Guests becoming members!

[GarterGuy17]

Well I was thinking even though I haven't been a part of this site for long , I noticed there is only about a handful of us who are online and participating in many threads. I think we should make it that guests should have to register for certain things other then just to view pictures. Imagine if all the guests that are on everyday became members,the site would be recognized more then it already is. Is there something else that we can do for these guest to register without denying them everything of the site ?

[guidofatherof5]

This is a specialty forum and visitors are just part of it.
Not sure if you saw this. This forum does very well for being a specialty forum.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/site-news/9751-thamnophis-com-made-top-40-a.html

[infernalis]

It's the nature of all forums..

Also, little known is that many of those "guests" are google, yahoo, MSN & ask jeeves software reading and logging what we say.

There are some "closed forums" on the net, and real people tend to be turned off by that.

[zooplan]

Last but not least, the guests are paying the bills for the great support we enjoy.
Have you ever metioned the plenty of advertisements when you´re not looged in?

[katach]

I was a guest for a month or so before I joined. I kept having questions and whenever I googled something this site always came up. I'm so very glad I joined. It's my favorite place to be.

[PINJOHN]

I was a guest for a month or so before I joined. I kept having questions and whenever I googled something this site always came up. I'm so very glad I joined. It's my favorite place to be.
i have to agree with the comments posted, i was myself a stalker for a long time and joined when i felt ready to, several things gave me pause among's them my woeful ability's with modern technology [computers and such] and one of the things that gave me the biggest surprise was the knowledge displayed by the members who in every case[i think] had kept snakes for many years less than me but far outstripped me in their snake nouse.
Another buzz that i get is seeing new members grow in confidence, moving from asking questions to giving opinions and answering stuff from even newer members and that's really what this site is all about ,..so i suppose John the fact that you started this thread proves you are another thamnophis.com success ;)

[EasternGirl]

Something funny I noticed the other night. I was on in the middle of the night around 3am...and there were two members on and 74 guests. So, I went to see what the guests were doing...most of the guests were reading posts that at first glance looked to be discussing sexual topics, but were actually discussing various garter topics. Bunch o' pervs! Lol... The topics were actually funny at first glance...One was something like..."Show me your biggest fattest females!"...and another was " Female Sex Pics" or something of that nature...I guess to someone who stumbled onto the forum looking for something fun at 3am...they must have thought they hit the jackpot!

[kibakiba]

Haha. Some people are just curious what snake sex is like, I guess. My boyfriend and one of my guy friends were thinking I had something weird going on in my brain the first time Snakey and Mama went at it because I hadn't seen it before, and because (at the time) I was very excited to have baby snakes. My depression wasn't as... Weird... At that time, so I figured it'd be a good idea.

[EasternGirl]

I show my son videos of snakes mating...I figure it is good "Birds and the Bees" educational demonstrations for him. I'm not exactly going to let him see a video of people going at it...so this is the best true understanding of the act of copulation that he is going to get at this point. I actually almost fell out of my chair laughing when I saw the headline post on some of our forum threads! I don't think we realize how funny they sound sometimes...I just remembered the name of the one thread, it was "Big Girl Photos"...it was Bart asking to see pics of large female snakes...but at first glance....rofl....

[kibakiba]

Maybe I should post my pictures, I'm a pretty big girl... :p

[EasternGirl]

Well we were hoping to see pics of you Chantel...but it was just big snakes! :D

[kibakiba]

:p maybe when I stop breaking out ill post a new picture of me. I'm no longer blonde, so my blondie pictures just wont work.

[zooplan]

This is a specialty forum and visitors are just part of it.
Not sure if you saw this. This forum does very well for being a specialty forum.
http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/site-news/9751-thamnophis-com-made-top-40-a.html

Oh, I missed that.
Although I´ve daily practice, reading English post is still straining and
although I´ve practice for some years now I still have to use a dictionary frequently.
So this is my only English forum, and I don´t know what are the others like.
Is there so much space for small talk?
Are there so many members stepping in and out again?

[PINJOHN]

Oh, I missed that.
Although I´ve daily practice, reading English post is still straining and
although I´ve practice for some years now I still have to use a dictionary frequently.
So this is my only English forum, and I don´t know what are the others like.
Is there so much space for small talk?
Are there so many members stepping in and out again?
my impression Udo is that when some members become less/non active on the forum for whatever reason[busier life style/less access to PC/changes in relationship/ and so on, then they still look in on us when ever circumstances allow, even though they may not actively participate.
And as for space for small talk that area is very well catered for,there are threads for photography/art/books/ movies/other pets/poems/music/u tube/and the its oh so quiet thread which is a place to discuss anything else..... WHAT A SITE.... we have never had it so good :)

[GarterGuy17]

We gotta love thamnophis :)

[EasternGirl]

I love it here...this is my little garter family!

[PINJOHN]

It's the nature of all forums..

Also, little known is that many of those "guests" are google, yahoo, MSN & ask jeeves software reading and logging what we say.

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It was so disappointing to read this, as my somewhat romantic [if that's the right word] view was of hordes of thamnophis lovers teetering on the brink of joining us held back only by a natural shyness or a shortage of free time.....yahoo... Google...MSN...welcome to the REAL world john. :o

[infernalis]

Just had this same conversation elsewhere.

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[Kantar]

I will often browse this as a guest and when I see something I want to reply to I log in

[EasternGirl]

I have done that. I will look to see who is on and what threads are running and then I will sign in. Nothing wrong with that. I also understand people who want to try the forum on for size before joining...makes sense.

[andycul]

I used to browse here a lot before actually joining. I was reluctant to join because I dont have any snakes of my own but Greg assured me that I would be welcome and he was right. Now Fawn just has to hurry up and have some babies so I can finally have a garter of my very own :)

[EasternGirl]

Oh that's exciting that you will be getting a garter! :)

[andycul]

Oh that's exciting that you will be getting a garter! :)

Fingers crossed anyway :)

[EasternGirl]

Come on Fawn! We are cheering you on girl!!