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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I was looking at the post count for the membership and thought I wasn't doing too bad. I was on page 6 of 252.
Then I started exploring backwards (from 252) and found that, from half way down page 18 to page 252, (20 members per page) all those members have zero posts.
By my reckoning, of the 5060+ members, about 4660 members have never posted anything.
That means that there are only really about 400 active members.
Thanks to the other 399 great guys n gals that make this the best bar in the world. (cheap beer too!)
...and no, I'm not bored. I've actually got a lot of work/study to do, and I'm procrastinating! |
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Location: CT | I squeeked up to page 4. All those 0 posters just want the prestige and free giveaways that goes along with membership. :) |
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Location: NJ | i guess it depends how you define active member. we have many lurkers on this page every day. it is incredible. Are they inactive? not really they just don't post, but they use the site for information and maybe even entertainment LOL |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Almost 98% of a living tree is dead matter!
Where's my coffee... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by MWoody:
Almost 98%....... is dead matter!
Sounds like my daughter's boyfriend! |
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Location: South of most, North of few | "All those 0 posters just want the prestige and free giveaways that goes along with membership."
HUH????? |
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Location: NJ | Yeah, Stephen;
But unfortunately, it's that 2% that IS "working" that you have t'worry about! . . . |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I have always found the stats here very interesting. Right from the start. There are people that use the site for reference. At least three times each week I see a "new member" notice, and it's followed shortly after by an email from that person with a question. I answer, I always add a comment about "you might want to post in the forums for a more detailed response" and that's the last I hear from them. They got what they needed, and that's great, that's part of why we are here.
Of the current 5047 members.
2067 have posted at least one messages.
261 have posted more than 10 messages. |
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Location: Santa Clarita, California | I'm a new lurker and proud of it. I met Miles on another site and he recommended Al when I was looking for a guitar. So far I have been very pleased with what I see but I don't have anything to offer yet.
Rest assured once I get started you will not be able to stop me.
Thanks-Mark |
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Location: Shotley Bridge, Northern England | I suppose I represent the 'inactive' membership to some extent, having only a few posts to my name. Miles and Al are absolutely right: I lurked, and read, and lurked and read before posting. I've benefitted enormously from the information on the board; this has directly helped in the purchase of 2 Collectors in the last 3 months. I've been helped directly by Paul T to acquire some ebony tuners (impossible otherwise here in the UK, unless ordered from the USA). I also have laughed a lot at some of the jokes, avoided falling into the 'strings, string tubes and llama' traps (not going to ask...) and overall I've been very impressed with the supportive nature of the forum. Oh, and its good to see that some people aren't shy about their spiritual and religious side too. I'm a member of other boards related to other subject areas, and sadly there is little of the humour and kindred spirit evident here; instead there are flame wars, self-appointed experts and very insular viewpoints. This is a nice place: I like it here and I intend to stick around (despite jokes about my name from Schroeder :) )
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | "Rest assured once I get started you will not be able to stop me."
He's not kidding folks!!!!! :) Yeah, I know, takes one to know one. :(
Welcome aboard Mark. |
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Location: GA USA | Mark, just don't post anything dumb like "Dixie Chicks play Ovation banjos" and you'll be okay. |
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Location: Santa Clarita, California | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
Mark, just don't post anything dumb like "Dixie Chicks play Ovation banjos" and you'll be okay. So are you suggesting to me all of the stuff Miles told be about the "Chicks" is false?
Mark ;) |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by ToUtahNow:
So are you suggesting to me all of the stuff Miles told be about the "Chicks" is false?
Mark ;) Not exactly. You might want to come to the factory tour to see how Al got this little lady to agree to go back to his room with these 7 guys... Take note of whose U681T she chose to play with :D :p :D :p
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Location: NJ | The truth IS that she felt completely "safe".
She figured, ". . If these clowns can't even play guitar, how "dangerous" could they be?? . ." |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Hmmm.. the tour is becoming more and more appealling :cool: |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | The stat's are VERY interesting.
This is the first time I have looked. Carefully and statistically analyzing the professions (what is that saying...90% of statistics are made up on the spot), the largest segment of member looks to be centered in the category "Artists". Cool, I would expect that, but then it is followed by a large number of Accountants, Bankers and Architects.
That tells me either....A) This is a very weird group of musicians (the word rententive comes to mind) or B) That based on the recommendation from these very conservative, value minded professions, the Ovation/Adamas represent the best price/performance guitars on the market. Or maybe it is both A & B?
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Location: Marlton, NJ | I did notice quite a few engineering/IT types as well... this goes to the point the the O's are very well engineered and manufactured. |
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Location: GA USA | Originally posted by ToUtahNow:
So are you suggesting to me all of the stuff Miles told be about the "Chicks" is false?
Not at all. Just that he was smart enough not to post it.
