Active members

[Octane (Humayun)]

lol, onya, Fred!

H

[iceman (Mike)]

LOL Fred!

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

You're a constant source of amusement Fred.

[Poita (Peter)]

I loves my numbers too, but was also a lurker here for a while before posting, and have joined other sites that I visit regularly yet never post.

Trevor, you could go manually through the list and extract the numbers for everyone who has posted in the last 18 months if you wanted to get the number of relatively active posters.
But what does it tell us? Say there were 400 people in that boat, 380 of them might have stopped posting a week ago and may never be back, 100 of the non posters may start posting next month.
It is a fluid medium.

I know when sites I have managed get really large, we send out an email to all of them, getting them to verify their membership, we do it once a quarter over the course of a year and then remove anyone who hasn't responded (and send them an email letting them know of that as well), but that was only when numbers and spammers had gotten out of hand.
This is a pretty small community, can't see much of a reason to plumb the numbers other than curiosity sake, and you could do that (slowly) yourself if the whim takes you.
I'd rather be outside personally, but I can understand where you are coming from.

PS> Fred, I personally also wouldn't count on a taser bringing Mike down... I'll stand behind you while you try it out.

[alistairsam]

Trevor,
As mentioned, members may not post for a variety of reasons, not many would take it kindly if their login doesn't work after a period, that'd turn people away.
Signing up gives you a sense of belonging to the community.
In terms of db, 10k records are nothing, there's no performance improvement to be gained by purging a user table.
A member can't be deemed "active" just because they post. There could be hundreds of members who're reading through and learning, they're as active as others.
As H mentioned, time's better spent catching photons.

Al

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by Bassnut

I'm with Trevor all the way on this one, those stats are friggen shocking, makes me sick just thinking about it. What does the goverment do about it?. NOTHIN. They buy all those Tasers, use em already, I'm sure they work out of Mikes karate-chop range.

Eh? What?

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Anyone else find it ironic that this thread has brought long-time non-posters out of the woodwork to post?

[TrevorW]

Guys all I can say is do the background research, I did, and if you don't like MPOV well tough because I'm right and your wrong

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

Anyone else find it ironic that this thread has brought long-time non-posters out of the woodwork to post?

All 2 of them. Gel and gts055.

A Stampede it doesn't make

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

Also , as has been raised here , is that some people are quiet by nature and dont like to make to much af a splash , no problems there .
...
On that I have received quite a few PM's form members asking questions as they dont want there ( what they see as silly) questions or opinions splashed all over for everyone to see ,, . Nothing wrong with that , its a free world .
I like the people here , there are some REALLY GREAT!!! ones here I am proud to call friends , so I contribute and when not here on IIS or working I am out catching photons .... .
What a great life... AHHH...
Brian.

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Guys all I can say is do the background research, I did, and if you don't like MPOV well tough because I'm right and your wrong

I don't think your figures are wrong Trevor I just don't see it as a problem to worry over.

[RobF (Rob)]

C'mon Trevor, we're really just debating the semantics of what "active member" means. I guess you're arguing active should mean "been here recently and posting", whereas the current definition in the minds of the people that wrote the forum software is "people that created an active account".

Other than that the definition isn't going to matter that much is it? (unless Mike starts giving away free G11s to "active members" - hmmm, there's an idea.....)

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Guys all I can say is do the background research, I did, and if you don't like MPOV well tough because I'm right and your wrong

You must have too much time on your hands
Cheers

[Ausrock (Chris)]

Trevor,

I'm going to quote a thread title of your's (thankfully a totally different subject matter but appropriate)....................."Stand back Take Stock Life's to Short".

You feel that you are right on this "active member" issue and maybe you are, BUT only for yourself. Everyone will have an opinion and each one will be valid for the individual but not necessarily for the community as a whole. You have obviously been a valuable member here so maybe it's an appropriate time to think about things and remember that thread title .

[asimov (John)]

Not this subject again LMAO!

'No comment'

[AstroFlyer (Arek)]

Few forums I've subscribed to raised that issue.
Couple of them actually decided to remove members that are non-active (not posting regularly).
Guess what? These forums don't exist anymore.
Personally, I'm here few times a day, but I do not post as often as others.
I'm am an IceInSpace addict, but I don't deal as much as others...
Does it make me an active or non active member?

[luvmybourbon]

Am i a "Claytons" member then? here but not really here?

[Sarge (Rod)]

Originally Posted by TrevorW

Guys all I can say is do the background research, I did, and if you don't like MPOV well tough because I'm right and your wrong

There is no right or wrong - only different points of view.

Me thinks someone it trolling.

Clear skies

Rod

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Gawd help me if the spammers get culled. LOL

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Originally Posted by brian nordstrom

Also ,
I like the people here , there are some REALLY GREAT!!! ones here.
Brian.

Yes .. this place is a hive of information and full of very helpful people.


Flash