Activity on RBC

This is purely my opinion, however I feel that the participation levels and the general activity on this site has decreased over the last month or so.

Is this just in my head? (JD you'd have stats on this yeah?) Or is this what happens to Social networking sites when we have to work harder to stay ahead of the game.

I am a huge fan of this site, and check it out as often as possible. Knowing I will learn something to continue my value add to my company and myself somewhere.

However if this is what just happens when things get tighter in the market, are the value in these sites real? If they are really valuable surely activity, questioning and discussions would go up? (Maybe not the blogposts as they do take time and real effort to continuously post.)

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Shaw on March 17, 2009 at 8:45am

For me.. its just time. Most active users on here would have multiple profiles across the other social networking sites.

Besides day to day work, social life, eating, sleeping lets have a look at how many sites I need to keep up to date with for daily news

My Blog, Colleagues blogs inc Dans :),
recruitmentblogs.com.au
Facebook
Twitter
Thoughtleaders.ning.com
Jobboarders
ERE
Recruiter Daily/Shortlist
Recruiting Blogs
Cheezhead
etc

Ning is a great platform and this is a great community. I try to get on here when I can with thoughtful questions and share knowledge.

So how can it engage more with users? Daily email... you either read, archive for later, or delete.

Email Snipits? Ask members to contribute, or implement a ranking system with rewards points. These points could be converted to freebies provided by sponsors/download content or attend webinars.