Has anyone else noticed the great (for us) number of lurkers on the board lately?

Be nice if some of them would sign up and post. :)

Has anyone else noticed the great (for us) number of lurkers on the board lately?
That's just warrior screwing with a library's computers.

Do you mean lurkers like this individual, who is accumulating identities for future activities? (And all with the same IP Address, no less?)

• Aheunicv
• Daaccmyb
• Dsmrgwxa
• Iyjtdwbh
• Juyxrbao
• Laayrarr
• Lsaxshsh
• Mffybett
• Mjpomzjc
• Ouzriejp
• Pjdiuewr
• Rizkuvbv
• Rynfpech
• Sbxkuzvo
• Soqeqsgl
• Tgcvciqp
• Vgindvnn
• Wdfqpxda
• Wxksxnuo
• Wyprnbpm
• Xeiffiyp
• Yawfmmgj
• Zhoofuju
• Zlthflkf


They all signed up over the past few days, during the exact timeframe that another notorious troll was busy doing the troll thing.


Give us a day or two, we'll get them cleaned out of the system.

Do you mean lurkers like this individual, who is accumulating identities for future activities? (And all with the same IP Address, no less?)No, I mean having 150 or 200 guests who aren't members. We used to hardly ever have more than 40 or so.

Probably Evakian has it right.

Since you brought it up, though, I am curious about something. I thought Borg put an auto-ban on warrior's IP. Is that in effect or not? The reason I ask is that when nighthawk showed up I thought you said she was using the same IP as warrior.

I think we should close off all the bases to guests (Except Introductions and Feedback) (So it says 'PRIVATE' and they cant view anything w/o being logged in)

I disagree, Dude. If we don't allow new people to at least read the posts in different threads how will they know if they like the site or not? I joined another site where newcomers were basically in purgatory for the first week or so before they could post on anything but the introduction board. Most people got fed up and left before finalizing their membership.

Perhaps we should have a heirarchy of membership. When you begin you can respond to posts but not start new threads, or something like that but I would hate to not allow people to read the threads.

Sparky, your really settling into this new job very well haha.

I disagree, Dude. If we don't allow new people to at least read the posts in different threads how will they know if they like the site or not? I joined another site where newcomers were basically in purgatory for the first week or so before they could post on anything but the introduction board. Most people got fed up and left before finalizing their membership.

Perhaps we should have a heirarchy of membership. When you begin you can respond to posts but not start new threads, or something like that but I would hate to not allow people to read the threads.

The first part of your post I agree with Frogger. A forum never grows unless people can see what they are getting themselves into. And once that happens certain death follows.

The second part... well... here come the rules... Just the word hierarchy makes me shudder. Another certain death move. Let's not go there.

I agree, Sal.

Everyone should have equal opportunity to either show their ass or contribute in some meaningful fashion.

:hula:

I agree, Sal.

Everyone should have equal opportunity to either show their ass or contribute in some meaningful fashion.

:hula:

Hey! I resemble that remark!

players and spectators!!! there are always way more fans than competitors. that's what brings the best out of those in the arena. they are necessary...

but they also carry a brand like "LURKER" yikes!!!

FF'er

I agree, Sal.

Everyone should have equal opportunity to either show their ass or contribute in some meaningful fashion.

:hula:
You bring back memories to older members about a guy named manlyhose. This is a poor route of discussion.

And Dude, there is no way in hell I'm making the forums registration-required to read.

I agree that browsing the site and reading posts helps people get a feel for whether they will enjoy being a part of said community on said site.

But,heres an idea instead of making it so they can't post a new thread.......they have to post a picture of themselves in their underwear...........hmmmmmm.......
:lolhit:

But,heres an idea instead of making it so they can't post a new thread.......they have to post a picture of themselves in their underwear...........hmmmmmm.......
:lolhit:Well, it looks like you're the first one that new rule applies to. Come on, let's see it. :D

Welcome Michelle. I'd like to see a pic of you in your underwear.:D

Welcome Michelle. I'd like to see a pic of you in your underwear.:D

Just another old gent like Paul, humour them and they behave, eventually... :D

Down Fergie, down boy. ::someone get the chair::

Oh my gawd...see what happens when new meat shows up... ;)

Thats what I was trying to say Sal.

