How many people actually know and read this site? Are there only 10 of us using this site or is it a much larger number? Do you personally know others using or are we all actually anonymous?
Would be nice to get this site out to a broader audience as it is the only audience where I can truly say what I feel without thinking of the internal political forces at play, share true opinions, and ask legit question without fear of reprisal (and make silly facetious comments from time to time).
I check it daily, while at work and on the network. Do you think I am being monitored??
Ah well, if this is the reason I get the can, the company is digging deep. They should try monitoring people working 8 hour days with an hour lunch in there before they go after me.
It is a small group of people who post on this this. Mostly people with an axe to grind. There are a lot more who visit, but don't post, because they know most of the content on here is BS, wrong, or just people who are emotionally unstable.
Also ex-COP, now retired. Like fb I read many of the other O&G boards: CVX is by far the liveliest. I used to read some of the Yahoo! COP stock commentary posts in the 2000s, and my memory of company bulletin boards goes back to the 1990s and mainframe systems.
Much of the posting is the same from year to year and company to company - white noise. Some is genuinely valuable, particularly at times of high stress. If you were around between 2014 and 2017 that was a very stressful period with multiple layoff rounds, and finding signal amid noise on bulletin boards like these can be helpful.
I no longer work for COP but I still check it. Always curious especially when the hatchet is rumored.
It's been a bit quiet over the last couple of months, but if I had to guess I'd say thousands check it out at least from time to time. At my site, there are 4 of us (including me) that I know of who visit.
Besides this one, I regularly check out several other O&G boards - just to stay in the loop. Exxon’s board is always active, but honestly, a bit boring.