G'Day Steve,
I'm sorry if you're feeling like you don't fit or don't belong. I'd be even sorrier if you felt it wasn't worth participating in IIS. I guess it really comes down to whether or not you feel it is worthwhile for you.
Being an aussie site of course there's a strong aussie contingent, but I think we'd all lose if it degenerated into a closed shop. There's a quite a lot of traffic on IIS these days, so I know I have backed off on the number of threads I reply to. Basically these days I'll post if I have something to offer (i.e. start a thread) or I can help someone or I disagree with what's been written. If previous posts cover basically what I want to say (i.e. I'm not offering something new) then I refrain from posting unless I feel quite strongly about it. I dunno, but maybe there are others doing the same thing... so I wouldn't assume that since you didn't get any replies that you're being excluded. I'd be pretty appalled if I thought anyone was being excluded because they weren't aussie, and I'm sure Mike would be the same!
I know I've offered up threads and posts sometimes that I've thought might get a good response (one way or the other!
) only to have them die pretty quickly. I think it's largely due to the amount of traffic on the site. It's not practical to respond to every thread, I don't even come close to responding to every thread I read!
I guess it comes down to what you're looking for from the forum.
If the forum doesn't give you want you are after, then I suppose you have to do something about it - either suggest an improvement or, if that doesn't work, move on to look for something to fill your need.
I enjoy hearing about and seeing what people are doing all around the world - the internet is such a fabulous tool for that. I can't come to terms with someone being excluded cause they aren't an aussie... certainly not by me, and I think a lot of people here would feel the same (I hope so!
).
Hang in there mate! I hope to see you around the forum fo a while yet!
Al.
PS Man, I type too slow...
... no one had responded when I started this!
