HI no offense, but if making so many posts with nothing but links to news stories is supposed to start conversations, it isn't working.
If the purpose is to get people to see your sig file, it isn't really working very well either. It seems that most people are doing just what I am doing....
clicking the "mark all topics read" button so as not to be confused if there are any new posts worth reading.
and yes, I know, this forum is for off topic posts, but qualilty is almost always better than quanity.
luck,
robert