Just another old gent like Paul, humour them and they behave, eventually... :D

Down Fergie, down boy. ::someone get the chair::

Oh my gawd...see what happens when new meat shows up... ;)
Hell Sal, I'm not one to discriminate. I'd like to see a pic of you in your undies as well!!:D

Here.

hey now gentlemen.....I am a lady and I never lurked here,I just jumped in and tossed myself to the wolves:smile2:

Hell Sal, I'm not one to discriminate. I'd like to see a pic of you in your undies as well!!:D
Sal don't wear undies, Fergie.:thumbs:

Yowser

Sal don't wear undies, Fergie.:thumbs:


Yeah and I do shave... apparently... everywhere... ;)

Imp I don't know how many times I have to tell you those photos of me were not for public view...

Ah not to worry, that baby is gonna get removed soon due to...well, let's just call it over-exposure...

And for the record, her ass is nicer than mine but she ain't got nothing on my chest and she is younger by far...

Sorry Sal. ;)

You have a good point, kiddies abound.

*I'll be expecting more pics from you soon*

Sal don't wear undies, Fergie.:thumbs:

Not a good idea. A woman I worked with told the story about how her husband didn't wear underwear and he zipped up too fast one time and really hurt himself. I don't know what's worse, the fact that some guy managed to hurt himself or that his wife went and blabbed about it, dammit.

Not a good idea. A woman I worked with told the story about how her husband didn't wear underwear and he zipped up too fast one time and really hurt himself. I don't know what's worse, the fact that some guy managed to hurt himself or that his wife went and blabbed about it, dammit.
What do you mean not a good idea? For guys maybe, but not us women.I have several dresses like this one I love to wear, Darth...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/tormented/vdaydress.jpg
I think it's alot different with a woman not wearing undies than a man.
Accidents happen, but I'd say the fact that she went around and blabbed about it is far worse.

Imp, you are as wise as you are beautiful;

I myself wear a similar dress, and never once have I zipped my wiener into a painful state while wearing that garment.

It's simple math really. If A = B and B = C, then it only follows that the square of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the zipper-gristle.

Thanks for elucidating that for the rest of the great unwashed masses, you brilliant minx!

:thumbs:

What do you mean not a good idea? For guys maybe, but not us women.I have several dresses like this one I love to wear, Darth...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/tormented/vdaydress.jpg
I think it's alot different with a woman not wearing undies than a man.
Accidents happen, but I'd say the fact that she went around and blabbed about it is far worse.


Oh, Imp, I was talking about the guys, not the women. You can't wear a dress like the one show and underwear at the same time, dammit.

haha I know that Darth. But you quoted me saying 'Sal don't wear undies', and that had nothing to do with Sal and her lack of them.

haha I know that Darth. But you quoted me saying 'Sal don't wear undies', and that had nothing to do with Sal and her lack of them.

For some reason, I thought Sal was a guy.

Whoops.

Dammit.

For some reason, I thought Sal was a guy.

Whoops.

Dammit.
Thats what I thought. :D No worries, I'll let you live, not so sure about Sal though.

And as for you, my dear Sparky, you may now kiss my cheek.

*Imp hikes up dress* :thumbs:

I have several dresses like this one I love to wearhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/tormented/vdaydress.jpgWow.

Hell Sal, I'm not one to discriminate. I'd like to see a pic of you in your undies as well!!:D
I hate to break the news to you, but Sal's avatar IS Sal in her undies. Nothing but feathers and webbed feet, and a bill that will knock your socks off

troublemaker!

Here.

WTF? Exxxxxcuse me. I wanted it noted and for the record, that the bill size in that picture is totally, totally INACCURATE. My bill, is much, much larger.

Show a little sensitivity when posting such things. My bill size is equally as important to me as certain of your appendages.

::sniff::

I hate to break the news to you, but Sal's avatar IS Sal in her undies. Nothing but feathers and webbed feet, and a bill that will knock your socks off

See Paul, Ride understands about "bill size".

::hurumph::

For some reason, I thought Sal was a guy.

Whoops.

Dammit.

OMFG... I am howling... Darth, I loves ya buddy. All these years you thought I was a guy?

Was it the squiggle... hehe...With a little squiggle behind and in front.... well, never mind... there's a term for that with the hands it's called ambidextrous and I don't know what it's called for a guy with two... ya know....maybe it's ambidexterities....;) Does this mean you can hug me now... :D OMG...that is the BEST.

I wants a hug!

Hugs Sal.

http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/hug.gif

Hugs Sal.

http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/h/hug.gif

awwwwwwwwww... likewise Sparkster... hey wait....you just want to get close enough to steal one of my pretty feathers.... I know....

he beat ya Darth, but I'll still hold ya to it... :D

Sal,

((((hugs))))

Sorry about the mistaken identity, it's just that Sal isn't a common girl's name. My girlfriend's kid had a male friend named Sal who spent way too much time hanging around my house, yuck. So, I just assumed, dammit.

