Who's Online?

[Tecnico]

Well, not who by name but I see there are 11 members logged in and 98 "guests". I'm curious, is that a bunch of members that don't log in and lurk or is the forum that popular with the Bot contingent?

If it's lurkers there are a ton of people out there that are interested in the forum which is a good thing!

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[Susquatch]

As I recall, the last time we looked at this, the majority were bots. We are popular and closely watched.

A few are potential new members. I'd like to think many of these join after a few visits.

But I'd bet most are just searching for something and got here via the info the bots provided.

 

[Dan Dubeau]

It's the Chinese bots. Wondering what we know about their weather balloon.....

 

[little ol' e]

Its just the twin brothers in arms coming to see if the twin sisters are around. No worries thou, we have a much bigger problem here!
We have a Susquatch on the loose with VIP-power.

 

[Tecnico]

We are popular and closely watched.

Now the hair is rising on the back of my neck..........

Balloons or big brother?

D

 

[Susquatch]

Now the hair is rising on the back of my neck..........

Balloons or big brother?

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Neither one. Google, Bing, Duck, Fox, Yahoo, , , , and and and

 

[Tecnico]

Neither one. Google, Bing, Duck, Fox, Yahoo, , , , and and and

LOL! That;s close enough to big brother....

D

 

[Dabbler]

Why do you allow guest logins at all? It seems pretty easy to get an account....

 

[JustaDB]

I'd like to think many of these join after a few visits.

Nope. Took me months. The big, furry guy frightened the hell out of me...

 

[curmudgeon]

Why do you allow guest logins at all? It seems pretty easy to get an account....

as a relatively new member, and much longer time lurker/learner, I very much appreciated the time and freedom to learn without getting an account

 

[Dabbler]

it's just that 'guest' accounts allow scraper bots to scrape content, but also look for identities and cross check with other info. I'm actually kind of a very private person by nature.