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Where have all the DGCR members gone ?
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jakebake91
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Also bots. We were flooded with them for awhile too.
And alt accounts. Hard to be signed into 4 accounts at a time.
And alt accounts. Hard to be signed into 4 accounts at a time.
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So, what would you say is the actual number of members ? and why is there always such a high percentage of guests to active members at any given time ?
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Ever since I joined in 2009, there have always been more guests (lurkers) than members online at any given pint in tome. Just means there are more people happy to just to peruse DGCR (whether the review side, the forum side, or both), and simply don't feel like joining or contributing.
Not the best analogy, but it's kinda like people who listen to NPR and never donate. There's nothing wrong with doing that. But the more people who contribute, the more everyone benefits.
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I wouldn't belong to any club that would have me as a member! Hyuck hyuck
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That's what alt accounts are for.
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I did have it all wrong...DEVOLVED not evolved.
I'm guilty of some of that as I have DG buddies who are too lazy to look anything up for themselves but will check out a new course in their area if I send them a link. I tell them it is free to sign up and they can even contribute but they have zero desire to actually do anything.
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I know you've had your disagreements with Tim, and I don't claim to be up on the details, but come on.
This site was created by the last owner (Tim). He took nothing, built it into something, and that something has recently become less popular. You make it sound like he took something successful and ran it into the ground.
It's a desktop program in a phone app world.
Not DGCR's fault. There's simply no way to squeeze long quality reviews and long discussions into a phone app. But it's still an irreplaceable resource for those who care, even if there are fewer of us.
Not DGCR's fault. There's simply no way to squeeze long quality reviews and long discussions into a phone app. But it's still an irreplaceable resource for those who care, even if there are fewer of us.
Hey just because I don't play courses and review em doesn't mean I only troll... same with a few of the "newbies" ..... I've done a few disc deals that may have appeared shady if you look at the post count and stats, but there's some people that are OG as heck and just don't want to jump in the fray. One in particular gave me a fair, way less than market price deal on a melon envy. Been a member for a decade and had maybe a post count of 10. (Don't know if I'd recommend it though haha)
Point is not everyone is a windbag, not everyone will "contribute" the same way if at all. It doesn't mean they or the countless other users can't benefit. Bots skew numbers. There are more legit users than others and post count is a solid stat.
Seems like the ad wall has hurt traffic, I saw what this looked like after I FB messaged it to someone to check out DGCR and if that was my first experience I would run and clean my browser. Similar casual users could also have been nailed, took me a while to figure out how to get back with one of the changes. So there's that..
And calling people bots and alt accounts right off the hop doesn't help. Definitely some clique's round here.
DGCR also takes a little more effort than other platforms. You get out what you put in.
Point is not everyone is a windbag, not everyone will "contribute" the same way if at all. It doesn't mean they or the countless other users can't benefit. Bots skew numbers. There are more legit users than others and post count is a solid stat.
Seems like the ad wall has hurt traffic, I saw what this looked like after I FB messaged it to someone to check out DGCR and if that was my first experience I would run and clean my browser. Similar casual users could also have been nailed, took me a while to figure out how to get back with one of the changes. So there's that..
And calling people bots and alt accounts right off the hop doesn't help. Definitely some clique's round here.
DGCR also takes a little more effort than other platforms. You get out what you put in.
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I believe that it's very common for websites, apps, online groups, etc. to have far more guests than registered users, and registered users than active users.
I help run a community dedicated to playing the online mode of some old video games (from Playstation 2 era). We have about 1,200 members (accounts that have joined the community) but only 50 or so are active players of either game. The vast majority have never even interacted in any way. Some of them are probably bots or alt accounts. Plan an event and you're lucky to get 10 actually online at any one time, even when the event is announced in advance and you post reminders, etc.
Here, certainly there are plenty of people who WOULD use DGCR but instead use UDisc. But I think that's a separate discussion from why most people who visit DGCR are not regular contributors.
What percentage of PDGA members actually participated in a tournament last year?
I help run a community dedicated to playing the online mode of some old video games (from Playstation 2 era). We have about 1,200 members (accounts that have joined the community) but only 50 or so are active players of either game. The vast majority have never even interacted in any way. Some of them are probably bots or alt accounts. Plan an event and you're lucky to get 10 actually online at any one time, even when the event is announced in advance and you post reminders, etc.
Here, certainly there are plenty of people who WOULD use DGCR but instead use UDisc. But I think that's a separate discussion from why most people who visit DGCR are not regular contributors.
What percentage of PDGA members actually participated in a tournament last year?
I think looking at members is the wrong path. This is DGCReview.
Forums like this were not and are not the main reason it exists. How are reviews going? I don't have access to overall stats (that I know of), but if someone does, how have total posted reviews fared over the last few years, and the first quarter of this year? Because lets face it, if reviews fade away, so will this site. It's not disc golf discussion forum after all.
Forums like this were not and are not the main reason it exists. How are reviews going? I don't have access to overall stats (that I know of), but if someone does, how have total posted reviews fared over the last few years, and the first quarter of this year? Because lets face it, if reviews fade away, so will this site. It's not disc golf discussion forum after all.
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What's the solution then? Or the problem for that matter? How does this get RESOLVED?
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The basic problem is the site is stale, starting with the homepage. I'm hopeful that the site's redesign will bring a breath of fresh air with it.
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I think the minimum requirement for a course to be eligible for the top 10 needs to be reduced from 21 down to 15 or 10 TR's. As it is now, it takes forever and a day to reach 21. Newer reviews should carry more weight than older ones.
