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Community Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Alaric on November 14, 2007, 12:09:37 PM

Title: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: Alaric on November 14, 2007, 12:09:37 PM
...we seem to be getting a lot of "guests" around here these days? Under "Users Online", it currently says, "26 guests, 17 users"... we used to almost never have more "guests" listed than users, now that seems to ahppen all the time. I wonder why?

Edit: Now up to 30 guests, 14 users!
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: ow_tiobe_sb on November 14, 2007, 12:14:45 PM
Want a paranoid guess?  The guests are actually members who have "gone away" but check in from time to time without logging in (and, yes, I know one can login and stay hidden).

Second guess: as Google continues to crawl these forums, more and more people looking for information about, e.g., copyrighted characters are referred here.

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: tommyboy on November 14, 2007, 12:16:06 PM
How about that the release of a new budget package of ffv3r has led to more people interested enough to browse the forum, but who dont want to post?
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: Camma on November 14, 2007, 12:16:36 PM
Quote from: ow_tiobe_sb on November 14, 2007, 12:14:45 PM
..more and more people looking for information about, e.g., copyrighted characters are referred here.

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat

And birthdays don't forget all the birthdays.
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: captainspud on November 14, 2007, 12:20:50 PM
DAMNIT.

*goes to beat some discipline into the botnet*

Doesn't it understand that I need it to be sending out viagra ads, and NOT browsing forums?

Jeez. You just can't get good help anymore.
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: ow_tiobe_sb on November 14, 2007, 12:23:20 PM
If I may be allowed a further observation, I think it is safe to remark that noticing this trend (and becoming engaged in broader discussion of it) speaks volumes about the lifers around here, far more than could ever be written about guest frequencies.  ;) :P ;)

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and The Prat in the Hat
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: BlueBard on November 14, 2007, 01:28:24 PM
Quote from: ow_tiobe_sb on November 14, 2007, 12:23:20 PM
If I may be allowed a further observation...

No.
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: Panther_Gunn on November 14, 2007, 11:15:18 PM
Quote from: BlueBard on November 14, 2007, 01:28:24 PM
Quote from: ow_tiobe_sb on November 14, 2007, 12:23:20 PM
If I may be allowed a further observation...

No.

Ditto.  You observe way too much around here, ots.  I'll have those jocular oculars, if you please.
Title: Re: Has anyone else noticed that...
Post by: Sevenforce on November 15, 2007, 03:23:43 AM
Oh thank god they were starting to itch!

*hands over jockstrap

Oh...Jocular.

/Coat