Icu4dzs
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Every once in a while, I look at the statistics of this group and find something rather interesting.
When looking at topics it is really eye-opening to see how many folks have viewed a topic and compare it to the number of folks who actually respond and contribute to that topic.
I do notice a trend though. If you look at the topic started by WZ on Food shortages, it has had over 24 thousand views but only 560-some comments. Then there is the one called "This will scare you" and the ratio is somewhat greater. So if we look at the topic by title, in which ever section you choose to examine, there are some interesting ratios of comment to views. Some folks are viewing things like "How to start prepping" a lot more than some other topics.
One topic has a 65:1 ratio of views to comments. Some have 50's:1 ratio and WZ's food shortage topic has about 43:1.
I guess I just would love to know exactly WHO is reading these and what exactly they are learning. We who post here have one agenda and that is to become more prepared and aware of what risks we face, but then I think about who else is learning about us?
I stopped using Face-book after thinking about this for a while. You probably used the word "paranoid" while reading this but then what do we know about who reads what we write and what they know about us now that we have given out so much information? I've read multiple people use the word "Zombies" and think that many of them might just be folks who, rather than prepare for themselves might be deciding who they wish to visit. That gives me some cause for concern and I often wonder if what we do here is going to come back to bite us one of these days not too long from now.
I only mention this because I found those ratio's interesting. Many of the really higher ratios are looking at a significant number of topics where we discuss what we have done or to do to be ready for a problem.
Are we putting ourselves at RisK here? Only you can answer this for yourself, but I think it bears looking into rather than blindly trusting everyone you "meet on the internet."
Not a sermon, just a thought.
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When looking at topics it is really eye-opening to see how many folks have viewed a topic and compare it to the number of folks who actually respond and contribute to that topic.
I do notice a trend though. If you look at the topic started by WZ on Food shortages, it has had over 24 thousand views but only 560-some comments. Then there is the one called "This will scare you" and the ratio is somewhat greater. So if we look at the topic by title, in which ever section you choose to examine, there are some interesting ratios of comment to views. Some folks are viewing things like "How to start prepping" a lot more than some other topics.
One topic has a 65:1 ratio of views to comments. Some have 50's:1 ratio and WZ's food shortage topic has about 43:1.
I guess I just would love to know exactly WHO is reading these and what exactly they are learning. We who post here have one agenda and that is to become more prepared and aware of what risks we face, but then I think about who else is learning about us?
I stopped using Face-book after thinking about this for a while. You probably used the word "paranoid" while reading this but then what do we know about who reads what we write and what they know about us now that we have given out so much information? I've read multiple people use the word "Zombies" and think that many of them might just be folks who, rather than prepare for themselves might be deciding who they wish to visit. That gives me some cause for concern and I often wonder if what we do here is going to come back to bite us one of these days not too long from now.
I only mention this because I found those ratio's interesting. Many of the really higher ratios are looking at a significant number of topics where we discuss what we have done or to do to be ready for a problem.
Are we putting ourselves at RisK here? Only you can answer this for yourself, but I think it bears looking into rather than blindly trusting everyone you "meet on the internet."
Not a sermon, just a thought.
//BT//
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