[QUESTION] Why do you open posts - but don't read the content..?!

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 14:01

This board does not allow the members to upload pictures, graphics, drawings etc. So the only way to show them is an upload to another server with a link on this board.

I usually make such a (often long) link a shortened URL, like this: [ http://is.gd/hGWNr ].

However statistics show me that on average only half of the people that opened the thread also click on the link - so why did they open the thread at all?



P.S. If you are very careful or mistrusting and first want to check to which webpage a (my) link points, you can copy my link into a new window of your browser including the -sign at the end, like this: [ http://is.gd/hGWNr- ] and you'll see that the link is safe.

P.P.S. The question remains: why open a thread (clicking on the Subject title) and then don't click the link to view a picture or read a scanned article?

Serious answers appreciated!

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 14:07

People have a short attention span , and if it looks like they have to wait , they are not interested ," mtv culture"

cyprusjoker


Joined: 29/08/2009
Posts: 1107

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 14:25

My serious answear is i don't know.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 16:12

Why did you post 2 threads with the same contents??



Which one should be closed? Hmmm





DD

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
24/11/2010 17:10

RE msg 4, daisy dukes: (...) Why did you post 2 threads with the same contents?? Which one should be closed? Hmmm (...)

▶ http://is.gd/hHHrZ

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Think different (the best ever Apple slogan)

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 17:14

Will she open the link

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 17:19

No, "too busy"...

gromit


Joined: 28/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 17:32

Hans



I looked in and out of interest opened the link.



Yet another waste of time referring to an item that has been covered in detail elsewhere.



So many threads have an obscure header which leads to yet another often covered topic, that terminal boredom sets in within seconds.



If posters want to include a link, maybe they should at least give an idea of what the link is about, rather than just 'you must read this,...'.

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 17:33

http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/50352.asp

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 17:59

RE msg 8, gromit: (...) So many threads have an obscure header which leads to yet another often covered topic, that terminal boredom sets in within seconds. (...)

▶ I'm afraid your profile (Location: Atlantis, profession: inventor) is more obscure than most Subject titles here. And, I'll speak for myself: my Subject titles (the headers) always indicate the content of the message - like a good header in a news paper or on a Bulletin Board should. So what is your point?

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Think different (the best ever Apple slogan)

gromit


Joined: 28/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 18:30

Hans



Does this thread refer directly to the lack of engagement on your own threads, or those of others?





p.s. Your subject title on this thread did not refer to the subject of the link.



I presume that was your intention.







p.p.s. 'Think different' is gramatically incorrect.

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 19:24

RE msg 11, gromit: (...) p.p.s. 'Think different' is gramatically incorrect. (...)

▶ That may be so - but Apple makes a lot more money than you do.

If you don't understand that I gave the link in message 1 as an example you must be stupid or worse. Do me a favour - stay away from this thread.

P.S. You are a liar, in your profile and I don't like to discuss anything with liars here.

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Think different (the best ever Apple slogan)

gromit


Joined: 28/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 19:56

hans



I know you are an intelligent and informed man. so I am quite surprised by your petulance.



I made no sarcastic or personal comments in my posts, but am being called a liar by you.



I have no interest in bickering and in fact there are subjects that you and I could discuss with knowledge and detail.





There are often serious reasons why some choose to use certain personal info on an open BB.



I would like to think we could both post on relevant subjects in the future.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:14

Gromit you are wasting your time...if you look up pedantic in a dictionary, you will find a rather fetching picture of Hans...



It really doesn't matter if the sky is blue, or green with polka dots...you will always be wrong, that's what happens with self important people!



Let it go...it's not worth the cyber minute it will take up



DD

oceana


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Posts: 395

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:24

I agree with you msg 14!

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:28

Is Hans that posts all that history stuff

daisy dukes


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Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:29

fukace...you know he is...why be provocative...?



DD

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:38

Re : Msg14,



DC, if I were you, I'd consider this thread to be a success simply on the ground that some members have consulted the dictionary and have learned the meaning of the word "pedantic".



Bravo!



Education to the masses!

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:42

Thank you all for your interesting replies. The mental poverty of some is stunning. A poor show, boys and girls. I suggest you'd better watch YouTube again and copy/paste a link of another wonderful discovery - always uploaded by someone else.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:44

Clarissa2....i almost peed my pants reading that!! ..........................................(almost)



























thank you for my self indulgent giggle.





DD

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 21:55

Re : Msg 20,



As long as you haven't wetted that dictionary...

fukace


Joined: 18/11/2010
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 22:00

msg 17 dd it was a retrospective question as this thread agruing has more views and replies than a factual post of his

Pugwash


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
24/11/2010 23:04

DC why are you so upset about people not clicking on your little links? do you make money from your website adverts? is that what you are on about? just like Cyp44, otherwise I can not see what on earth you can be talking about. If people wish to click it is entirely up to themselves.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 00:22

Hams I was the very first to open the link, read it, but did not post, so thought I should now...so..what,...





most people here would have read the news maybe before you posted the link, therefore WHY BOTHER TO OPEN THE LINK....or Post...simple !





Spider,X



Think different folks like a Dutch...'the best Dutch slogan ) ' Oh and it seems he got it from Apple ! just jesting )

denizen



Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 10:01

And, I'll speak for myself: my Subject titles (the headers) always indicate the content of the message - like a good header in a news paper or on a Bulletin Board should. So what is your point?



DC why are you so upset about people not clicking on your little links? do you make money from your website adverts



You have a suspicious mind, Pugwash, not welcome by some on this bored (not a mis-spell)

D

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 11:11

RE msg 25: Ah! Another member of the blah-blah brigade joins the chorus. Not able to answer any question on this board ever, hence packing her vile words in another worthless reply.

P.S. Don't open any of my posts again, because Izzet pays me a fine fee for every time you do it...

gromit


Joined: 28/10/2010
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 12:26

The conclusion is that if you ask a question,





you have to be prepared for answers you don't like.



If you then start calling such posters liars, stupid or in mental poverty,...



You've lost any argument or mental high ground you thought you had.





If you want to 'dish it', you've got to be mature enough to 'take it'.

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 12:47

I give up. If you don't understand that webmasters like to know why people do or don't click on a link to a certain page with certain content - then this was the wrong place to ask the question. Because it obviously attracted the attention of some ignorant people. Proof above, excluding Fukace in msg 2 and Clarissa2 in msg 18 (Zuviel Dummköpfe hier!).

Keep the thread alive if it pleases you - but without me. Bye.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 13:33

Hans there is no need whatsoever to call me IGNORANT ! Why on earth do you behave like a silly old fart ? I opened your link and read it, maybe I should have thanked YOU ))..................Lighten up Man for goodness sake !









Spider,X

cypgab


Joined: 09/01/2010
Posts: 338

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 13:58

You guys are something else. A person put up a reasonable question and you go out of your way to find fault and to be abusive.



There are a lot of constructive things you could be doing instead. Perhaps the adults amongst us will already know that.

Pugwash


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Posts: 1797

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 16:22

Ok cypgab, why do you think DC is so interested to get "hits" on his site? no one else would be interested ...unless............



And it is ok to do this but be upfront not devious so people know what is going on.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:19

Hans. As you know I'm not computer literate however I have a question for you.



Could the answer to your question -(P.P.S. The question remains: why open a thread (clicking on the Subject title) and then don't click the link to view a picture or read a scanned article? ) - be a simple answer that some people have 'slow' computers that take so long to upload a picture that they can't be bothered to wait?



You can tell me if I'm thick, I don't mind.

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:33

Maybe some people cant be bothered, it would be to some people the same as picking up a book reading the back cover skipping and saying ..."No not for me"

Who knows Hans, its the way of the world.







Bill your thick...

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11280

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:35

Hi Bill! Why call you thick when you come up with a normal answer/question? But you miss the point. The point is: half of the viewers of a post (with a link) on C44 don't click the link - so they never view the page the link is pointing to. They just quit after reading the Subject title that obviously interested them enough to open the post!

And for 'slow' computers: my statistics tell me the Operating System visitors to my site use on their computers. Very few of them still use an old(er) version of Windows. And the new(est) OS's only run on rather modern computers that have no problem to download a picture or other graphic.

That's why I asked the question etc. Thanks for thinking about it! Regards, DC.

jock1



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Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 21:48

Along the same lines hans, why is it that when there is a wet paint sign hanging on say a door or park bench, people will touch it.

measey


Joined: 07/02/2009
Posts: 1037

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 22:00

wow, life to short let people have there opions move on.

Blackbird



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Message Posted:
25/11/2010 22:12

Re message 35 - jock the 'wet paint' sign. Is this an instruction?

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
25/11/2010 22:25

Jock. Thanks for your kind words. )

cypgab


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Posts: 338

Message Posted:
26/11/2010 22:52

Pugwash - it was a perfectly reasonable question.



Your obsession that Hans might be making something out of it (you've referred to this in at least two threads and possibly more) sounds to me like harassment. Perhaps you need some help or at least to get out more.