Hey guys & girls,
Just wondering, perhaps a question specifically for our new joiners:
If you hesitated before registering onto the site, why was that? If you haven't been posting much so far, why would this be?
And for guests who may register after they read this, so that they can answer, what are the things you'd consider when deciding whether to register or not, and whether to become active in the discussions or not?
Any feedback would be extremely appreciated guys - the community seems to be growing, and we would love to support this and help to solve any potential problems.
Many thanks!
Jan
What perturbs me when joining a website is that you often have to give out your e-mail address, which means you may get annoying spam. Besides, if you only want to come on here to read other people's opinions/experiences and learn passively, without contributing, why bother joining?
If you want to coerce people into joining . . . why not make it so that only members of the site - not guests - can access certain threads and ensure that those chosen are the most popular threads - i.e. how to get an interview etc.?
I will usually appear as a guest because I can't be bothered to log in if I'm just reading the forum.
Why so few posts? Because mostly I have nothing to add, as a pre university gapper, I can't answer questions from experience and don't yet feel I have enough knowledge to make a valid participation in discussions. If I felt I could help someone I would post.
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Why so few posts? Because mostly I have nothing to add, as a pre university gapper, I can't answer questions from experience and don't yet feel I have enough knowledge to make a valid participation in discussions. If I felt I could help someone I would post.
I think some people are a little wary about asking questions in case the more experienced users flame them for it (especially if it's a fairly simple question). I think that's fair enough, if someone has a more elementary question there are other sources to use (i.e Wiki, TSR etc…). I think Ibtalk is just a little more specialised, does anyone disagree?
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As one of the moderators, I would disagree that IBTalk is specialised, in the way that Wilmott is, for example. Students wanting advice on GCSE/high school choices ask questions on IBTalk as well as career changers and undergraduates/graduates from around the world.
Simple questions are fine. What gets to people is when a poster asks a question that has been asked and answered several times, without searching the forum first. That just seems lazy.
<Insert something profound and witty here>
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J.j. wrote:
The problem is that I am always wondering whether I could use the given information, I think it has something to do with trustworthiness…I do not know people in here, I am not really willing to pass on info…
thats my prob ;-)
well i believe that if u are honest in ur approach as a person,then u shouldn't really have any problems in giving advice and taking it..but if ur reluctant to honestly share, then i suppose u would be cynical of any info passed to u!!
Being a recent joiner I can say that I was put off joining because of how other sites seem to be full of arrogant morons *cough* studentroom *cough*. Whilst this isn't true of this site in any way it seems to tarnish the whole way I viewed any sites to do with IB in general and made me feel that I would be flamed ASAP.
Another thing was most of the time the questions I wanted answered were already covered so there wasn't a real need.
Maybe you might want to emphasise that excessive flaming isn't tolerated here.
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Another thing was most of the time the questions I wanted answered were already covered so there wasn't a real need.
Maybe you might want to emphasise that excessive flaming isn't tolerated here.
ElizabethG wrote:
I try to discourage flaming, as a moderator because this has been over the last year, a forum with a less bitchy atmosphere than TSR.
I'm pleased IBt was of use :)