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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Otter, post: 448421, member: 3464&quot;]<b>My experience...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>While I am a new member here, I have been a member, then moderator, then Advisor of ScubaBoard&nbsp; (another expensive hobby!) for over 5 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a natural &#039;life cycle&#039; to most users.&nbsp; While Scuba is probably more transient than collecting, often people dive for 2-3 years and then move to something else more consistent with their life status, I still see similar patterns in many the other social communities I am involved in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lurker--&nbsp; a consumer of information; non-contributor.&nbsp; Many ppl fall in this area and never evolve to the next step.</p><p><br /></p><p>Noob -- still a net consumer of information, but now feels confident enough to answer a few questions or at a minimum asks questions that stimulate other discussions.&nbsp; Its all new and exciting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mainstream -- consumes some information, but often contributes much more than what they consume.&nbsp; Depending on the person&#039;s experience in the subject matter coming into the community, some users may move to this stage quite quickly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Veteran -- consumes little, is getting tired of seeing the same questions/topics/issues over and over and is selective about where they respond.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this point, depending on the Veteran&#039;s personality and interest level, he/she either leaves the board (or no longer posts at all, just reads) or they move into a &#039;sage like&#039; position jumping in on topics that are ONLY interesting to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an off-the-top-of-my-head analysis.&nbsp; Scubaboard has over 100,000 users&nbsp; (~40K are active) with over 3MM posts.&nbsp; The owner is a very approachable person and if the powers&nbsp; at be here (Peter, et. al.) are interested in what we do to keep people interested in the board, PM me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Craig</p><p><br /></p><p>edit:&nbsp; Wow I realized I first registered back in 2005, but had only returned a few months ago when my interest in collecting was rekindled.&nbsp; I have been collecting for over 40 years (since I was 10) and worked part time at a Coin Shop in Huntington Beach during the 70s..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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