Then why was this question asked by a member here?
Yellow,
I did not get the impression that the original post by C5Rick was because he was unhappy with the way the site was run, but just a question about where all the posters had gone. He did mention that he has a problem with "timing out", but I don't believe that has anything to do with how the site is setup or administered, or we would all have those issues, ...and I do not. My guess is that Rick has an issue between the site and his ISP, but that is just a guess.
I do think that Rick asked a valid question, which in essence was, ..where is everyone? Well, here is my take. This site is geographic specific, so we only have a couple thousand members that have signed up to participate. I am a firm believer of the 20/80 rule, and that is 20 percent of the people do 80 percent of the work in any organization. Just look at your local Corvette clubs, Kiwanis, Knights of Columbus, Masons, etc, etc. We have a society that would prefer to sit back and watch others do the work. Under perfect conditions, that would leave a maximum of about 400 people to do the majority of the posting. BUT, that assumes that the total registered users still visit the site. I think that is an unreasonable assumption for any site like this. I have no idea how many people signed up and no longer visit this site because, it was not there cup of tea, they signed up to see if they could sell something to the members and have since left, they sold their Vette and moved on to other things, etc. So, the actual number of people that will post on this site is not huge. And just between us, that is fine with me. In the couple of years this site has existed, I can count on one hand the number of controversial or difficult posts we have had between members, which includes the Bozo that sold Rich his Z. I guess I just prefer this sort of environment.
I think people slowing down there involvement on a site is typical for all sites , even the big ones but it is harder to tell with them because since they are not geographically specific they will have a much larger base to draw members from and there is always someone posting from somewhere.
I found this site shortly after Rich launched it, I was in Maryland planning to retire and move to Florida and was looking to find other Corvette people in a region I was not familiar with. I was not looking for another site to provide me with technical information, or national events. Plus, I was not happy with the attitudes of a lot of people I bumped into over at CF. Now, that does not mean that everyone over there have attitudes, just enough that it was not as comfortable a site for me. I still go over there occasionally, but not often. I have the same username and avatar there as I do here. Anyway, I found this site at CF and for that I am grateful to them.
So, maybe the lack of posters is the time of year. Kids getting out of school, families planning vacations, work demands, summer blahs, whatever. I know I will have my grand kids visiting for the next couple of weeks and that will limit how much time I will have to visit or post on the four Corvette sites (CorvetteFlorida, Z06 Forum, Z16 Forum, and CF) that I frequent. Stuff happens. If in a few months, the participation has not changed, then maybe someone could claim that their is a systemic problem, but it is way too early for anyone to suggest that situation exists now. Just my opinion.
Anyway, I am grateful for C5Rick for starting this thread, because it has given some of us something new to read, post and think about. Thanks Rick!
Rich
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I knew that some folks would either love the site or not like it at all. Each forum cannot cater to everyone's needs, period. People join, post, and sometimes leave for whatever reason. Does it concern me? Yes it does, but I learned not to let it bother me much. As for me in regards to this site, I do lurk this site and read the information here but my drive bys here are fast as I have to attend to the Valley Girls :crazy03: (we do have babes 
