why is it so hard to get help? please anybody

[BigRedsReefs10]

^ That's one of the people I would probably pm if I had a fw question ^

 

[Brookster123]

^ That's one of the people I would probably pm if I had a fw question ^

Who me?! I'm a hack.. thanks though I've already found this corys thread and asked 6000 questions!! Hope op is ready for some problem solving wooohoooo

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[Fishdude3233]

my take on this:

point 1: about 80% of the time your question has already been answered so please use the search function

point 2: this forum relies on the people who are "veterans on the forum" to answer 85% of the questions, and there are maybe 25 of us on the forum.

point 3: AA is one of the most active forums although I admit that the activity has died down, mainly because some of the most active members are in school now.

 

[Macscale]

my take on this:

point 1: about 80% of the time your question has already been answered so please use the search function

point 2: this forum relies on the people who are "veterans on the forum" to answer 85% of the questions, and there are maybe 25 of us on the forum.

point 3: AA is one of the most active forums although I admit that the activity has died down, mainly because some of the most active members are in school now.

There are much more then 25, but I don't think that being on here a year makes you a veteran. People like a lot of the mods/staff on here who have been here as long as since 2002 are veterans. That's not to say that being here 6 months or a year doesn't make you an extremely helpful or reputable user though.
I think there isn't one group of people who drive this forums. IMO the veterans on the saltwater side stick together. The up-and-coming stick together. The diversity and the willingness to help is what makes this forum so great, and I feel that putting all that on a group titled "Veterans" is a little unfair.
Just IMO though.

 

[Fishdude3233]

There are much more then 25, but I don't think that being on here a year makes you a veteran. People like a lot of the mods/staff on here who have been here as long as since 2002 are veterans. That's not to say that being here 6 months or a year doesn't make you an extremely helpful or reputable user though.
I think there isn't one group of people who drive this forums. IMO the veterans on the saltwater side stick together. The up-and-coming stick together. The diversity and the willingness to help is what makes this forum so great, and I feel that putting all that on a group titled "Veterans" is a little unfair.
Just IMO though.

Reading it again I agree. Definitely not veteran. Lol but there aren't a ton of people who are super active look at some of the mods and admins. They aren't super active people like brookster and Andy are super active. And I consider brookster a veteran the dude has like 7k posts I for care if he only a year old on the forum that deserves the title veteran.


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[Fishdude3233]

Sorry for the double post but, the people with the high post to day ratio naturally drive the forum more then people who post once a day. You can't run a forum successfully with a bunch of people who make one or two posts a day even if try are super helpful, like i know peope that post 1 a day, and it may be the best post of the day, but thats one question answered not the hundred or so that people ask a day IMO


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[Angela1108]

Sometimes it depends what time/when you post. I stay at home with the baby so I post at weird times. Sometimes I won't get a reply then but a few hours later if I "bump" my post someone will reply


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