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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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So is it 7600-something (count on forum page) or is it 6900-something (count on member list page)?
A 10% error is unacceptable! Kidding of course, are the missing 700 or so non-responders to the activation email? |
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I seem to remember that we went through this recently (months ago).
Lemme search.. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Not included on the member list page are both Awaiting E-mail Confirmation (649) and Banned users (78).
So, yeah, that number looks about right. |
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reticulating your mom
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This has probably been asked before... but a related question, why are there 3075 members with no posts? Why would all those people join just for private messaging or whatever?
You ask me for a hamburger. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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That's a very good question.
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Mr. Vieira
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
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That many?!?! Wow, I thought maybe 5-6...10 at most. Although if you factor in all the numbnuts who've come here, registered and posted spam and nonsense on their initial thread/post... |
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25 chars of wasted space.
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owner for sale by house
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
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I'm also surprised at the number of people "awaiting e-mail confirmation". I guess those are user created by spam-scripts, or people with really short attention spans ...
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Near Indianapolis
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Atlanta
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago
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It's because he was a genius. Don't you know that all geniuses act like that?
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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It'd be interesting to know how many users are actually using AN as opposed to those otherwise legit member that posted once then disappeared forever. Like that guy who couldn't
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago
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Oh wow...even thinking about that thread still makes me laugh uncontrollably. |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Near Indianapolis
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@DMB: Me too. I think I may laugh all day now, between reminiscing about macgeek2006 and hello, the |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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1059 Code:
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(userid))
FROM `user`
WHERE posts>10 |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Brad, and where does that SQL goes?
Thanks, BTW. |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Only I (and Eric and Murray) have access to run SQL queries.
Silly. |
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is the next Chiquita
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Ah that proverbial joke-
"Would you like a piece of my candy?" "Yeah" "Too bad." *eatiing candy* |
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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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eh. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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is not a kind of basket
Join Date: May 2004
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Yeah, I do remember this sort of question... here's a thread that's related
http://forums.applenova.com/showthread.php?t=10224 |
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Yarp
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Road Warrior
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I think most forums have a large amount of users that sign up and don't post or post once and never post again. The active user base is always far smaller. You have to register to search right? That's a valid reason to signup. Some people probably sign up thinking they have to sign up to view posts or something(people are dumb). I'm sure some people sign up with the intention of posting but never do. Also I wouldn't be surprised if at least a handful of signups came from much more ridiculous reasons.
The thing I like most about AN is that the core members that have been here since the beginning are a fairly tight-knit group(as far as internet groups go). So even if there were 10,000 other users, it still feels like a small community in a way. |
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Wait what
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: El Dorado County, California
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Regarding people who sign up thinking they have to in order to read posts...a lot of boards out there are setup exactly that way, so I suppose eventually some users adopt the mentality that all boards are setup the same way, and they don't think to question it. (I'm a network admin for a departmental network on an aircraft carrier...trust me, users can be and frequently are that obstinate.)
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Yarp
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Road Warrior
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It's kind of like another board I used to use where there is a supporting member(donation) system. It's totally optional, but some users sign up thinking they HAVE to pay to read/post. It's weird how people can operate on the net sometimes. Likewise with that situation, supporters get a special private forum, and sometimes people will donate and never even know that private forum exists even though it's listed in the main forum lists, then they will post there a year later saying "whoa! I never knew about this place! awesome!"
people... |
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Sorry for digging up an old thread, but i stumbled on this while looking for something else:
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Thank you all, especially Brad and chucker, very much. At last, a post |
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reticulating your mom
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That post just made my day.
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owner for sale by house
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Oh, I get it ... never mind (need to read AND think before I post ...)
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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On a related note, I recently toggled on the option to include banned members on the Member List page. So, the number there should reflect the "real" number of members a little bit more closely. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago
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On Pacific time
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Moderator's Pub
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When I counted down the list of members with highest post counts, I discovered that we have about 50-60 members who are the 'most frequent' regulars. It does make a nice little family, even though we have *thousands* signed up. |
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