Frequency of posting

[JoannaCD]

I noticed that there are many of us who joined many years ago, but who post very infrequently. Others have a very high posting frequency. I'm wondering what are the causes of this behavior. In my own case I got bored with the forums and stopped going to the web site but my CDing didn't stop although there were a few periods when I had medical issues that it did. Recently I came back after a Google search for CD friendly restaurants in Atlanta brought me to a post in one of the threads. So now I'm scanning the threads every day and posting once in a while. I may get bored again. I'm curious about how others use the web site and why.

[Tina_gm]

According to my stats i am averaging 1.97 per day at the moment. I went a couple of months of almost zero posting, although that was due to being busy with other things. I think in the beginning when we first come on here, we have a lot of questions and issues to get out. Once that is done, the posting does go down a bit, or maybe some just don't need this place hardly at all when they get to a place where they are comfortable. I can only say this site is a place for comfort for me. I do not feel so alone. I can also say I have had many issues raised and dealt with, and am more comfortable in many ways than I was when I 1st joined. It is likely overall in a year should I still be hear that my average will go up significantly and it may not be what it is now.

[Tracy Hazel Lee]

I know for myself, my interests seem to alternate in phases (although my dressing is never a phase I switch out of. That one pretty much stays front and center). Usually in a circular fashion, because I always seem to come back around to the same activities. I wouldn't say I grow tired of any one phase, just that sometimes certain things take enough priority (in the moment) to move my interests to something else.

[Kate Simmons]

Simple really. If I feel something I post may help someone maybe I go ahead. If not then I don't.

[sometimes_miss]

Simple really. If I feel something I post may help someone maybe I go ahead. If not then I don't.

^this. Couldn't have said it better myself. I have a lot of free time, and doing this doesn't cost anything, unlike some of my other past times, which border on insanely expensive.

[JayeLefaye]

^this. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Ditto for me.

Jaye

[Angie G]

I have been dressing fot meny years more so from 2006. I come here a lot,I like the frindly girls here. And love the reading and giving my $0.02.
Angie

[Amanda22]

Hi Joanna. I get bored with the thread topics as their themes naturally repeat. When I do visit, I quickly scan the first page and look for a subject that sounds interesting. I usually don't have anything to contribute to an interesting thread that hasn't already been said more clearly than I can, so I skip it. In four years, I'm under 700 posts, so I guess I've never posted much. My lack of forum activity has no relation to my cross dressing. Cross dressing is now my normal activity and doesn't feel post-worthy I suppose. I rarely get any reaction at all in public, so I don't have fodder for those types of topics, either. My life sounds boring, doesn't it? Dressing en femme in public is the most fun thing I've ever done, so I don't want to leave the wrong impression.

[~Joanne~]

I am starting to fell the same as Amanda. How many times can you post about panties, wigs, pantyhose vs stockings, and so on. I look at the first page to see if there is any "meat" to it and if not, off I go.

[angela2112]

Hardly ever post as I never seem to have anything of value to add. Still visit the site often and read the top threads in the hope of finding something new but as someone else said,they've mostly been covered a hundred times over the years.......

[Katey888]

This:

Simple really. If I feel something I post may help someone maybe I go ahead. If not then I don't.

and this:

I think my posting is a desperate cry for distraction from the things I really should be doing.

(and it made me chuckle )
and this:

I wish I could go out and meet others like us; I can not, so I come here and
chat with all on the forum. Just my way of charting with others of similar interest.
Rader

And I read a lot more than I write - not just because of modding either. I have learnt so much in the short time I have been here - two big things stand out for me...

1) We can only offer personal opinions and advice however experienced we may be, and it is up to readers how they chose to accept and interpret those views
2) Quality of advice is not necessarily directly proportional to post count or frequency...

On the whole, I think we're a good bunch of people!

Katey x

[Yoshisaur]

Well i'm really new to the forum so i'm still pretty excited to see whats being posted on here. Plus since i'm doing college full time this semester I have a fair bit of free time to post and be active.

[2B Natasha]

Manley due to these facts. One. When I see a thread that I would respond to and someone said what I would say. I feel no compunction to say it again. Two. Many questions come from new members and this questions get asked a lot. Repeatedly. Which is fine. Everyone deserves to ask a question they don't know the answer to. Still. I get bored with saying the same thing over and over again, albeit to new people. Three. A large portion of the questions just plain don't interest me.

[Wildaboutheels]

I post to help those who come with an open mind. Specifically, those willing to READ.

But like they say "you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink".

Never hurts to offer though.

As far as infrequent posters? One easy guess is that they get their feelings hurt when they get their hand slapped and throw in the towel more or less. All Forums can be mysterious places at times.

[RADER]

I wish I could go out and meet others like us; I can not, so I come here and
chat with all on the forum. Just my way of charting with others of similar interest.
Rader

[Tiffany Jane]

I wish I could go out and meet others like us; I can not, so I come here and
chat with all on the forum. Just my way of charting with others of similar interest.
Rader

I second that! Also, I have little time to dress at home, so this is kind of a mental window shopping experience.

[LaurenS]

One easy guess is that they get their feelings hurt when they get their hand slapped and throw in the towel more or less. All Forums can be mysterious places at times.

Probably some for sure. I just remembered when I was younger and was made fun of for getting in the wrong lunch line, or something like that. I realized that the "cool kids" we're just jerks, though. Here, I suppose it's for efficiency, although it's about the same as gamer forums, without being called gay.

[Helen_Highwater]

Being here gives me a form of companionship, kindred spirits. I would like to move fully out of the closet but I feel that with my personal circumstances as they are at present the risks to my relationships with my SO and kids is too precious to risk. OK yes by dressing covertly I run the risk of exposure but I think it's a balanced one. Being able to share different folk's experiences and to offer mine even if they're recurring gives me support and I hope I add to the journeys of those more at the beginning to their personal discovery.
Yep I'm sure newbies could search for a lot of the answers they seek in existing posts. But having someone respond to you makes you feel far less alone so if by adding my pennies worth I contribute to that then I'll keep posting/replying.

[alwayshave]

I write for a living, so I am not always willing to write when I get home. Further, to comment I must really be interested in the subject.

[Tina June]

I stop by and read the posts fairly regularly, but I rarely post replies. I guess that I am not a big talker.

[Crissy Kay]

Although I do read a lot of posts, I really only reply to the subjects I find most interesting.

[Tracii G]

4.29 posts a day is my average it says.
I have times where I get fed up with forums and quit posting for a while I think we all do that.
I don't feel the need to comment on 90% of the threads here because I have nothing to say on the subject.

[CherylFlint]

I agree with the other girls. If I can’t be constructive, then I don’t post. Usually it’s the same old question, but once in awhile a question may bring back an interesting memory or two.
I’ll always try to put my two-cents in if I can stop someone from making the same mistakes that I’ve made over the years.

[joank]

Sometimes I have nothing to say or I'm just not motivated.

[paddy]

I am like a sponge, I read and absorb a lot of information, but I have to be squeezed a little to get anything out of me!