Does anyone ever post on this board?

[Admin]

When school is in session the site gets roughly 30,000 page views a day.

Right now its about a third as much because of the holidays, in a week or so it should pick back up again.

Even so, the forums aren't used as often as I'd like. During peak months with about 150-180,000 unique people visiting the site in a month the forums still remain not very busy.

The forums are also rather knew in the grand scheme of things, it usually takes awhile for a new forum to become lively, the good thing is that the growth is usually exponential.

[MortalFool]

I've been a member for ummm..... a month? maybe? and hardly anyone has posted here. :(

[MortalFool]

Thanks. :)

[MortalFool]

Hiya! :) What's up?

[MortalFool]

Not much. I love A Midsummer Night's Dream :)
I just finished reading The Tempest. It was pretty good. I also got to see it live, at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. It was great! :)

[Toose]

Ok. I'm here now. You can all stop waiting. Talk to me.

[Toose]

Mortal Fool... what an interesting name. Well, I like it! Not much up. I was wondering if anyone was going to answer. Kind of dead around here. On the literature front I'm working through the collected works of Shakespeare. Midsummer Night's Dream to add a bit of precision to things. Also reading "A Farewell to Arms" by Hemingway. Love it. On the non-lit front, well you know, work etc... talking movies and such on movieforums.com. et tu?

[katharina]

Admin,

maybe part of the reason is that there are so many different forums. I htink to build a community, you need to get everybody together.

I belong to a vibrant community on an author's web site, and I think the best part is that everyone who visits the forums goes straight to where the action is. It is like there is a place for the strictly book discussions and info requests, and then a place where people just hang out and chat. When there are so many different, you kind of have to guess where everyone is.

[SirStefan32]

I am here too :)

[veronett]

well here i am ......all the response from the world hehe......welltalk about something interesting!

[happypidgeon]

Been wondering the same thing, mortalfool...

I'm here. Talk to me. Gerber baby bubble butt.

~Kris

[shaun]

30,000 hits a day is a lot! Are you all here mostly for literature research? What I really meant to ask is what % of you lit lovers really want to write something of your own? Just curious.

I used to teach college composition till I just couldn't afford to any more. I've since better than doubled my income but still have the goal to earn enough from ventures like http://www.UofLIFE.com/press adn http://www.LDSSinglesNetwork.com to go back to teaching. It would be a perfect world if I could do it without the vow of poverty.

And what about all you English majors...if not teaching, what do you plan to do with your degrees? Plenty of options, I know, but how many of them really relate to your love of reading or writing? Again, just curious.

[Admin]

Actually, that was last year, now it gets 60,000 a day (with the record being around 110,000).

Personally, I write. The only things I've had published are articles having to do with web development. I've written poetry, but it hasn't been published (nor have I persued publication). I hope to one day write novels, and have outlines of two done, but finding the time to write is hard.

The majority of this site's visitors are coming for research purposes, usually to complete a homework assignment. Just looking at demographics 60% of our visitors list student as their profession.

If you want to talk to English majors you might have more luck starting a new thread with that as the topic.

[Jay]

I'm also a student, but I love reading. I'd like to study english language and literature in a collage and I was just looking for some works written in english, because there aren't many english-written books in our library. Sure, there could be two or three hundred of them, but I don't read everything. I'd like to thank you for providing the electronic versions of some of the books I was desparately looking for.

[apstudent]

Admin, if there is really 60,000 hits a day, Why is it so hard to get someone to respond to a simple post? Out of 60,000 people, there has got to be a few that know what they are talking about.Granted, there are one or two good souls out there that will usually help, but not enough. And why am I the only registered user online at any particular time. Do people just register, ask one question for homework, then never come back again? Oh well, love the site!

[Admin]

Admin, if there is really 60,000 hits a day, Why is it so hard to get someone to respond to a simple post? Out of 60,000 people, there has got to be a few that know what they are talking about.Granted, there are one or two good souls out there that will usually help, but not enough. And why am I the only registered user online at any particular time. Do people just register, ask one question for homework, then never come back again? Oh well, love the site!

