Will threads...

[AreaCode707]

with ambiguous titles get more views but fewer responses?

 

[VTBigBear]

sure

 

[WhiteWonder]

I think so

 

[Anubis]

yeppers

and if you are really creative they dont get locked either

 

[Amorphus]

Yeah, because you draw people in by their curiosity, and then they realize how suck of a thread you just made.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: Amorphus
Yeah, because you draw people in by their curiosity, and then they realize how suck of a thread you just made.

 

[Zim Hosein]

F thread titles, I'm just happy to see you start a thread tonight HotChic, cheers :wine:

 

[Kalvin00]

:thumbsup:

 

[vshah]

yes. this one was surrounded by stuff like "most awesome video ever" and "movie blah blah" and ferarri this that"

i love when a thread is itself a study on forum habits

-Vivan

 

[MichaelD]

Pie! Best beats EVAR!!

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Pie! Best beats EVAR!!

ambiguous titles get ambiguous responses?

btw i thought you'd had enough of that pie stuff. guess me still likes pie

-Vivan

 

[pyonir]

not with me. I reply to everything.

How are ya HotChic? Long time no see....

 

[MichaelD]

Paj-ers!! Weebl and Bob rule!!


(No. I'm not tired of them yet.)

 

[AreaCode707]

Well, Zenmervolt and I conducted an experiment. We posted the same thread at the same time but one had a clear title and the other had an ambiguous title.

ZV: 9 replies /48 views for me. (Detailed title)
HC: 12 replies /86 views for me (Ambiguous title)

Experiment ran a little under 2 hours until the threads dropped pretty far down.

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: HotChic
Well, Zenmervolt and I conducted an experiment. We posted the same thread at the same time but one had a clear title and the other had an ambiguous title.

ZV: 9 replies /48 views for me. (Detailed title)
HC: 12 replies /86 views for me (Ambiguous title)

Experiment ran a little under 2 hours until the threads dropped pretty far down.

i think a large part of it was that you started this thread, and people usually flock to HC threads. if you start two new threads now, you'll see equal numbers in both i'm sure

-Vivan

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: HotChic
Well, Zenmervolt and I conducted an experiment. We posted the same thread at the same time but one had a clear title and the other had an ambiguous title.

ZV: 9 replies /48 views for me. (Detailed title)
HC: 12 replies /86 views for me (Ambiguous title)

Experiment ran a little under 2 hours until the threads dropped pretty far down.

It depends on the nature of the forum.

I would like to see you try this in P&N and Highly Techinical as well as here again over a period of several days. The titles should all be somehow relevant to the forum.

Now THAT would be an interesting (and probably entirely meaningless) experiment.

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: vshah

Originally posted by: HotChic
Well, Zenmervolt and I conducted an experiment. We posted the same thread at the same time but one had a clear title and the other had an ambiguous title.

ZV: 9 replies /48 views for me. (Detailed title)
HC: 12 replies /86 views for me (Ambiguous title)

Experiment ran a little under 2 hours until the threads dropped pretty far down.

i think a large part of it was that you started this thread, and people usually flock to HC threads. if you start two new threads now, you'll see equal numbers in both i'm sure

-Vivan

Actually, ZV's thread was ahead in views for the majority of the experiment.

 

[DrPizza]

:thumbsup: