TestMagic

surya167 · 05-16-2007, 01:44 AM

Guys and Gals,

I am not sure if i am the only one who has noticed this change... But I definetely see LESS ACTION from our team members nowadays. I mean, even I am not an execption.. What we are generally doing here is trying to solve the posts..but we hardly are contributing in terms of questions...

I dont know how do we resolve this, but if you look at certain other forums like scoretop and all... you would find the number of questions getting added almost in gaps of hours....

Come on test magicians, this forum has given us a lot, and lets make it a much more exciting and knowledgable platform. Lets try to post atleast 2-3 questions from each of us on a daily basis so that we dont have scarcity of them.

Hope you guys have taken me in the right spirit.

High Score...Score High!!!

Cheers!
Surya

**Erin** · 05-24-2007, 08:53 PM

Great suggestion, but ETS, GMAT, and other companies have been coming after us for a LOT of copyright stuff. I think this might be causing people to be more careful about posting, and to be honest, I don't mind at all. I've never wanted this forum to be associated with copyright infringement.

knok · 05-24-2007, 09:35 PM

Another reason is that many people do not use formal English. For example, a few years back, I did not see any post that posters used u, ur, i- instead of I, lets-instead of let's, its- instead of it's, dont-don't, pls- plz,instead of please, and started sentences without a capital letter. For me, this textese thing discourages me to read the posts. They are hard to understand.

This causes headache for English speakers as well. Michael skipped answering the posts full of the textese in TOEFL forum. When people did not get the answers, they stopped posting. For me, in pharmacy forum, I stopped reading the posts from pharmacy forum for quite a while because I could not understand the textese. It doesn't make sense to me. I think that many pharmacists feel the same. The forum should be easy to read and understand so members should follow the standard rules of correct and academic English.

I hope that people will try harder to make your posts more understandable to readers.

Knok

05-16-2007, 01:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
surya167 TestMagic Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,200	A concern - Forum mates - Lack of action Guys and Gals, I am not sure if i am the only one who has noticed this change... But I definetely see LESS ACTION from our team members nowadays. I mean, even I am not an execption.. What we are generally doing here is trying to solve the posts..but we hardly are contributing in terms of questions... I dont know how do we resolve this, but if you look at certain other forums like scoretop and all... you would find the number of questions getting added almost in gaps of hours.... Come on test magicians, this forum has given us a lot, and lets make it a much more exciting and knowledgable platform. Lets try to post atleast 2-3 questions from each of us on a daily basis so that we dont have scarcity of them. Hope you guys have taken me in the right spirit. High Score...Score High!!! Cheers! Surya

05-24-2007, 08:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Erin So many things to do... Forum Admin Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: USA Posts: 8,238	Great suggestion, but ETS, GMAT, and other companies have been coming after us for a LOT of copyright stuff. I think this might be causing people to be more careful about posting, and to be honest, I don't mind at all. I've never wanted this forum to be associated with copyright infringement. _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ [Say 'hi'!] [Google Interviews Erin] [San Francisco Chronicle Interviews Erin]

05-24-2007, 09:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
knok TestMagic Guru Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 3,082	Another reason is that many people do not use formal English. For example, a few years back, I did not see any post that posters used u, ur, i- instead of I, lets-instead of let's, its- instead of it's, dont-don't, pls- plz,instead of please, and started sentences without a capital letter. For me, this textese thing discourages me to read the posts. They are hard to understand. This causes headache for English speakers as well. Michael skipped answering the posts full of the textese in TOEFL forum. When people did not get the answers, they stopped posting. For me, in pharmacy forum, I stopped reading the posts from pharmacy forum for quite a while because I could not understand the textese. It doesn't make sense to me. I think that many pharmacists feel the same. The forum should be easy to read and understand so members should follow the standard rules of correct and academic English. I hope that people will try harder to make your posts more understandable to readers. Knok _ _ _ _ SIG _ _ _ _ "Every reason that tells you that things will never change disappears." "I did what I had to do because it is the right thing to do."

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

TestMagic

Free GMAT, GRE, SAT Test, TOEFL practice tests