This one comes up now and again, but where are all those thousands of forum members? I don't think there's ever been more than about 30 or 40 active posting members ever!
My guess is that they never existed
I suggested a while back that it would be an idea to have a cull, down to the low hundreds of members who really do exist, even if most of them only log on two or three times a year
I think kicking out people who don't post all the time would be counter productive, lots of people read forums but don't post.
no posts in past year - expelledExpulsion's too good for 'em Stephen. Hang 'em I say! >:( ;D
there's an awful lot of zero posters who haven't logged in for years and they could be wiped at the click of a button
I can think of a few current members it might apply to though (and, no, I don't necessarily mean me) ;)
I can think of a few current members it might apply to though (and, no, I don't necessarily mean me) ;)
I can think of a few current members it might apply to though (and, no, I don't necessarily mean me) ;)
Give it a rest, CA, it's really quite boring now. you're beginning to come across as someone with mental health problems. it's time to move on rather than continue to insult and cause argument only making yourself look like a petty-minded fool.
Culling zero posters wouldn't exactly be beneficial, but it doesn't look good that out of 11,000+ members there are so few posting....and you're going out of your way to get those who DO post to stop...that's not beneficial to the forum at all, is it, Ca??
Give it a rest, CA, it's really quite boring now. you're beginning to come across as someone with mental health problems.
Give it a rest, CA, it's really quite boring now. you're beginning to come across as someone with mental health problems.
I fear you might be right. A pattern can be seen in which threads are developing in a perfectly civilised manner, before CA steps in to cause trouble.
Perhaps it's best to just ignore CA and not rise to the bait.
Mental health problems indeed!
Perhaps it's best to just ignore CA and not rise to the bait.
It's only because the mods (are there any?) and Stew don't seem to give a damn and would rather see the forum go to pot!
I can think of a few current members it might apply to though (and, no, I don't necessarily mean me) ;)
Give it a rest, CA, it's really quite boring now. you're beginning to come across as someone with mental health problems. it's time to move on rather than continue to insult and cause argument only making yourself look like a petty-minded fool.
Culling zero posters wouldn't exactly be beneficial, but it doesn't look good that out of 11,000+ members there are so few posting....and you're going out of your way to get those who DO post to stop...that's not beneficial to the forum at all, is it, Ca??
Nice one Domi....and you think I have "mental health problems", am "argumentative" and "insulting" and look like a "petty minded fool" ::)
Yes, I would prefer some members (three, to be specific) to stop posting..as you say, it is "boring now" after all.... ::)
So, apart from your personal insults, you see absoltely NO benefit to the forum from "culling" members? Apart from "it doesn't look good"? :o
Why even bother to suggest it then? :-\
I can think of a few current members it might apply to though (and, no, I don't necessarily mean me) ;)
Give it a rest, CA, it's really quite boring now. you're beginning to come across as someone with mental health problems. it's time to move on rather than continue to insult and cause argument only making yourself look like a petty-minded fool.
Culling zero posters wouldn't exactly be beneficial, but it doesn't look good that out of 11,000+ members there are so few posting....and you're going out of your way to get those who DO post to stop...that's not beneficial to the forum at all, is it, Ca??
Nice one Domi....and you think I have "mental health problems", am "argumentative" and "insulting" and look like a "petty minded fool" ::)
Yes, I would prefer some members (three, to be specific) to stop posting..as you say, it is "boring now" after all.... ::)
So, apart from your personal insults, you see absoltely NO benefit to the forum from "culling" members? Apart from "it doesn't look good"? :o
Why even bother to suggest it then? :-\
I believe someone else mentioned the "culling" or deleting, CA...I was merely adding to the debate. ;D
I don't understand why getting rid of the zero posting, non-participating members who haven't logged into the forum for a number of months/years adds anything to the forum, could you explain the rationale of keeping what is generally referred to as "dead members" - most forums prune their members it's a common practice, CA. ::)
I could argue that having 11,000+ non-participating members on a forum that actually requires you to join to see the recipes rather shows the opposite, string....it means that around 11,000 people signed up, had a look, thought it crap and never returned....do you catch my drift? I'm not implying that that IS the reason, but it's the very reason that alot of boards prune "dead members". So in that respect, no, it doesn't look good...there's a saying which is used alot in the world of forums (or fora lol) better a forum with 50 active members than 5000 inactive ones :/
The truth numbers makes a forum and deleting members is just not logical.
Numbers do not make a forum...members do...active posting members make a forum. "lurkers" "leechers" and "Dead members" bring nothing and do nothing. Never have, never will. ;D
The truth numbers makes a forum and deleting members is just not logical.
No, active members make a forum. Numbers just make impressive, if misleading, reading!
around 11,000 people signed up, had a look, thought it crap and never returned....
If this was a business up for sale...
Hey geroge that qoute was from domi not me.
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Lets delete everybody! ;D
Hey geroge that qoute was from domi not me.
If there are 11,000 members on here whats the problem i think people are making a big thing out of nothing.
The truth forum numbers are always good simple.
Oh and domi i code my own forums and have used phpbb boards and even smf which come with most hosting packages free scripts.
