Silent members

In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participa ... ality.html

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Kevin Grandon
Licensed BEA
VA DCJS# 99-189514
Vienna, VA

Or I guess they don't particularly disagree with what they read (because the profundity and professionalism on this site is undeniable... ) or just don't particularly have anything to say worth posting. Would you really want to wade thru a 90% increase of multiple posts from authors having nothing in particular to say?? Isn't there enough of that on the web already?

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William Baldwin,BS,MD-S
MBA HCM program
Ground below Zero
New Orleans, La.

I feel that the two main reasons to join a professional forum are to network and to learn, not necessarily in that order. Lurkers may learn a lot from all of our free advice, but they won't get any calls for business from me.

We learn about each other from reading posts. If I need to find an agent in another state, I want to know who I can call on that I feel comfortable in using.

I wasn't asking people to make meaningless posts, just to let us know who they are, give us a little of their knowledge and skills, practices, even a little personality, etc. I just want to know who, what, where, and how so I know that I have someone when I need them.

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Kathy Blackshear
Blackshear Investigations
Blackshear Bail Bonds
Sales Associate, Prepaid Legal Services, Inc.
Walsenburg, CO

Proud Member of the AB Reject Club

This is my very first post. I've just completed PI school and I only want to know what this business is all about, so I may lurk for a little bit at first . I work in insurance right now and I'm finding it hard not to fall asleep. There's a lot of information to take in, but once I have, I'll certainly post more

Nicole Laird