How often do you check Orchid Board ???

[goodgollymissmolly]

"I'll admit that sometimes it is in search of misinformation to correct, but I am happy to say that that is getting to be less and less often (unlike some boards)."

So what % of orchid forum information would you consider "misinformation"? I especially would like you to compare this one with the others you mentioned unspecifically. I find it pretty difficult to make such a comparison, but I've often wondered about it.

[RosieC]

I can spend hours at a time on it if most days, then check back regularly once I've read everything I can to see if more has come in.

Most days I will look in several times a day and stay for quite a while on each visit. I work at a PC and so it tends to be open in the background to check in while I'm waiting for other things to finish running.

Some days like yesterday I don't check at all, but those are ones when work is very busy with nothing that needs to be left running and then I'm either out or feel ill in the evening (yesturday was a migrane )

Let's just say, there is a reason that I chose 'Orchidboard Addict' as my title on the forum!

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Hedge

I get annoyed with myself, checking the web, I keep thinking, I should be watering this plant or maybe repotting that one and oops another hour has gone watching the messages!

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one like that, espically if I'm tired and not really in the mood for pottering arround with the real orchids.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Ray

I am here at least once a day, sometimes twice.

I'll admit that sometimes it is in search of misinformation to correct, but I am happy to say that that is getting to be less and less often (unlike some boards).

Ray, it is so good to have you here correcting us. I learn SO much from you.

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Andrew

I check at least once a day. I'll be honest and say that it's not because so much of the information is of interest. It's actually because there is too much traffic on this board and the New Posts function resets before I can scan through the posts I am interested in if I leave the gap between visits longer than 1 or 2 days. Today there was 5 pages of new posts since yesterday's visit! Great to see the forum thriving but I wish this forum had a 'last 70 posts' tab like Orchid Geeks... maybe it would need to be 'last 700 posts'.

I have the same problem. I wish there were options for 'Last 48 hours' or 'Last Week' so I could use them to catch up properly when I've been away.

You can do that on each area seperately but an option for something like that would be really good. I don't think last 70 would be enough to take you past the existing 24 hours one though... this board really IS active

[Daethen]

Originally Posted by RosieC

Oh I'm glad I'm not the only one like that, espically if I'm tired and not really in the mood for pottering arround with the real orchids.

How can you get tired of pottering around with the real orchids. I have to stop myself from messing with my babies too much for fear of killing them out of overcare!!

[RosieC]

Originally Posted by Daethen

How can you get tired of pottering around with the real orchids. I have to stop myself from messing with my babies too much for fear of killing them out of overcare!!

Not tired of them... but feeling generally tired so I want to just sit in my sofa chair with my feet up... and browse OB

[Call_Me_Bob]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I can spend hours at a time on it if most days, then check back regularly once I've read everything I can to see if more has come in.

Most days I will look in several times a day and stay for quite a while on each visit. I work at a PC and so it tends to be open in the background to check in while I'm waiting for other things to finish running.

Some days like yesterday I don't check at all, but those are ones when work is very busy with nothing that needs to be left running and then I'm either out or feel ill in the evening (yesturday was a migrane )

Let's just say, there is a reason that I chose 'Orchidboard Addict' as my title on the forum!

sometimes ill check briefly a bunch of times. like if im busy, ill check in between each major task

Originally Posted by Daethen

How can you get tired of pottering around with the real orchids. I have to stop myself from messing with my babies too much for fear of killing them out of overcare!!

sometimes i get tired, yet i want to work with them. that is when i make my mistakes and break things,....

[Paul Mc]

I get on the OB at least once a day, sometimes multiple times in a day depending how active some of the threads I'm interested in are.

[Daethen]

sometimes i get tired, yet i want to work with them. that is when i make my mistakes and break things,....[/QUOTE]

I completely understand that. I do stained glass work and when I am tired or frustrated it is time to take a break or start to break (pieces).