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[schielrn]

What makes a casual surfer convert into a participator is an interesting question I'd like to answer.

I was already a genius at Excel and wanted to make sure the people on this board were up to my standards in answering questions before I started providing answers.

As you can tell from the complex nature of my first question ever asked.

http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=255732



I got started as a participator as I was recommended by a colleague and never looked back from there. I would do the old search and try to find an answer before the forum idea was told to me.

 

[RoryA]

For me (as best I recall), I switched from reading forums to posting after I searched for a few answers, found them and then just began to read questions to see what else I didn't know. In so doing, I found questions to which I did know the answers so I thought I'd pay back the help I'd had. After that, my life has never been my own...

 

[arkusM]

Originally Posted by snowblizz
What makes a casual surfer convert into a participator is an interesting question I'd like to answer.

Honestly, I was bored at work.

Dom

Ditto.

 

[xld]

It's a good site. By that, i mean it's easy to navigate through, it's not overly moderated in the Forums ... <snip>

Hear, hear. I am not one to ask question, but I detest . I can't begin to imagine how a poster feels when they ask their first question and they get a reply that they are locked out until and unless they reply to some officious PM that tells them they weren't specific enough in their subject matter. Yes EXCELFORUM, I mean you! Grrr!

 

[Richard Schollar]

Yeah and MrExcel only has professional, mature and sensible moderating staff who act responsibly at all times!

 

[Joe4]

Yeah and MrExcel only has professional, mature and sensible moderating staff who uphold standards at all times!

Yes, they would NEVER mess with someones posts (or Avatars as a practical joke)!!!

 

[schielrn]

Hear, hear. I am not one to ask question, but I detest . I can't begin to imagine how a poster feels when they ask their first question and they get a reply that they are locked out until and unless they reply to some officious PM that tells them they weren't specific enough in their subject matter. Yes EXCELFORUM, I mean you! Grrr!

Can one of the professional, mature and sensible moderators send a friendly reminder to XLD that this is not how we should post here.

 

[TinaP]

Yes, they would NEVER mess with someones posts (or Avatars as a practical joke)!!!

Every time I look at Richard's avatar I think, "Didn't I date him?"

 

[VoG]

Every time I look at Richard's avatar I think, "Didn't I date him?"

And you survived

 

[Joe4]

And you survived

From the looks of her Avatar, I would say "just barely"!