01-12-2004, 10:57 PM
Count Duckula,Jan 12 2004, 07:43 AM Wrote:I'm the only one missing things, Bolty. Turns out that about a third of registered Loungers are taking the site's name a bit too literally. How can you be registered at this place since March 2002 and never post?!Isn't this pretty normal? Most online forums have a vast base of registered users who don't post. That's why user counts always crack me up, boards that go "wow, we have 10,000 registered users, we rock" amuse me...since maybe 1/10th of that number is actually active...
Anyhow, there are advantages to having an account other than actually posting - for example, the message system, topic subscriptions, post tracking, etc etc - and I have no way of knowing what "inactive" users may simply have an account for that stuff alone. I dislike having accounts automatically purge after a time period - I've heard of Lurkers here disappearing for 6+ months and coming back, and I think they'd be pleased to see their accounts still here.
Of course, I keep changing forum software and that breaks the accounts all over again :)
-Bolty
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.