Class of 2006
 

It might be too early for this, but I'm curious.

Zero started a thread in the noob section wondering just how many people actually stay. I counted and came up with what I thought was a decent estimate at approximately 3% of those who made introduction threads.

Now, I know there are people who never bother to make introduction threads that stick around. That's fine, I really don't think that many members check out the forum that often anyway. I'm also well aware that there are TONS of accounts made that last for a few posts, mostly spammers & quick "Help me find this movie" types.

So, I want the true class of 2006 so far to sound off here. There are a few of us who are well over 1000 posts by now. I'd just like and estimate of who all signed up this year and are sticking around for the long run.

Of course, I don't plan on going anywhere.

I signed up in May, and I'm not going anywhere.:)

As you can see I joined in June. I thought I was doing pretty good with my number of posts, but gee whiz!!!! You guys are beating the pants off me.

I intend to be around for a long time; I've really come to enjoy HDC and most of its posters. I'm so glad I stumbled onto this little gem and look forward to many more years of enjoyment.

Well, I was mainly going for first timers, but hey, whatever floats the old boat. I'm really just curious as to how many people actually stay around and what the ratio is. We've mentioned it before, but if you look at the #of members the board SAYS we have next to the number that we could estimate actually post, the difference is astouning.

Or mainly, I'm just curious if we think the number of people who join & stay will decline as the years go on.

MOST of the people included in our huge memberlist, never had any intention of 'joining' in the first place...They just signed up because they HAD to, in order to do searches or view pictures...Sooo, it isn't like they tried the place, didn't like it, and left...Also, about 300 people joined up one day just to leave a quick (mostly nasty) comment about a situation that involved a member of the forum at that time...Those people don't count either, as they had no intention of becoming members


Know what I mean?


I'd say your ratio of 'who sticks around' and 'who doesn't' will be greatly skewed by those facts

i've been here since May of this year.

and yes, i did post an introduction thread.

and i don't plan on going anywhere.

I joined in July and i'm not going anywhere either, i love it here, i have so much fun reading all the posts

I did browse a few different horror forums before i signed up for this one, the others were so boring, more like dating sites than forums, yuk

so yeah, i'm here for the duration, not going anywhere, gonna stick like glue.... besides, where else would i see so many monkey pictures????? :D

I joined in February, and you guys are stuck with me, I'm not planning on leaving. :D

Actually, I was meaning to suggest this as the next HDC project. However, I'm new and unknowledgable about most of the stuff. I would be, however, willing to edit & compile a list of worthy events about HDC history that could be stickied. I've learned about several things, but I think a timeline might be a good thing. History is there, whether we love it or not, so lest we forget, what do you think?

in terms of BR's point about how people are forced to sign-up to search, etc. . . . why?

i mean it ends up with tons of people signing up and then never actually posting . . . why not just let guests search and see pictures? (i know this isn't BR's decision, just curious about the underlying logic)

as for those who stay - DAMN I didn't realize Miss Olivia has only been here for a few months and already has over 2000 posts. . . holy god in heaven. . . she is the new queen of HDC

as for me, i never intended to stay around in teh first place - so there! ha! So, HA TO YOU ALL!


HA *ahem* Yep, Ha - joke's on you. . . yep. . . ha . . .*ahem* . . .anyway

Sounds like an awesome idea! (Has crossed my mind as well, actually:))

i joined last month n im glad i did coz i like it here :D so im sticking around :p

bah there is only one date that counts- the day Zero joined and brought light and hope to this otherwise dark and pathetic forum!



(oh and when thomasgeorge came up with his 1000th unplayable game)

I'm still here. Plan to read and post at least once a week if not once a day for forseeable future :)

When you build a website and add a forum there are options for the administrator to choose...Some options have to be turned ON, and some are automatic and have to be turned OFF...Just like the options YOU choose for your profile, and other things here...Horror wasn't really 'into' the whole 'forum building' thing, he didn't add it until YEARS after he built this website....

My guess would be that many of the things here that don't seem to make sense were just overlooked 'options' that were never turned off or turned on....Such as: We can't delete pictures from our galleries, option to delete pictures in galleries, not turned on.....We can't delete our posts even though when we edit, it gives us the option to, another option 'not turned on'.....And why can our signatures be FOREVER long, and we can post an UNLIMITED amount of pictures, yet our avatars are tiny and we can't put pictures in our signatures, when obviously bandwidth is NOT an issue here?...We can't even delete old accounts that are taking up space for no good reason...I'd say the option to view and search without signing up, was simply not turned on, too


Hell, he didn't even bother to change the color scheme...Just went with the standard vBulletin format....

You have to keep in mind that this forum is more important to US than it is to him...He's more concerned with the actual 'site'....The forum was just basically created to give the members something to do..

I hope some of that made sense...

Ooh, unnecessary potshot at thomasgeorge!

FOUL!!! He gets a free potshot back!

Class of 2004:D I know I don't have a massive amount of posts, but I pretty much come here everday and read all the shit you guys write cause it makes me smile:p

less than a month in and closing in on 500 posts:D

..I'm to old for this shit...;) ..and I did get enough attention when I was the winner of HDC most important member award...

Which is fine as far as it goes, but if Horror has very little interest in the forums why doesn't he 'promote' the two senior mods ( by that i mean Bloodrayne & Zwoti) and give you the administrator priveldges that will allow you to make these kinds of changes, it happens in other forums so why not this one....unless of course neither of you would want the job in which case the point is moot

you can't stop moaning about the colours can you :p

I just thought I'd take this time to tell you, stygian, that the first several times I read your name I was sure it said stygianbitch;)

LOL....i can be :D

Honestly, I don't think he would even consider that...I'm sure he would see it as 'unnecessary'...

Of course if I had administrative power...The color scheme would be the first thing to change...This gray and white shit is too damned bright...Especially in the middle of the night when there are no other lights in the house, except for the garish, bright, luminescence almost painfully emanating from this screen...

NO!!! :p


And Horror obviously overlooked it when I mentioned it to HIM...


This is funny though...Because I didn't read it until AFTER I made that last post...lol

so long as you don't make it black with that vile yellow lettering, i hate that, it gives me a headache :D


i actually like the colour and format here... *ducks and runs for cover*

fah! i take potshots at whom i wish!

HaHa...Anyone here who knows me, knows EXACTLY what colors I'd use



BTW...I HATE yellow....*gag*

:D :D :D

i've only been here since July... enlighten me pleeeease :D

Mauve

Love purple, LOL... give her admin rights quick :D

Hmm...Well...This is the color scheme on my computer:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...yne/image1.jpg



And here is the color scheme on my MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/142249204

:)

So it was Mauve, right?

Haha...I don't think so You have been mislead :D

checked out your myspace page....now i like the red....but not for background and font... i can't read it:eek:




do like that shade of red tho, so yeah..... give her admin rights quick :D

BTW, Rayne, that was the first time I ever checked out your profile. That song kicks ass!

Yeah, that couldn't be helped (the red on red, just because of the picture)...BUT, if you highlight the words, they can be read :)...Click on my blogs, then you'll see how I would do it here...Just the dark red on black :cool: HaHa...It's from Dead And Breakfast :)

just checked this out tonight, that poem is beautiful :cool:












still hurts my eyes tho :D

i'm class of "05"


babygurl20 is the one who told me about this site!