"Sign up or see ya later" ????

[agoodall]

On a daily basis i see more GUEST then MEMBERS on TST and i started to wonder if TST limits how many threads a guest can look at before it says,
"sign up or see ya later" i know other forums have this feature and i am just curious what the TST view on this subject is...personally i really dont care, but i would rather see more members logged in and less guest.....What do you think???

[Erik]

hm..Im kind of indifferent towards it. I think the TsT member count can be cleaned up a little though. If you go through the library, its just a TON of noobs that have 0 post counts and stuff. But as for your idea, that may be a good way to up the legit member count. Maybe suspend an account if left untouched for a month or 2.

[JET02WRX]

The guests aren't all actual 'guests' I asked this same question a couple weeks ago and one of the moderators pointed out that it was actually a search engine bot or something crawling the site.

[Kevin]

Yea. I agree with the member count. There are way to many unused names out there.

[05Accent]

oh...

[DropTopChevy]

For the most part I only sign on to post or view the garbage bin. Besides that I'm a guest unless I'm on my laptop which remembers me. I hate signing in on every computer lab computer everytime.

[NOPSTNS]

the guests are sometimes search bots? how creepy. but i do agree, after the sonic meet there was like 90 guests viewin the gallery and what not...and to this day i still see 90 easily. seriously, i hope its not the same 90 or look around and never sign up, whats the big deal? u pick a username and give an email and ur in...


BUT

i think tst is due for some disk cleanup....there r 7500 members easily, and i can count on two hands how many ppl actually post.

[omgjacki]

I think all the inactive accounts need to be deleted. For real.

[NOPSTNS]

lets start a petition....

agoodall, u need to edit ur thread and add a poll...all tho think the unactive members be delted vote yes and otherwise vote no.....

[Kevin]

Keep the people that were a big part of the site from the beginning that don't really post anymore but the countless people with 0-4 posts need to go.

[agoodall]

while i wont argue that people who dont post or who are inactive for a prolonged period(except for the TST originators) should have their memberships deleted, i was more thinking about lurkers who may view the site on a regular basis but never sign up....at least the ppl who sign up and never post signed up

[Erik]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Keep the people that were a big part of the site from the beginning that don't really post anymore but the countless people with 0-4 posts need to go.

+1 on that idea.

[DC Hunny5]

i've been saying this for the last year and a half about how they should delete inactive members. less than 5 posts & haven't been on for 2 months (unless they have other circumstances as to why they haven't been on)

[Erik]

Maybe the deleted usernames can be held in a database so that way if there was a reason for them being inactive, they dont have to start over again. maybe hold their name for an additional 3 months? That database shouldnt count towards the total member count either.

[SovXietday]

Um, guys, who cares? So 7500 people signed up, why bother deleting names and such, it doesn't affect you anyway!? That's just a lot of unneccessary work for the mods, with no real benefit.

[Kevin]

sooooo....

[05Accent]

eh i think that something should be done. seriously why sign up and not post.. just remain a guest then.

[dragonfly2k3]

it is alot of unnecessary work, but what else do mods have to do? haha.

[agoodall]

ok i wanted to know if guests have a limit on many threads they can look at before the forum says "you must sign up to continue looking", i am 99% sure TST doesnt have that feature...as far as people who sign up and never post i could careless, b/c at least they signed up