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56% of members have never posted whilst 30% have only contributed 3% of posts.

At the other end of the scale, the 100 most prolific members (1.25%) are responsible for 73% of posts, with the next 1000 contributing the remaining 24%.

All these stats are readily available via an 'advanced' search. By John's definition, there are about 250 truly active members.

 

[DieselE]

56% of members have never posted whilst 30% have only contributed 3% of posts.

At the other end of the scale, the 100 most prolific members (1.25%) are responsible for 73% of posts, with the next 1000 contributing the remaining 24%.

All these stats are readily available via an 'advanced' search. By John's definition, there are about 250 truly active members.

Thanks for that research, it's quite revealing. Mind you, I looked in "Advanced Search" but could not see anything that would lead me to the statistics.

Do you think it a fair conclusion that half the membership only join so that they can look in the membership section that is closed off to guests? If I'm right, how do we encourage them to take an active part?