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Don't worry. Once we implement a new design with a prominent link to AWADtalk placed right in the middle we'll have people streaming in here. 
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bandwidth is likely prohibitively low...mmm, s'what I find FB, some afternoons I just can't seem to concentrate...
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a prominent link to AWADtalk placed right in the middle
Adverti(s,z)e it as The Place to Practice Your English Language Skills in the Privacy of Your Own Parlor
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Not only persons for whom English is a second language feel intimidated. I agree with Dr. Bill. I suspect many of those who register consider themselves "word people," but they quickly discover here that there are word people and then there are WORD PEOPLE. It's one thing to enjoy reading and to have an affinity for words, quite another to have the depth of knowledge about language that many AWADers exhibit daily. THAT can be intimidating!  I do think, however that all of the reasons discussed in this thead are probably contributing factors in the explanation of why more people don't participate. As for why there aren't more actually registered, if you explore the site but don't plan to post (for any of the reasons discussed here), there's really no need to register. You're already getting everything you want just by observing and soaking up the knowledge so generously shared here.
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mav said sharing a kind of global conversationI agree with mav and Avy that more internationally diverse board would be wonderful! The worldwide dialogue going on here is one big reason I'm so fond of this site! nancyk said, just by observing and soaking up the knowledge I second her agreement with Dr. Bill that the towering intellects featured here can be quite intimidating at first (it took me a couple of months of peeking in before I summoned the courage to post a question to start a thread, and I'll never forget the run that my first thread, "Neanderthal," gave me!...phewwww!!). And, I must say, the idea that we might have an audience of, oh, say 250,000 popping in for a non-registered look can be mighty intimidating in itself!...so I'm going to file that in the back of my mind, lest I freeze up my posting with perfectionism and over-analysis! Nobody's watching.....are they? 
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> Does Anu delete registrations after a long period of inactivity?
I don't think so. Maybe it's time we asked Anu to do some spring cleaning and perhaps even some statistical analysis of the forum, so that we participants have a better idea of what we're regularly wading through here:-)
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Maybe it's time we asked Anu to do some spring cleaning and perhaps even some statistical analysis of the forum
Oh, Sure! We all know The Great Anu has nothing else to do.
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>We all know The Great Anu has nothing else to do.
another way of looking at this is: we all know that no one (with any power) pays much attention to what goes on here. actually, it's a microcosm of the way aol (ha!) works.
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>(it took me a couple of months of peeking in before I summoned the courage to post a question to start a thread, and I'll never forget the run that my first thread, "Neanderthal," gave me!...phewwww!!).
You are so right about that. I too went through total hell with my first post and with every post I suffer minor agonies. If the unseen audience is terrifying for those familiar with English for others it might be easier to stay away. For me the most used button is Edit post. I write fast but after submitting it I see the post as others will and find a whole lot wrong. (For the post that started this thread I had written "self introspection" then I checked and found that introspection has a "self" aspect to it.)
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P.P.S But then I edited the edition...
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