The truth numbers no matter what the minority think are good.
Now if they are not active account then i would agree delete them.
;D Then we wouldnt get to see all the bir recipes which is what the forum is about.
Looks like that points been lost again. ;D
Hey geroge that qoute was from domi not me.
If there are 11,000 members on here whats the problem i think people are making a big thing out of nothing.
The truth forum numbers are always good simple.
Oh and domi i code my own forums and have used phpbb boards and even smf which come with most hosting packages free scripts.
The truth numbers no matter what the minority think are good.
Now if they are not active account then i would agree delete them.
"Not active" means not logging in for years and never making any posts....so we agree then, string? ;D Number of members online and quantity of posts made is what counts, those are active members, the ones who keep coming back and posting shows the quality of a forum.
There are lots of forums with many thousands of members but yet only get 4-5 posts a week, that's a dead forum regardless of how many have signed up. I certainly wouldn't want to pay money for a boardsoft/license and hosting fees for a forum with so few active members. :-\ Freehosts are crap and any successful forum certainly wouldn't entertain using them ::) simply because of the crap bandwidth which means that they can't handle any volume of active members online at the same time without suffering massive speed/loading loss. :-\
Deleting inactive members isn't that big a thing and it certainly doesn't bother me whether they are or aren't deleted ::) but what matters is getting more people to post and stay online, staffers insulting and bullying members is not condusive to such nor is the constant arguing and backbiting which is currently taking place in almost every thread from members who really ought to know better. Not only does it look bad but it detracts from the forum and certainly doesn't give new members any incentive to post nor does it encourage the actual posting members to continue posting/participating. ::) I think the way George has been treated lately is despicable, even more so when you consider that he's earned the rank of "trusted member". :-\;D Then we wouldnt get to see all the bir recipes which is what the forum is about.
Looks like that points been lost again. ;D
You'd get to see the recipes if you actually logged in to look at them, string, even without making a post ::) obviously if members aren't even logging in to the forum, they aren't interested in what kind of access they have, are they? ::) lol
My point missed again i see.
Hey domi simple the owner of the site will choose simple.
Now maybe we can get back to what the forum is about.
What you think domi?
My point missed again i see.
Hey domi simple the owner of the site will choose simple.
Now maybe we can get back to what the forum is about.
What you think domi?
You've only got 54 posts - nothing wrong with that per se - but you come over as sounding like someone who's been around here for a long time, with lots of involvement. You're not a person with two parallel memberships, posting under two IDs are you? There are aspects of your style which remind me of someone else. Sorry if I'm wrong but I'm just a bit suspicious.
C'mon guys,
Can we just leave this topic now, it's gonna turn ugly if were not careful. I'm sure if we would have had an active moderator, this thread would have been locked by now so it's up to us to self moderate.
It makes no odds to anyone, who is active here, how many members the forum has does it? What difference does it make? As long as the members that are active continue to contribute to the forum, no problem.
I don't know if anyone realises, but I joined the forum back in 2007, and remained very inactive for almost 3 years, (that meaning, didn't make any post's) Now, I'm confident in my opinion, cooking, knowledge and enthusiasm to be a regular poster. Now, if I would have been removed as a member, say, in 2008 because of a period of inactivity, I may have never returned!
Everyones entitled to their opinion but please, lets end it now before it turns into another "forum moderator" type thread, which I might add, made for some pretty painful reading.
As my little 6 yr old say's when I'm goin on one 'Put your beans in the fridge, and chill' ;)
Ray :)
You know what surprises me most about this topic is the fact that I keep coming back to read the new replies, even though I know i'm going to say to myself "why did I bother"!
Surely there are better things to be doing than bickering over whether a non existent Admin is going to bother trawling through the nonsense posted here all about a number that is relatively meaningless, only to ignore it in the end?
Come on guys and gals, if you want to score points go and play tennis or something. :-\
EDIT: Sorry Ray, we posted at the same time.
C'mon guys,
Can we just leave this topic now, it's gonna turn ugly if were not careful. I'm sure if we would have had an active moderator, this thread would have been locked by now so it's up to us to self moderate.
It makes no odds to anyone, who is active here, how many members the forum has does it? What difference does it make? As long as the members that are active continue to contribute to the forum, no problem.
I don't know if anyone realises, but I joined the forum back in 2007, and remained very inactive for almost 3 years, (that meaning, didn't make any post's) Now, I'm confident in my opinion, cooking, knowledge and enthusiasm to be a regular poster. Now, if I would have been removed as a member, say, in 2008 because of a period of inactivity, I may have never returned!
Everyones entitled to their opinion but please, lets end it now before it turns into another "forum moderator" type thread, which I might add, made for some pretty painful reading.
As my little 6 yr old say's when I'm goin on one 'Put your beans in the fridge, and chill' ;)
Ray :)
My guess is that they never existed
Where do you suppose they came from then?QuoteI suggested a while back that it would be an idea to have a cull, down to the low hundreds of members who really do exist, even if most of them only log on two or three times a year
What difference will it make (apart from to free up some server space, maybe?)?
The difference it will make is it will stop the people who don't post from posting ::)