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I experience the same thing at a Star Trek forum which I help moderate.  People sign up, introduce themselves, make a big deal about how much they loved the show and all that.  I always greet them, try to engage them in dialogue (Which is your favorite episode?  Favorite character? etc.), and sometimes they respond once or twice, but the vast majority never post again.  It’s very frustrating.  What makes it worse is that the website has a status line at the bottom which keeps track of visitors, and every time I stop by (three or four times a week), I see 60 or 70 visitors have stopped by in the past 24 hours, apparently just to read but not to participate.  What can you do?