Posted by Peter H on April 02, 2006 at 18:15:35 from 86.130.120.169 user Peter_H.
In Reply to: Re: TARS Membership Numbers posted by Alan Hakim on April 02, 2006 at 17:21:30:
I am glad Alan included that 'etc' ! You can't really compare numbers of non-UK Tarboarders with numbers of non-UK TARS members - they do not necessarily coincide. Nor, for that matter, do the corresponding numbers of UK residents. A sizeable proportion of Tarboard contributors are not TARS members. So that when Alan says 'UK members are less willing to get involved with Internet forums' perhaps he meant 'UK AR-lovers are less willing to get involved with Internet forums'.
I find that many TARS members are still under the mistaken impression that Tarboard is a 'TARS Chatsite'. It is not. In the article in 'Mixed Moss' containing Tarboard material (which Alan refers to - Winter 2003, p 38), it did not unfortunately make this fact clear. (BTW, I was not the Editor, well-known or otherwise!)