What percentage of GFY members just lurk and never post?
 

I always see threads with like ten replies but 250+ views. Surfers, lurkers, what gives??

GFY bots increasing views for higher advertising rates.

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36%.....

as high as 67% depending.

I tend to be lurker, but I'm starting to post and give feedback more often. I'm thinking 80% lurk.

I think a lot of views come from people who have already posted something returning to see if anybody agreed or disagreed with what they said.... :2 cents:

Look outside your window.. :P

Google is the answer. for more views.

Hard to put an exact number, but it's extremely high and always had been.

My calculation says 167%

I don't post much anymore, but I still read the board daily.

I'm lurking right now. too bad you guys can't see me.

50 % .... ?

I know a couple of aussie webmasters with something less than 200 posts between them but they have been members of GFY for 8 years and just read almost never post. I would suggest this is not that unusual.

Even I have gone through long periods of just reading GFY.

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80-90% ... lurk

73.25% on Monday.
68.75% on Tuesday
88.23% on Wednesday
82.08% on Thursday
65.87% on Friday
59.52% on Saturday
60.54% on Sunday

Hard to say, I'm sure it's high. For myself, I lurked here since the beginning of GFY and ultimately registered in 2005. But I lurked, and did business with GFY'ers up until that point, and continue to do so ever since.

The board dynamic has certainly changed in the last decade with seemingly more hobbyists and surfers than ever these days. Perhaps that perception of very little serious business being conducted these days, amongst an avalanche of non-business related threads, contributes to the lack of participation?

I can imagine it's a way higher percentage than the ones that actually post. I've been here since 2005 and haven't even reached 1,500 posts. Sometimes I spend too much time here just reading.

It is probably in the 90th percentile ...

Count me in as a lurker that just about never posts.

I just look for something to fap to

You get lurkers who have been members for years but only have a few hundread or less posts and then you get the trolls who have been members for a couple of months with more than 1k in posts lol.

42% :pimp

From my limited experience MOST BUYERS do not post. So I think there are plenty of industry types lurking.
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I lurk and dont post much unless im looking for something business related.

hello lurkers..hello

And the percentage of nude posters??

Me too:upsidedow

i am lurker

Who cares.

I would say a lot. I've been a lurker that occasionally posts since May of 2005, but I normally check the board a few times a day.

We can not reply in each thread that will view.pro many members do that.its difficult to say some % of members lurk and some not.

41,7% :upsidedow

I lurk and don"t post to much .but i read the gfy posts daily

Agreed.

There have been many people I have met at an industry conference who know who I am but never or rarely post although being members for a long time. I have also had probably 90% of people who purchase tube sites, content, or whatever from GFY are just lurkers. They have early reg dates, but rarely post and say as much when contacting me.

While the 'reasons' vary as to why they do not post, I would say the number of industry people who lurk is fairly high. Many of them are higher value in regards to closing business as well. They can tell you about many of the things happening on the forums, but have not actually posted for years.

Mhh. from 2003 to 2010 I've posted 1 time per year and reading 1 or 2 times a week so it was 99.99% lurking, for 7 years. For some reason in 2011 I started to post up to once per week, still I don't feel I should reply often. Not because people called me idiot and sent me to go fuck myself in most posts, this means I am accepted in the GFY community and I appreciate... is just I either I work at the sites or read gossip here, guess the choice.

sometimes people just read and dont be a post whore in every thread

107,45 % :pimp

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I don't post here very often.

I have checked in 2 or 3 times a day for 8+ years.

Forty-two

lurkmode is default for me

Just checked, 93 registered members online right now

I lurk when I'm looking for info. I post when I'm bored. Like now.

Honestly I can't say I have anything to contribute, as I don't have a huge website making $100k a week. Just a few little ones and minimal sales.

It's just people trying to take over the internet.