In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Wasn't that about the time of the infamous "Illegal Toilet" thread? :bigergrin:
Actually, it was just an invasion of Web Spiders.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
No, I don't buy the spiders - they might show up as 'guests', but never members!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Two theories:
1) There was a lot of forum hype around that day on the "Summer School on Particle Physics" organised by The Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics in Trieste:SLEEP:
2) to follow
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Could have been that modest and retiring member Lombardia 2007, and his advice on driving…..or Ronald ticking the wrong boxes?
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=Charles Phillips;107945]No, I don't buy the spiders - they might show up as 'guests', but never members![/quote]
It wasnt members or guests that showed up - it was "users" - and trust me, 419 of them were spiders. The other one was Sally, because everyone else was at the beach on a picnic. :bigergrin:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Oh right, sorry - I didn't clock that it was 'users' being counted! Spiders they were, or bots.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Probably a forum upgrade the day before...:yes:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
But to a prospective advertiser 420 looks more appealing:bigergrin:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=Ghianda;108024]But to a prospective advertiser 420 looks more appealing:bigergrin:[/quote]
Quite - like the 5440 registered members :bigergrin:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Where do you get your information from Charles? Have you befriended Sally? :laughs:
Registered Members = 7,195
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Perhaps users were all reminding each other that 16 June was the last day to pay ICI !
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Or Ryannair was threatening to strike!:eeeek:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=juliancoll;108059]Where do you get your information from Charles? Have you befriended Sally? :laughs:
Registered Members = 7,195[/quote]
I am mortified. 7,195 is so much more desperately optimistic than my meagre 5,440. I got that figure from the 'member's list' - where did you get your 7,195?
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
From the horses mouth - bottom of the front page.
Italy Magazine Forums Statistics
Threads: 10,553, Posts: 100,786, Members: 7,195
Welcome to our newest member, achille82
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
That's very strange indeed Charles - Maybe J+C's figures are from the Index page and these probably include deactivated accounts!!! lol The Admin must be very busy then!!! lol
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Well, all I did was click on the 'Members List' on the top line, and that promised me 5,440 members. I completely agree with those members who are referencing a different number (at the bottom of the page) which claims 7,195. You takes your choice as to which of these two fantasy numbers you wish to believe...!!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I think that there is a large number of members who register as such but who will never post. They sign because that gives them the chance to look at everything. They think that they are going to participate in the future.... and they never do...
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=juliancoll;108091]From the horses mouth - bottom of the front page.
Italy Magazine Forums Statistics
Threads: 10,553, Posts: 100,786, Members: 7,195
Welcome to our newest member, achille82[/quote]
Hilarious, that last bit, it just so happens that [B]achille82[/B], was our latest Mr Spammer.
I've always said QUANTITY is more important than QUALITY on the forum...:no::no::no:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I have noticed over time that spammers posts are removed but often they remain on the members list. It’s a good way to beef up the numbers and impress people wishing to advertise.
It is possible to run a ‘prune’ which removes inactive members, say someone who registered in 2005 and hasn’t ever posted. Or accounts which have been inactive for more than two years. This would give a much better representation of the actual membership but would be far less impressive.
If you want to know how many active users there are you only have to look at poll results. Even if only 10% of users respond to the poll (using the poll ‘why do you use this forum?’ which is a sticky in the general section and has been running since 03-12-07 and has had 147 votes) I would estimate the active membership at around 1,470 but that is over the period of more than a year, so at any time there is likely to be an even smaller number of active members.
Some times it seem like there are very few indeed!:laughs:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Would also be a good idea to delete the spam thread as well at the time, as it doesn't really serve any purpose as you cannot see the content anyway!!!
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[quote=Nielo;108121]
Some times it seem like there are very few indeed!:laughs:[/quote]
And some times it seems like there are one or two too many:laughs:
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Moved to : Italiauncovered.co.uk
That was the day that Sally learnt to multi post .............GRIN