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Air Gun Home Forum Index » AirGunHome Q&A » Inactive members? Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Inactive members?   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:47 am The outdoorsman Veteran Member Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Canada at the bottom it says we have close to 500 members but when i looked on the memberlist there were many with 0 posts!i sorta want to know how many people actualy post on here.... _________________ ' I dont think of the audiance as anything different than me, you have to seduce the audiance ya cant beat'em and ya cant kiss their a$$" Harison Ford   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:54 am BCSteel Member Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 88 Location: Sitting in Front of my Computer Dont kick me off! I promise to buy a 2240 and start tinkering through the winter And I just noticed that you have some deadly emoticons going on here. _________________ "Comfort in the known prevents us from discovering the unknown" - Jed Davis   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:31 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" All but the most recent people who have signed up (like a few in the last dozen) have provided a valid email address and "confirmed" their registration via email. If you go to the main forum page and look- it lists 500 members, but if you put your pointer over the most recent username, it lists them as "u=695" which means they were the 695th user to register. What this means is that 195 ids have been deleted. For the first while, most of these deleted ids were spammers- but as of the last few weeks, virtually every userid deleted 7 days after registering without "confirming" it via email is deleted. All the user ids except those under 7 days old are "valid" where a live person filled out the registration form and "confirmed" it through the email link they are sent. As these are valid registrations, but obviously not a lot of active posters- there's no real reason to be eliminating or deleting them. Some people sign up, and then don't post for weeks or months afterwards until they have a specific question. Some people register and just "lurk" watching things, sometimes for years, without posting anything. Neither of these things are harmful in any way- and deleting them doesn't serve much of a purpose, other than discouraging "lurkers" who could be potential contributors someday from coming back. If you look at any online forum- the number of "lurkers" often outweighs the active, contributing members by 5:1- many of which eventually get more involved as time goes on. The idea here is not to "cut people out" for no definable reason, and the number of Registered Users is just that- a number. Our memberlist is solidly made up of real, live people because of the aforementioned "confirmation" requirement. Perhaps someday, when people have been registered for extremely long periods of time without ever making a post, we will eliminate some of the ids- but there is really no reason for it at the moment or in the near future- it's only a number on a page. _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:24 pm The outdoorsman Veteran Member Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Canada i just think its kinda misleading.... when people join they may think whoa im gonna get loads of responces!!!!!! when they see the number of regestered users then only you or a few others respond, However it was just a suggestion. _________________ ' I dont think of the audiance as anything different than me, you have to seduce the audiance ya cant beat'em and ya cant kiss their a$$" Harison Ford   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:29 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Are you saying we aren't helpfull. I usually like quiet Fora a lot more then Big Noizy Fora. Keeps the mindflow going. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:46 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" The outdoorsman wrote: ...when they see the number of registered users then only you or a few others respond... Doesn't matter- on any forum the number of "active" users who are visiting regularly and posting is maybe 5 or 10% (10% is actually quite good) of the total members on the list. But- maybe all of the people on the memberlist have posted in the past, changed interests, been in the hospital, whatever- should they be deleted? They are not "invalid" they are just not currently posting. "Numbers" are just that, and can be misleading. If you want to see some really funny stuff- go find some forums on specific technical/programming topics. There could be 100,000 members listed- and only a couple dozen that are "active" regularly. People register to ask one question and disappear again. Do I, as a new member, care if I get the answer I need from two people, or two thousand? No- probably not. In fact, 1995 of the 2000 answers would likely never get read. _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:04 pm The outdoorsman Veteran Member Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Canada no all im sayin is it would nice if instead of the same old people posting (Alstone,broom,stevie,dedpool,mar[sometimes] and airguneric) we got a little variety in posts im sure you guys get sick of the same oppinions being expressed every post.... _________________ ' I dont think of the audiance as anything different than me, you have to seduce the audiance ya cant beat'em and ya cant kiss their a$$" Harison Ford   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:42 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" If you want different opinions- perhaps there needs to be different questions. _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:37 pm lauchlin Supporting Member Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 184 Location: Vancouver Island BC Ok i posted nothing to add but i am here looking all the time   Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:22 pm The outdoorsman Veteran Member Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Canada hey hey look what i did unintetualy.... look how many are posting lately cuz i sota insulted you perhaps.... _________________ ' I dont think of the audiance as anything different than me, you have to seduce the audiance ya cant beat'em and ya cant kiss their a$$" Harison Ford   Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:27 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6908 Location: "Out There" The only people who posted were people who had already been posting- nobody was "drawn in" from outside. Don't go slapping yourself on the back so fast... _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:39 pm The outdoorsman Veteran Member Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Canada ok ok sorry i said anything.... _________________ ' I dont think of the audiance as anything different than me, you have to seduce the audiance ya cant beat'em and ya cant kiss their a$$" Harison Ford   Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:14 am Mar Veteran Member Joined: 21 Sep 2007 Posts: 428 Location: Victoria, BC Not every body feels or wants to post. There are lots of lurkers that would rather look then add anything to anything. Nothing wrong with that.   Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:25 pm dedpool Veteran Member Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 244 Location: Hokie Nation The outdoorsman wrote: no all im sayin is it would nice if instead of the same old people posting (Alstone,broom,stevie,dedpool,mar[sometimes] and airguneric) we got a little variety in posts im sure you guys get sick of the same oppinions being expressed every post.... I dont get sick of my opinion being expressed in every post _________________   Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:15 am under500fps Veteran Member Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 217 Location: Nova Scotia I lurk more then I post. But I am more of a shooter then a poster. OK it is time for me to go back to sleep, Ho I mean work. _________________ René My air gun stuff . 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