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Post by Registrar on Oct 13, 2014 9:08:36 GMT 8
Today I had to come up with $110 to renew my hosting of corregidor.org and the numerous sites that have grown from it. That's not the cost of the domains, that's the cost of the data storage. It got me to thinking about people who are People join us for lots of reasons. I like to think they are real people who are joining us so that they can make a contribution of their knowledge or insight, and that we can all benefit from this. Even if they only give a worthwhile post the "thumbs up" for a job well done, then they will have fulfilled a purpose. Some of our members have given a tremendous number of hours and effort into obtaining, and sharing their knowledge with us. A "thumbs-up" is a pat on the back to these good people. It costs nothing. As much as I welcome our membership, I dislike sleepers. These are people (well, they might be people) who join us, and then go promptly to sleep, and make no contributions. Not a word. Not a post. You'd be surprised how many folk have joined and we've never heard from them ever again. Ever! The problem with these members is that they are indistinguishable from phantom members, and spam bots. Who's to say they aren't bots in the first place? Soon, I will go through the members roll and delete the members who have not made a post within the first several months of their membership. I will also delete members who haven't made a post in the last couple of years. As they have done a creditable imitation of being deadweight, I will consider them surplus to our membership, and cast them overboard.
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Post by The Phantom on Oct 22, 2014 7:20:52 GMT 8
"The problem with these members is that they are indistinguishable from phantom members, and spam bots. Who's to say they aren't bots in the first place?"
I resemble that!
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Post by xray on Oct 22, 2014 18:00:52 GMT 8
"Am not a bot", though I do at times go through spells not logging in or posting for weeks sometimes months at a stretch ... But 2 years yeah thats a little extreme. I think the thing with most narrow topic specific forums, especially history, is people get interested out of the blue from googling around and find this forum. They lose interest after a while, those with more than just a passing interest or specific purpose for coming here remain. Some people join forums that they don't really plan on posting in for the ability to look at pics, which most forums block if you don't register [not sure if that is the case here or not]. Unless something jogs them to speak up, they are permanent lurkers, and whether or not they should be struck from the rolls is a judgement call for admin for any forum.
I have said before, you guys should put up a paypal donate button if you need help with finances. Or maybe an option to become a "premium member" for say $25 a year - Then at least you'd know anyone who ponies up is here to stay.
Hope all is well with everyone, haven't posted in months been a very busy summer, which is now drawing to a close.
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Post by tmayer on Oct 22, 2014 20:42:29 GMT 8
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Post by tmayer on Jan 5, 2015 7:20:03 GMT 8
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Post by oozlefinch on Jan 6, 2015 13:07:39 GMT 8
If I would like to donate, but don't have a PayPal account, how can I go about it.
Reply: The last time someone sent me a cheque, it cost me more than the cheque was worth to have it cleared. Hence PayPal. - Registrar
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Post by one50 on Jul 9, 2015 10:43:39 GMT 8
Registrar, Thanks for not "casting me overboard" But yeah, feel free to cast everyone else
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Post by Registrar on Jul 9, 2015 17:50:03 GMT 8
Not likely, with 150+ posts!
It's peculiar that we have members who have been with us for years and who have scored zero posts. As we are an open book for readers and researchers, one wonders why we never hear from them.
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