If it makes you feel better, some guy tried to pick me up on a chatroom. He thought I was a girl. Does "shocklance" sound feminine to you? "He" started by saying how long I wanted to be single, I was thinking this is rather bold for a girl. I replied "not long." He then launches into a spiel about his blue eyes and how big his muscles are. I'm thinking "uh oh." So, I type in "hey, I'm a guy."

Dead silence for about 15 seconds, then he said

WHAT!!

I replied, "I'm a guy there dude, what made you think I was female?" I mean, I had a profile clearly stating I was male. He left, real quick. Of course, I had to go back to the main chatroom and tell the story. I wasn't going mention the guy's NAME or anything, I was going to let him have his dignity, but he got all defensive and starting yelling that he wasn't a fag and all. I thought it was funny at the time, poor guy, dammit.

My little misassumption reminded me of that story, so I just had to share.

Dammit.

Shocklance?....ooooh. :flowers:

Shocklance.
Yummmy!!

http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/DGV/DGV071/200150952-001.jpg

Sal,

((((hugs))))

Sorry about the mistaken identity, it's just that Sal isn't a common girl's name. My girlfriend's kid had a male friend named Sal who spent way too much time hanging around my house, yuck. So, I just assumed, dammit.

If it makes you feel better, some guy tried to pick me up on a chatroom. He thought I was a girl. Does "shocklance" sound feminine to you? "He" started by saying how long I wanted to be single, I was thinking this is rather bold for a girl. I replied "not long." He then launches into a spiel about his blue eyes and how big his muscles are. I'm thinking "uh oh." So, I type in "hey, I'm a guy."

Dead silence for about 15 seconds, then he said

WHAT!!

I replied, "I'm a guy there dude, what made you think I was female?" I mean, I had a profile clearly stating I was male. He left, real quick. Of course, I had to go back to the main chatroom and tell the story. I wasn't going mention the guy's NAME or anything, I was going to let him have his dignity, but he got all defencive and starting yelling that he wasn't a fag and all. I thought it was funny at the time, poor guy, dammit.

My little misassumption reminded me of that story, so I just had to share.

Dammit.

hehe...(((hugs back))) Actually, you are not the first to make such an error. Sal can be short for Salvadore and various other names. In my case "S A L" ... those are my initials for my name. Also you mainly post in politics or world news. When posting there I have a different style than I would use in say Chat or religion.

On another forum, a guy basically called me out, wanted to fight, was baiting me and made references to my anatomy. I thought it was hilarious. When he found out I was female, he felt stupid for having escalated that far and it pretty much ended our aggression toward each other from there on in as we had a humour connection to fall back on. Even though we were politically polarized in almost every way.

Actually that's one of the things I love about posting boards. Opinion do not have to be attached to a sex. An opinion does not have to coloured by the sex of the person presenting. So actually I took it as a compliment.

And thanks for sharing the chat story. It is funny. Shocklance sounds pretty neutral actually. And a good reminder that all is not always as it appears to be. :)

Catch ya in another thread.

OK, right now there are 150 viewers in World News and 9 in Politics. It's 6:30 in the a.m.

What the hell!?

It's because of my deathless prose.

It's because we all have split personalities. :D

Actually I have always wondered about the number of supposed "guests" that are regularly present. An hour before you posted this around 5 O'clock just before I signed in there were zero members and over a hundred guests then too.

I remember (I think it was Napster) once saying to SMW something about there being BOTs who check all posts (not real people).... I always meant to ask him what the hell that was all about...

Where do you see the number of people viewing the site, Sal? I just don't see it anywhere.

Never mind. I found it.

I remember (I think it was Napster) once saying to SMW something about there being BOTs who check all posts (not real people).... I always meant to ask him what the hell that was all about...

Google and Yahoo send out slurp BOTS that scan posts for key words. I had them all the time on my board. I was banning them but they'd be back later, haha.
They collect the posts for different reasons, usually info for stats. I found out they actually were mirroring my board because after it got deleted from the server *because RJ didn't pay*, I found it again later thru one of The Dude's links.
You can make your own bot to search the net for you. Don't ask me how, I've never done it but a guy I know from another forum I visit does it. He makes interactive bots too, ones that you can have a convo with.

I'd say that would be a large reason why we have so many lurkers.

