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Oct 14th, 2008, 06:26 PM
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Oct 14th, 2008, 08:44 PM
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funny but it seems the top ten posters, posted around 20% of the lounges' posts which is almost three times more total than all Asian posts for one week. amazing......this on a travel site.
Oct 15th, 2008, 10:52 AM
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I posted a relatively long post on a similar thread in the lounge... thought I'd repost some of it here.
"At a quick glance, it seems their overall stats are off---which I assume is probably due to our Forums current set up.
We have almost a million threads on the forums---we're in the process of actually transferring all of these threads (stretching back to 1996!) to our new forums platform. Talk about heavy lifting!
We have a stats tool here and I look at the numbers on a regular basis. The lounge does receive many posts--but this makes sense when one considers that everything in the world is talked about here; the lounge really is a bit of a chat room. Some posters post multiple times on a single thread---it's easy to share a recipe or comment on something someone saw on tv, but I understand that people may not post with the same frequency to a question asked by someone trying to plan a trip. They're two different animals.
When considering adding a formal "off-topic" area, we did take a good look around the web to see if other communities included a "lounge" section for members. Many did and in many of the cases we saw these sections were very popular. I thought it was odd too at the time---but now I realize that these areas can feel like "base" for some regulars and create opportunities for meeting other travelers that largely stick to other destination-specific forums.
As someone that spends a large amount of time on the Forums, I personally feel that the Lounge brings some people to the Forums on a more regular basis---increasing the likelihood that they'll also check out what's going on in their favorite destination-specific forum (Europe, Asia, etc.) In turn, members posting there benefit.
The quality of postings in the other forums continues to be excellent. I have full faith that those people I meet in "real life" and direct to the Forums will receive quick, helpful, and informed advice. And they do! Some of them of course don't post---but I later come to find out they've printed several trip reports and created a file of info for their trip."
"At a quick glance, it seems their overall stats are off---which I assume is probably due to our Forums current set up.
We have almost a million threads on the forums---we're in the process of actually transferring all of these threads (stretching back to 1996!) to our new forums platform. Talk about heavy lifting!
We have a stats tool here and I look at the numbers on a regular basis. The lounge does receive many posts--but this makes sense when one considers that everything in the world is talked about here; the lounge really is a bit of a chat room. Some posters post multiple times on a single thread---it's easy to share a recipe or comment on something someone saw on tv, but I understand that people may not post with the same frequency to a question asked by someone trying to plan a trip. They're two different animals.
When considering adding a formal "off-topic" area, we did take a good look around the web to see if other communities included a "lounge" section for members. Many did and in many of the cases we saw these sections were very popular. I thought it was odd too at the time---but now I realize that these areas can feel like "base" for some regulars and create opportunities for meeting other travelers that largely stick to other destination-specific forums.
As someone that spends a large amount of time on the Forums, I personally feel that the Lounge brings some people to the Forums on a more regular basis---increasing the likelihood that they'll also check out what's going on in their favorite destination-specific forum (Europe, Asia, etc.) In turn, members posting there benefit.
The quality of postings in the other forums continues to be excellent. I have full faith that those people I meet in "real life" and direct to the Forums will receive quick, helpful, and informed advice. And they do! Some of them of course don't post---but I later come to find out they've printed several trip reports and created a file of info for their trip."
Oct 15th, 2008, 12:19 PM
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For what it's worth.....I think the lounge hugely detracts from what I want from a travel forum.....(which is what attracts me here).
There are many 'chat rooms' and general discussion forums on the web...(most of which are far superior to Fodors Lounge), but I visit here mainly because I want to be inspired and enlightened about world-wide travel. And that's exactly what I find on the Asia board. I want to gush enthusiasm about my positive experiences and I want to blast away about the 'not so good'. I want to be inspired to try something different and to be informed about the travel experiences of others.
I want to be nudged into some new travel experiences from the travels of others....The lounge for me is...a pain.
The logo goes.......FODOR'S.....FOR CHOICE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES !!
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There are many 'chat rooms' and general discussion forums on the web...(most of which are far superior to Fodors Lounge), but I visit here mainly because I want to be inspired and enlightened about world-wide travel. And that's exactly what I find on the Asia board. I want to gush enthusiasm about my positive experiences and I want to blast away about the 'not so good'. I want to be inspired to try something different and to be informed about the travel experiences of others.
I want to be nudged into some new travel experiences from the travels of others....The lounge for me is...a pain.
The logo goes.......FODOR'S.....FOR CHOICE TRAVEL EXPERIENCES !!
Leigh Travel Club
Passionate About Travel.
Oct 15th, 2008, 12:26 PM
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Oct 15th, 2008, 12:50 PM
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Well that's what I love about the Asia forum (and the Europe forum, etc.) too.
The lounge also gave us a place to move off-topic threads. Pre-lounge days the other forums often had many not so travel related threads.
The lounge also gave us a place to move off-topic threads. Pre-lounge days the other forums often had many not so travel related threads.
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