Notice the response I gave. Another pointer: a proper fear and kissuppityness of the moderators can't hurt. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by CrimsonLake:
I did notice quite a few engineering/IT types as well... this goes to the point the the O's are very well engineered and manufactured. Not necessarily. We get paid to sit in front of computers all day... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
We get paid to sit in front of computers all day... Sssshhhhhhhhhh!!! |
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Location: GA USA | Beats working. |
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Location: closely held secret | You got that right. |
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| That poor girl, in the earlier post, looks like a beautiful piece of artwork in a real bad frame!
sorry guy's.
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | and long leggs too....... :)
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Location: Boise, Idaho | First time I've looked, too. I don't know what to think about being number 12 (13th if you add both of Witko's alter egos). I have to think that people who have been members for twice as long but have half the posts must have something better to do with their lives. Then there's people like Waskel, who have been members for just a little longer, but have way more posts.
I suppose it may be an occupational hazard that I feel compelled to say something even if I don't know what I'm talking about. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | The post counts in the member directory are corrupted. A few months ago they all got temporarily set to 0. Once you made a new post it reverted back to the previous (correct) total. If you have not posted in the past few months your total is 0 even though you may have posted thousands of times prior to then. The total that is reflected in the footer of any post on the message board is accurate, only the directory is corrupted. For example look up member #51. Directory says he has 0 posts. But do a search on his posts and he actually has more than 50. So don't go making assumptions on the totals in the directory because 0 posts does not mean really 0 posts. Dave |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Thanks, Dave. Now I can quit assuming that everyone but me has a life. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | If a "ute" is all I'm expected to play with...
What can it hurt???
Our minds are willing, but.. How does the rest of that go? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Tup, not sure where you are looking. I only use the stats from my admin panel. In there it sais #51 has 52 posts. I've checked others so that's accurate. I think the "directory" may indeed be off, if that's where you are looking. Still a whole bunch 'o people. FYI... if you search on that member, and look at his posts, you will see the post count there is also correct. Interesting.. But again.. still a whole bunch'o O people. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Miles, Yes it's the directory that's the issue. Click on "directory" at the top of the page (between "my profile" and "search"). List members by member number. You'll see that the vast majority have no posts listed. For example scroll to tommcatt (I think on page 3). Member number 51. Post total is blank. But his real post count number is 52 (as you saw on the admin panel). Once he posts again the directly will show 53, instead of blank. It's a strange quirk that happened about 2 months ago. I first noticed it because Standingovation count was 5000 (I know that for a fact) but all of a sudden the directory showed zero (actually blank, but it means the same thing). SO made one more post and boom, his directory listing was back to 5001. Most of the "heavy hitters" posted so often that they never noticed that the directory temporarily went to zero. Dave |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I have to think that people who have been members for twice as long but have half the posts must have something better to do with their lives. Then there's people like Waskel, who have been members for just a little longer, but have way more posts. I hope you're not saying what I think you're saying...
Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I suppose it may be an occupational hazard that I feel compelled to say something even if I don't know what I'm talking about. Oh. Never mind, then. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | And then there are those pathetic people (ok one person) who actually spend time figuring out how the directory post count is not quite right. Man, I really ... errrr, I mean THEY really need to get a life.
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Originally posted by DVD:
Sssshhhhhhhhhh!!! I meant to say that I am one of those engineers and I have the best of all worlds... I get paid to sit at home in front of the computer (and guitars, etc.) all day long ... unless some dopey customer calls! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Once again, most would have to agree with you Dave. :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Didn't mean to pick on you, Waskel. I recall thinking that you were one of the old timers when I first discovered this board, but then noticed you registered only a month before me. |
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Location: closely held secret | I work fast. :) |
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Location: Poplar Bluff Mo | Thought I better post a reply, I'm no lurker!
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Lurkin`......what ya guys up to..?.. :eek:
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Location: SoCal | I luked for a long time...until I realized a lot of posters on this board remind me of the guys and gals I meet in my programs... :p :D :p |
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Location: ranson,wva | Originally posted by Tony Calman:
I luked for a long time...until I realized a lot of posters on this board remind me of the guys and gals I meet in my programs... :p :D :p [/QUOTE
i didnt know you worked with the mentaly disturbed tony...jason |
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Location: SoCal | well, they are assigned by the court, probation, or parole |
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Location: Central Oregon | At least they have references Tony. |
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Location: SoCal | well, guess most of them have "priors"
always wonder if they have previously "met" Moody - we may share some of the same customers :eek: |
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Location: Central Oregon | Well, they probably need "pry'ers" to get in through locked windows. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by cliff:
Yeah, Stephen;
But unfortunately, it's that 2% that IS "working" that you have t'worry about! . . . Cliff, that is the absolute scary (this being Halloween and all...) truth :eek: |
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OFC membership - interesting?? stats.