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Well it doesn't seem that long ago that we were up to 10.000 members does it. Almost 12.000 now so I think we must have a lot of lurkers as we don't have many new members posting. Come on folks, we don't bite, well, not very often ;).

I have noticed that we tend to be quieter during the summer.........probably making the most of time on the plots  :)

Thought I'd just say hi. Most days my 2 year old grandson is here, and I have a 5 month old puppy. Don't get much computer time, I just pop in now and then. But it is a super place to come to.

When I joined the board in 2003 there was less than 400 people on the membership list. It has come a long way since then, and may it always continue. Thanks Dan.  :-* busy_lizzie

The total number of members includes spammers who have been banned and so will never post.  Since 1 July, 52% of new members are spammers.

A large number of members of this site all so post on other sites !!

QuoteThe total number of members includes spammers who have been banned and so will never post.  Since 1 July, 52% of new members are spammers.

Is there a filter now Ceres? I have not noticed any spam posts recently?

So how do you decide whether a new member is spam or not. 

Is there any way of working out how many active members there are now.

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QuoteThe total number of members includes spammers who have been banned and so will never post.  Since 1 July, 52% of new members are spammers.

Is there a filter now Ceres? I have not noticed any spam posts recently?

It's all done manually at the moment.  Some registrations are obvious spammers - e.g. a viagra website as a signature.  There are also databases of spammers and the one that I mostly use can be linked to make the process automatic.  When a spam post gets through, I always report the details to the database.  I've suggested linking the forum to the database to Dan to reduce the workload in keeping spammers out but no response as yet.

In terms of how many active members there are, it depends how you define active.  I can't see any way of calculating e.g. how many have visited/posted in the last n days/weeks/months although Dan might have that kind of info.  The Members' List can be sorted by the headings so you can work out that out of the total membership of approx. 12,000, approx. 6,200 have never posted.  However that doesn't necessarily mean that they're inactive, they might just lurk.

I lurked for a while ;) ;D.

   So did I.

X Chas

There are certainly several hundred regulars.  Have a look at the member list ordered by number of posts and you have to get several pages in before the names start getting unfamiliar.

QuoteI lurked for a while Wink Grin.

I just jumped straight in- I loved it as soon as I saw it!! ;)

Thanks for the hard work Ceres and other mods. to keep the site "clean" ;D ;D

There are a number of very habitual lurkers.  There are several names which often pop in in the Users Online box and who have never posted.

A big thanks from me as ever to The Mods and Dan I do love this site, I have made some great friends through this site.

Hi Yall,
I don't know how you will class me as I'm not a newbie  ::)( I have recently moved house,area and B/Band provider and got me a new log in name. It was I think bobitybob. :P
I didn't post much before but regularly logged onto the site for updates etc. Is this Lurking? ;D
I had to very reluctantly give up my lottie but am now on the waiting list for a site near here.
I have just been looking through all my seeds and labels etc, I can tell you it brought a tear to my eye as I only have a couple of tubs at the moment.
I have now forgotten why I started to post this so I will finish and go get a brew.
Bob
 

I was a lurker because i felt i was intruding ,everyone seem to know each other so well,i did post a couple off times but went back to the lurking ,then remembered shy kids get nout.

Hi Clay & Bobby,

Nice to see you both posting. I hope you lurk no more!  ;D ;D

Claybasket, I remember thinking along very similar lines when I first joined, everyone knows everyone, but as I found out, they're a friendly mob, and a generous bunch too, so keep hanging around  :)

And hi bobby - hope the waiting list isn't too long  :)

I've been lurking for years.   :-*

Does your wife know Corny ;D ;D ;D.