I see at the moment there are 17 members.....

Kitties, Many of us have been here for a while, things happen and we must take care of them, then we come back to see how many of our friends are doing. The nice thing is that a lot of times, we meet new members that are fun to speak to, so i hope you enjoy it here.
 

No, invisible members are logged-in, they set their online status to be invisible.
 

I always understood that the majority of the visitors you see on the front page are bots, and there are a ton of them out there - Google bots, AdWord bots, Alexa bots, cold bots, hot bots ... sometimes they're called "spiders", and what they do is crawl around the site looking for keywords, which in turn are what many people search for on the search engines.

So yes, you might have 50 human members and 400 bots all scrambling around the site at the same time. Sort of like a picnic when you spill the honey on the blanket ...
 
Matrix said:
No, invisible members are logged-in, they set their online status to be invisible.
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One Forum that I belonged to (Moderator/Admin.) we set receive e mail to default so new members would get an e mail if there intro post was replied to, we also had the PM set that way. They could change the notification later if they wanted to.
 
SifuPhil said:
I always understood that the majority of the visitors you see on the front page are bots, and there are a ton of them out there - Google bots, AdWord bots, Alexa bots, cold bots, hot bots ... sometimes they're called "spiders", and what they do is crawl around the site looking for keywords, which in turn are what many people search for on the search engines.

So yes, you might have 50 human members and 400 bots all scrambling around the site at the same time. Sort of like a picnic when you spill the honey on the blanket ...
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well... we have cooties then?
 
Yes, there are a lot of "looky-loo's" on here! Some folks are afraid if they reply to something, they will say the wrong thing and it will turn into a debate or worse, as in "I know your new and seem nice, but what kind of crazy thing are you saying here?". One thing my wife really hates to do and that is, get into a debate. She's not real big on "confrontation", whereas I'm ok with it and will debate something.
 
Many new members are never heard from again because they take a look at the smugness and snide remarks on some threads
and FLEE, never to be heard from again.

Also, if a new member doesn't bother to fill out the profile, I don't bother to welcome them. (I know, I know; it's not required.)

I never sign out. What's the use? I'm gonna' be right back in the following morning.
 
Have to fully agree with Falcon!

Falcon said:
Many new members are never heard from again because they take a look at the smugness and snide remarks on some threads
and FLEE, never to be heard from again.

Also, if a new member doesn't bother to fill out the profile, I don't bother to welcome them. (I know, I know; it's not required.)

I never sign out. What's the use? I'm gonna' be right back in the following morning.
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Falcon said:
Many new members are never heard from again because they take a look at the smugness and snide remarks on some threads
and FLEE, never to be heard from again.

Also, if a new member doesn't bother to fill out the profile, I don't bother to welcome them. (I know, I know; it's not required.)

I never sign out. What's the use? I'm gonna' be right back in the following morning.
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Would you rather everyone agree with everyone on every issue? I see passion but I have yet to see anything beyond aggressive defense of an opinion.
 
QuickSilver said:
ok.... so I feel I can ask you.. why?
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I've always wanted the power to be completely invisible, now I have it. :D With that, now I feel I can ask, why do you care. LOL! Seriously, If I check those stats I have to be extremely bored and thinking maybe it's time I find something else to do with my time off line. Really, because that's just way too much free time except for the mods and such. LOL
 
AprilT said:
I've always wanted the power to be completely invisible, now I have it. :D With that, now I feel I can ask, why do you care. LOL! Seriously, If I check those stats I have to be extremely bored and thinking maybe it's time I find something else to do with my time off line. Really, because that's just way too much free time except for the mods and such. LOL
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Well April, I look at them occasionally to see whose online and whose Birthday and I have lot's of free time and nothing else I need to do so there ya go.
 
AZ Jim said:
Well April, I look at them occasionally to see whose online and whose Birthday and I have lot's of free time and nothing else I need to do so there ya go.
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LOL! Jim, you know I'm just messin, as if I'm filling my time with important things other than visiting here most of the time myself these days. :D
 
oakapple said:
AZ has more important things to do....... but nothing better to do [there's a difference!]:D
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Not true, I took care of my bird feeders, bird baths and a couple of garage tasks this early AM so I am free as a bird.
 

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