Lurkers

George Tatum · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:59 pm **Post subject:** Lurkers

One of my favourite bands

But that's not what I'm talking about, I've only just discovered we've got over 5000 members here

I thought it was WAY less than that, would be nice if a few more people posted once in a while, even if just to say hello, or thanks for the rip.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:05 pm **Post subject:**

I did a graph a while back lemme see if I can find it - that's REALLY shocking (although a little out of date now)

Found it :

PC_Arcade wrote:

as @ 28/09/04 with 1060 members

Yeah, I'm bored

Not on the graph, but only 2% of people have over 1000 posts.

I'll do the same again and see if the percentages have changed :lol:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:23 pm **Post subject:**

garandou at fh has lent me a very nice script that will do some stats like this, i posted to pca about this... i don't think even i'm a big enough 'prick' (

) to scare away that many people.

Then again my hobbies do include nerve chiseling and sweeping generalisations :lol:

Koffkongen · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:31 pm **Post subject:**

How would that graph look today?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:32 pm **Post subject:**

I'm just doing it now, worse though :

Koffkongen · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:39 pm **Post subject:**

LOL... That is horrible.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:45 pm **Post subject:**

There's 775 users who haven't verified their accounts (never clicked verify in the verification email)

Random stats for a random month:
35387 unique visitors
69789 visits
505139 pages
2364041 hits

Not surprisingly, torrent seems to be the number one search term these days.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:47 pm **Post subject:**

They should be deleted then, As should accounts where no posting have ever been made and those that haven't posted in a year IMHO

tweye · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:53 pm **Post subject:**

yeah do it now or that pink pac-man will eat us all :lol:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:53 pm **Post subject:**

how come? Sure it serves no purpose to have them, but it serves no purpose deleting them either.

I'll delete them though if everyone wants, just wondering why?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:54 pm **Post subject:**

good point, I'm just a bit anal about that sort of thing

George Tatum · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:01 pm **Post subject:**

I thought it would be worse than that old graph, I wasn't expecting it to be THAT bad though. Personally I'd delete at least those that haven't validated their accounts, my guess is they are bogus email addresses that didn't want to sign up when they realised they have to verify.

tweye · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:08 pm **Post subject:**

yes maybe it's not wise to mass-delete. what about splitting the "0 posts" slice like this:

"0 posts, last post 1 month ago"
"0 posts, last post 6 months ago"
"0 posts, last post 1 year ago"
"0 posts, last post 10+ years ago"

or something like that.

(dunno if it's feasible)

EDIT: what the fuck am i talking about?

wargand · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:57 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

how come? Sure it serves no purpose to have them, but it serves no purpose deleting them either.

I'll delete them though if everyone wants, just wondering why?

Free unused names. I always wanted the nick 'ohgodnotanotherone'.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:58 pm **Post subject:**

tweye wrote:

yes maybe it's not wise to mass-delete. what about splitting the "0 posts" slice like this:

"0 posts, last post 1 month ago"
"0 posts, last post 6 months ago"
"0 posts, last post 1 year ago"
"0 posts, last post 10+ years ago"

or something like that.

(dunno if it's feasible)

EDIT: what the fuck am i talking about?

It's ok I know what you mean, you mean 0 posts Joined x months ago

wargand · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:16 pm **Post subject:**

Here a more serious reply (who actually would want the nick ohgodnotanotherone'?):
Better delete depending on last visits. If I knew that I would be deleted after x month without post, I'd be tempted to write a cron job, which posts a 'ping' from time to time automatically. At least I'd hardly post something usable. <- Ohgodnotanotherone: No!

And not posting is not necessarily a sign of being a leech.

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:20 pm **Post subject:**

LOL as per usual I am in the elite few. Story of my life really, being elite and all that.

Oh how boring life is when you have no peers.

tweye · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:36 pm **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade wrote:

0 posts Joined x months ago

yes that makes more sense. or "0 posts, last login x months ago" (if there's this info) to count the lurkers

Geezus · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:59 pm **Post subject:**

Why not email them all in a scary Jehova-type of way like :

"We noticed you haven't been visiting us lately

"
"We feel this as a great loss"
"We would like to deepen our relationship with you though"
"Perhaps life has led you astray, lost on path that goes nowhere"
"We would like to be the star that will light your path to salvation "
"Please do join us again"

"If you however wish no further contact with us then please click on the supplied link that will close account"

"This message will be send every 2 weeks until revisit or cancellation :wink:

"

...

That should have most of them hammer the "unregister" hyperlink :twisted:

Also you may dispose of my 3rd "Wargand" accunt.
A worthless character play anyway :wacky:

wargand · **Posted:** Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:22 pm **Post subject:**

Geezus wrote:

Also you may dispose of my 3rd "Wargand" accunt. A worthless character play anyway :wacky:

Not a bad idea, this with the email. You could delete all accounts with invalid emails.

Btw. I reconsidered, the "Wargand" play isn't actually that bad. I think it will be the only one I will use in the future. Please delete my other accunts. :lol:

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