yourself, even though you may have forgotten who you are...

2nd Rule: Welcome all aspects of diversity and individual styles.

3rd Rule: Have fun but not at someone else's expense. Ever...

4th Rule: Disagree respectfully, especially when you know the other guy's being a jerk....

5th Rule: Avoid being hypersensitive to yourself and insensitive to others.

6th Rule: Consider the possibility that others may also be playing with pain.

7th Rule: Understand that tone of meaning is 90% of communicating.

8th Rule: Realize that some threads are destined to become tall trees.

9th Rule: Accept the fact that some of your threads provide the compost.

10th Rule: Smile until it hurts, then laugh until you cry...

11th Rule: Don't take your health for granted, now or ever.

12th Rule: Be grateful for Russ & Chris and their staff.

(gb)

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Why is this forum dying?
I thought your 'Household tips' thread had wings to fly, buddy.

But it crashed and burned. 😳

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Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
I thought your 'Household tips' thread had wings to fly, buddy.

But it crashed and burned. 😳
Paul, please see 9th Rule. lol

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