How Can We Spark More Engaging Discussions on Technical Topics? Share Your Thoughts!

I have studied some latest threads initiated by me on citehr. Following are the statistics:

1. Chale Chalo - 3906 Downloads - 63 Replies
2. Thirst for water - 925 Downloads - 9 Replies
3. Renewable energy - 923 Downloads - 5 Replies
4. Interactive Quiz - 830 Downloads - 13 Replies.

I welcome those who have downloaded. I only expect that there should be some views from all of you regarding the technical contents; there can be debate as well. This way, the learning will be effective. Please share your knowledge and experience, preferably with some examples.

Thanks & Regards,
Sudhir

Encouraging Meaningful Participation in Forum Discussions

Mr. Sudhir highlighted a good point. For example, in the thread "Chale Chalo" with 3906 downloads and 63 replies, a significant percentage of the posts simply say "Thanks for sharing." I have often done the same on our forum.

Please do share your experiences. Everyone has personal experiences, and many of our members think that sharing them might seem trivial to others. This is not true; we can all learn from your mistakes and experiences.

@Sudhir sir,

Many people download files from our safety forum. I believe more than 40% of those downloading files work in other departments. Almost all threads in our EHS forum are related to EHS, so they may not feel able to write comments other than saying "THANKS," yet they continue to download the files. I have downloaded many materials from various HR-related threads in our forum and often wrote "Thanks for sharing" instead of more detailed comments. Nowadays, I just click the APPRECIATION button and stop writing "THANKS" on our threads (though I sometimes still do). This is also a reason for not getting appropriate comments on our threads. For example, you can see the SVL Library threads.

Please try to write a few lines with appropriate examples on the thread when you reply, if you have any thoughts. This will encourage our members to actively participate in all our threads and forums.

Thanks.

Regards

Dear Raghu, Thanks for your input. I agree with you. No matter if it sounds hilarious, we can still learn from it. Please take some time to go through some of the most valuable threads in EHS. I have learned a lot from those discussions. I would like to appeal to everyone to actively participate.

Thanks & Regards, Sudhir

Nice to see such an initiative from your end. It's great to see people here downloading and increasing their collections. I encourage you to reply to threads that are generic and interesting to them. You don't have to touch technical or legal aspects.

Sending a reply with a simple "thanks" may not add much value, but it does motivate each other to participate. However, the moderators have realized this and have introduced an "appreciate and validate" link. I believe we should develop a culture of expressing gratitude by clicking on this link only.

When replying, try to include at least one point, whether it's good, bad, a concern, or a comment on the shared file or discussion topic. If everyone starts doing this, we can truly make this forum very active.

Dear Raghu, thanks for showing concern. What are your thoughts on what I said?

Thank you.

Dear Dipil, you're right, Mr. Dipil. I need to add a few points advised by our Moderator. Please do not give appreciation for all the posts. Appreciation must be given only when members provide replies that are useful for the majority. Giving appreciation to the raised query is not acceptable. You can now unappreciate whatever does not deserve appreciation, and in the future, you should only give appreciation for deserving replies.

Team Motivation

Team, please come up with some good/bad/concern/comment points (even if it's a single point, it's not a problem) to motivate our members to actively participate in our forum.

@Sudhir Sir, thanks for your input.