One Time Posters

[MikeW]

...I reckon a fair few people never stick around for the silly amount of time it takes for their thread to appear, so they probably aren't seeing their threads or responses. ...

Yes but if each of us would get in the habit of QUOTING the OP to which we are replying (or at least some part of it as I have done above... it just means taking out most of the stuff between the [ QUOTE ] .... [ /QUOTE ] BB tags), then the system will automatically EMAIL the reply TO that poster. This assumes, of course, they haven't changed some setting in their profile that stops that from happening. This way, the person doesn't HAVE to come back to the forum to see the replies. But, very likely, if they do see they are getting replies, they WILL come back to look at the thread.

ONE POST WONDERS (we are left wondering) are typical in forums of this kind. In a moment someone who is lurking will ask a question or introduce themselves... and then their life moves on. They lose interest or don't have the time to engage. Not really a lot can be done about it.

Sometimes I deliberately ASK the person to not just disappear. Sometimes that works but often not.