[tmulli]

I was just thinking of posting how nice this forum is comapred to so many out there. This place really IS a community: posting info to inform, question, help or for no reason at all other than to stop in and say hi.

A HUGE reason for this is all the work that Jason and the others put into the site. But also the members make a big difference. Many forums/"communities" have a very small percentage of members that post a majority of the messages, effectibly a clique, making it hard for new people to feel welcome and participate. But here, everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate. It's great. keep up the good work everyone!

[tmulli]

I was just thinking of posting how nice this forum is comapred to so many out there. This place really IS a community: posting info to inform, question, help or for no reason at all other than to stop in and say hi.

A HUGE reason for this is all the work that Jason and the others put into the site. But also the members make a big difference. Many forums/"communities" have a very small percentage of members that post a majority of the messages, effectibly a clique, making it hard for new people to feel welcome and participate. But here, everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate. It's great. keep up the good work everyone!

[Kati Compton]

Originally Posted by tmulli

Many forums/"communities" have a very small percentage of members that post a majority of the messages

Yeah - we just have Janak.

[c38b2]

Originally Posted by Kati Compton

Yeah - we just have Janak.

It scares me that soon he will outpost even Jason...

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by c38b2

It scares me that soon he will outpost even Jason...

Not if I keep doing these pithy one liners! :lol:

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

Not if I keep doing these pithy one liners! :lol:

:lol: Jason can stay at the #1 position forever, as long as I'm concerned. Believe it or not, we're approximately at the same posting pace.

On a more serious note: what initially drew me to PPCT, long before my editor days, was the active participation of both the mods and editors on the boards. It gives one the feeling that someone's actually reading your posts, and really helps to build a sense of community. Most other sites do have mods, but they're almost-invisible, and the news team is totally invisible.

My only gripe is that we've become so successful as a community that it's harder to keep up with all the threads. But that's a gripe one loves to have, in a sense. 8)

--janak

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Kati Compton

Yeah - we just have Janak.

So speaks one of the two mods, who combined have about... oh... 8,000 posts. :P

--janak

[Kati Compton]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

So speaks one of the two mods, who combined have about... oh... 8,000 posts. :P

What, are you saying that you're twice as good as us??? Wanna fight? :takethat:

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Kati Compton

What, are you saying that you're twice as good as us??? Wanna fight? :takethat:

No, I mean you guys have almost as little a life as I do.

--janak

[Kacey Green]

What I like about this place is the participants are all mature and not nippy like some of the other boards. The content creators plus the mods and editors... everyone participates. The accessiblility, Jason dosen't have someone else respond to my questions if I asked him, the atmosphere here is so pleasent and supportive.

[c38b2]

Originally Posted by Janak Parekh

:lol: Jason can stay at the #1 position forever, as long as I'm concerned. Believe it or not, we're approximately at the same posting pace.

Sorry, I don't believe it, especially when you have almost 400 posts between the two of you. 8O