Imp do you think government bots would be scanning looking for subversive posts? I do, but I can tend toward the paranoid at times. Then again it would now be a security measure much more than ever before.

Imp do you think government bots would be scanning looking for subversive posts?

I bet there are, but not so much for subversive posts as much as threatening or terroristic posts.

I bet there are, but not so much for subversive posts as much as threatening or terroristic posts.

Actually, the more I think about it the more I think they must have. And if they don't, they should. But you are right, not so much for subversive posts but threatening or terroristic posts.

I think alot of it has to do with the mention of brand names, too. On Yahell, they have a system of recommending a post, which alot of trolls have fun with. But I know once I mentioned having gotten a Tempurpedic matress and how great it was... and BINGO, that post had a bunch of RECS real quick!

Y'all are probably right about monitoring for terroristic stuff too... but you gotta wonder... WHO does the monitoring?

I can hear it now: phone rings -- "Thank you for calling the National BOTS Center for Message Board Scrutiny. At the sound of the tone, please leave your IP address and we'll get back to you ASAP."

;)
SMW

Imp do you think government bots would be scanning looking for subversive posts? I do, but I can tend toward the paranoid at times. Then again it would now be a security measure much more than ever before. O, most definitely Sal. and like you said,threatening or terroristic posts, moreso code words used.
You are not paranoid at all, big brother is watching and reading right along beside us... and sometimes posting.
I had a friend in Ny who, right after 911, tried hacking into the CeeEyeAay computer. I told him he was friggin' nuts. They managed to bypass his answering machine and in amazement he picked up the phone. They told him they know him and what he is doing and will be there immmediately the next time they see him even attempt to hack them. They told him he is being watched now.
My friend is a borderline genius. He lacks the common sense god gave a goose. He was more impressed they bypassed his answering machine then the fact he was staring federal prison in the face. Needless to say I will NOT communicate with him via the net.

We are all being monitered to some extent, every post, email or PM we make is being recorded. They don't care about peons like us, but our info IS being collected. I was shocked as hell when I seen the mirror site to my board.
We are like an electronic ant farm and yes, people get paid to sit there and study us. We have the freedm to surf the net and post as we wish, they have the same freedom to gather our info. My two cents.

SMW's right too, keywords to brand names. That's from the ad companies for their info and stats and desire to stuff pop ups in our face.

I had a friend in Ny who, right after 911, tried hacking into the CeeEyeAay computer. I told him he was friggin' nuts. They managed to bypass his answering machine and in amazement he picked up the phone. They told him they know him and what he is doing and will be there immmediately the next time they see him even attempt to hack them. They told him he is being watched now.
My friend is a borderline genius. He lacks the common sense god gave a goose. He was more impressed they bypassed his answering machine then the fact he was staring federal prison in the face. Needless to say I will NOT communicate with him via the net.


Now that's an amazing story!! Talk about stirring up trouble for ones self!

I remember when Al Gore first invented the internet and we were all scared to death our employers would be reading every word we typed 'on their nickle.' While definitely POSSIBLE, it never really became a reality. How many people are interested in wading through millions of emails about one's Aunt Edna and the boil on her butt in the hopes of getting to jucier stuff?

Some companies (like TI here) do 'word searches' to catch any obscene behavior by their employees. But like any 'system' there's always a way around it. (A friend who works there found out they have another email server that doesn't go thru the clearance machine, so he encourages me to send him dirty stuff to that address. Of course, I never do. *koff*)

:)
SMW

Geez guys, thanks for the info and interesting reads...::looks around carefully and tiptoes out the door::

Geez guys, thanks for the info and interesting reads...::looks around carefully and tiptoes out the door::

If you were American they'd just toss you in jail for a while, but since you're a damn foreigner the CIA will do some extraordinary rendition on your ass and you'll wake up in a Turkish prison. You better say something nice about Dick Cheney to be on the safe side.

If you were American they'd just toss you in jail for a while, but since you're a damn foreigner the CIA will do some extraordinary rendition on your ass and you'll wake up in a Turkish prison. You better say something nice about Dick Cheney to be on the safe side.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q17/_Sal__photo/Dogs__Bulldog_begs_prv.gif

Dick let's not beat around "the bush", I will do what ever it takes to stay out of prison... ::wink, wink, nudge, nudge::

Dick let's not beat around "the bush", I will do what ever it takes to stay out of prison... ::wink, wink, nudge, nudge::

Dick uses ducks (and people) for target practice. He has no other uses for you.