Just started posting my work over here, thought it might be fun for a change. I have to be honest and say I’m disappointed by all the views with few if any responses. What gives??
To my point exactly, 30 minutes, 5 views, zero comments. Seems we have an abundance of lurkers and a dearth of writers.
You’re not the only one disappointed in it. the auto section is worst about it though. I’ve posted stuff in here, aircraft, and sci-fi and almost every time, unless I’m asking for help, the auto ones are completely ignored but have a TON of views. Ah who knows…
unfortunatly, there isn’t a large auto following in FSM-which is a shame, since there is some great work posted here. I’ve been involved in more than one group build that has faded away. Hopefully things will get better in the future, but there is the other magazine under the same corporate umbrella that is targeted at the auto sector. I enjoy building and viewing aircraft, armour and autos, so I’ll continue to hang here.
There must be a following of the forum, because I’ve got more than 20 views, with only 2 responses in 1 hour. Thank you, Bob, you are the only one who welcomed me here!
i asked this exact question in the general modeling forum. what i got mostly was alot of people wondered the same thing! the general answering reasons are pretty simple. 1) not everyone has an answer to your posting though they look at your posting to see the responses because they too wonder. 2) not everyone is available when u post. people are on at all different times of the day and night…just because u are on and posted a question…u cant expect someone else to answer it right away. 3) some people wont respond depending on how the question is phrased 4) some people dont know you and therefore may not answer though they view your post they may also have nothing “good” to say so they say “nothing”! 5) just because you post a question/etc. you cant “expect” a reply…though i agree it would be nice.
basically, if you want answers to this go and look at the responses i got in the general modeling forum…though i pretty much summed them up in the 5 basic responses!! hope that helps you and my personal advice…decide what it is your looking for/ what kind of a response. do you want an “atta boy” or are you in dire need of advice or information. just keep with it and you’ll get what your looking for. btw, i dont visit this forum often because it isnt my “type”! but i will respond if there is a nice mustang being built…but that’s just me! here’s the link to my question! /forums/1136161/ShowPost.aspx
Don’t take it personally !A lot of members don’t post for many reasons.I had the same expeirence on the Aeroscale forum but that is the way of many forums.I guess Cliques are not relegated to te High School expeirence!
I think that is a good explanation. I belong to a bunch of forums but only post on this one, much. The biggest thing here is that people are very well mannered, as opposed to so many others where all kinds of dirt runs wild. I’d look at it as a generally positive thing. But I also agree with Bob, as a car modeler, this Forum tends to focus on aircraft and armor. However there are very quiet niches here, see ships (unless you want to get into the real colrs of the Arizona on 12/7/41!!). I don’t see much cliquish behavior, but in general people think before they post. Just my two bits.
I kinda wonder myself, I have a large thread on the sci fi side and have a lot of views too but very little responses. I have to agree with another responder however that it may just be a good thing, instead of having a lot of responses that may not make sense or be down right creul to thier responses. Remember quality over quantity. And maybe they are just checking out the threads to gain knowledge, I mean that is one of the reasons we all participate in these forums is to share our ideas and techniques, and to learn some from others too!
A forum is supposed to be a dialog, a place to discuss. I visit modeling forums to talk about models with folks who model. I understand modeling is sort of an individual sport, where the participants are usually alone, so that can explain the lack of written responses. But by sharing opinions, I’ve made several good online friends, people I would have never met without that exchange. The armor guys in this forum sure don’t have writer’s block.
im one of those armor guys…and i can see what your saying. you have to remember one very important thing…if someone wants to answer…they will. if they dont…they wont. my guess is if you want to make friends here with people…post on their threads, p.m. them, post a thread in odds and ends about making friends and see who responds…talk to them. you cant expect people to come to you. (not that you do/dont). like i said, i dont build cars. but if i did it would be old muscle cars only…and perhaps one day i will make the leap! but i do visit and rarely post responses on this subject. i wish you luck in your persuit and if your interested you can talk to me anytime…im always up for a friend/conversation. [:D]
Actually, my intent was to prod/provoke some responses, which it has. [swg]
I’m not to often here in Autos, but saw this thread on the front page…
I often get 50 and more views with zero replies on many of my threads, whatever they are about… Mainly Armour, but often Aircrafts aswell…
While other names has 20-30 replies in 50 views…
pfft. if you’re into autos, go to FSM’s sister mag, Scale Auto. As for not posting on every thread, well, i’m just lazy. it’s easy to hit ‘back’ than to write a one word reply.
I know I dont do autos (tried, failed) but I dont post stuff often because when I do I only get one or two replies and by the end of the week its burried two pages Deep.
The main reason I’m HERE is because I’m sick of the Scale Auto Forum. No one said you should respond to every post, but obviously, few respond to that many. I just looked at all the posts, including my own, with a huge difference in the views to reponses ratio and wondered why. Isn’t interesting this thread has more dialogue going than most of the model posts???
It seems this topic always receives fewer comments on this site.
SA got to weird for me what with everyone commenting on everything in every thread.
Took a break from cars and started some armor, now I’m back to cars again!
I agree but “hey, neat” isn’t a dialog. I probably post in one of 8 or 10 posts I read because I don’t feel I have anything to add in most.
I agree autos is one of the slowest areas of this site. I also find autos is a very wide genre, you have hotrods, lowriders, racing cars (actually many subgenres right there, Nascar, Rally, F1 etc), trucks, commercial vehicles etc so not only is this a less popular segment of the site many within the segment are only interested in one or two specific areas which is probably why autos don’t seem to do well in general modeling sites, but can be quite active in auto only sites.
There are a number of other auto sites out there besides SA. I used to spend a fair bit of time on SA but haven’t enjoyed that site for a couple years. I’ve tried a few other auto sites but seem to spend most of my auto model time at Model Cars Magazine where I found a number of other SA refugees.
And some people are shy… 
I don’t ost much mainly, (as this thread), by the time I get to read them the there are already many responses. If the question has already been answered whats the point of saying the same thing? Along the same lines, how many times do you want to read “good job” (even if it isn’t).