Most of the people don't want to discuss literature, they simply want to do their homework and leave.

Actually for the past week there have been a 100,000 impressions a day. Its been nice.

[apstudent]

100,000. Wow. Oh well, there are those few out there that do want to discuss literature, and thats cool.

[Jay]

It seems that we have the same problem, dear Apstudent. Everytime I'm online, it's only only me of the registered members and sometimes there is one, maybe two guests. Where are all the members when you would actually like to discuss literature?

[Shea]

I'm here too! I've never been very computer savvy. I just have this amazing obsession for classical books. I just had a question about one that I was reading, and I found this site and I think I'm hooked! I've enjoyed reading different opinions and giving imput to questions. Be sure I will return!

[Jay]

I think that as most of you, guys, are American, it would be understanable that you're not on-line the same time I am, 'cause we're all in "different times". But isn't here someone from Europe? I'm here and waiting... :(

[MarsMonster]

hey, this is a forum not a chat room
there is no need for people to be online at the same time... but what to talk about?
i think there should be more general topics other than just 'general chat'
because as much as you love books not many people go online to talk about books....

[MarsMonster]

hey, this is a forum not a chat room
there is no need for people to be online at the same time... but what to talk about?
i think there should be more general topics other than just 'general chat'
because as much as you love books not many people go online to talk about books....

[Jay]

Well, sorry guys, I think I got a little bit excited. I'll try not to do it agin.

[Shea]

I'm sorry too. This is the first time that I've ever talked to people over the internet (save just by e-mail), and I didn't realize there was a difference between a forum and a chat room. I guess it was just a case of "cranberry love" (aka "you can't hurry love") :oops:

Anyway, since we are here for books, did anyone else think that the situation between Sybil Vane and Dorian Gray was foreshadowing to Dorian's demise? All that talk about reality made me think so.

[imthefoolonthehill]

man, Shea... you make me feel pretty stupid... which book are you talking about? I wonder if you mentioned it earlier and I simply overlooked it....... *shrugs* oh well.

[Munro]

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Hmm I'd say that there is a lot of symbolism I didn't pick up on when I read it, but going from memory though I'd say that Dorian Gray's cruel rejection of Sybil Vane that led to her death was more of a sign of his increasing immorality and lapse into wickedness than his untimely end, as well as marking the beginning of his horrible decline and its journey.
It's a pity Wilde didn't write more novels, cos that one was great. Are his plays as good?

[Shea]

That's the first thing that I ever read of Wilde. But I heard that "The Importance of Being Earnest" was really good. That's my next project as soon as I get through some other books I'm reading...

[RoseBud]

I was just about to ask those questions! It it GMTA or FND?

Admin, I think you have the right handle on it -- people who come by looking for help with their homework are not likely to stick around and discuss. So many people, in persuit of a degree, overlook the big picture and miss out on an education.

So many really don't care beyond getting the grade. Others care a little, but are so caught up in the rat race that they don't have time to wait for answers to questions. I can hope that some of those latter eventually find time to return to the bits that interest them most.

I'm so lucky, I can't afford formal education, so I have time to get the real thing! I can dawdle over a sonnet all day, or even all week, if I wish, or I can run through a dozen when I'm in the mode. I can also go back and revisit anything, and chew it over again like a cow with her cud.

I didn't know until yesterday that there was a forum here. I joined as soon as I found out! So far, I'm concentrating on the areas where I am most at home. Later I might lurk in discussions of other things, to get inspired.

So, most of the hits are during school hours? Interesting! Other discussion boards in which I participate are liveliest after business hours.

(I wonder if we could combine two of my interests, and have a literary discussion of politics? Probably just a pipe dream! Oh, well, I'm happy if I can at least find literate people.)

If anyone is bored, drop by and see me sometime in the Bible discussion.

[Shea]

That'll cure your boredness for sure! ;)