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1000 Users here we come!
« on: July 03, 2012, 03:53:39 pm »
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So as others may have noticed we are coming up on the big 1000 for the number of registered users here at ZFGC.  Although a small percentage of those users are actually active I think it might be cool to present the 1000th registered user with a specialized banner signifying it.  So why am I bringing this up now when there is still over 80 or so users to register before reaching 1000?  Well I thought it might be cool to have people submit multiple banners and then we will vote on the best banner to be presented to our 1000th registered user.  Starting the process now gives us a little time to get it sorted out.  So... what do you all think?
« Last Edit: July 03, 2012, 03:59:19 pm by Aero88 »
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2012, 04:20:07 pm »
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I might think of something, after I put my plans for world conquest into action...
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2012, 05:12:26 pm »
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It seems kind of odd to do given that the number of registered users changes after those who are inactive for a long while with zero posts get deleted. And given that some users register and just lurk, giving the 1000th user a banner seems arbitrary. Otherwise though welcoming new users here is always neat.
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2012, 05:18:08 pm »
Also seeing as how we're at 913 right now, I can find time to arrange for a small quick and dirty heck for a mini-party for the 1000th member on this iteration of ZFGC. xD Perhaps some javascript magic and web 2.0-ness to throw them a little browser-party, huh? Maybe everyone can join in on the fun at least one time.. hmm. Good idea, Aero. I like your style of thinking. ;)
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 05:53:23 pm »
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Har har har...  Okay so I didn't know that the user count doesn't actually reflect the number of users who have registered.  At least the idea sounded good at first...

@GM112 - If you could manage to program some browser beer for the browser party than perhaps we would have a decent turnout.   XD
« Last Edit: July 03, 2012, 05:58:08 pm by Aero88 »
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 08:44:32 pm »
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We're close to 1000, lets see. That's only 87 Alt accounts i have to make. Time to get to work
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2012, 08:47:40 am »
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watch as the user joins using IE6 and their browser shits the bed :3
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #7 on: October 07, 2012, 08:18:12 pm »
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Ha ha.  So it was already decided that it is not so big a deal to have the site say we have 1000 registered users, but I just thought I would mention that we are standing at 997 as of now.  Woot!  It took approximately 3 months to get here from the 80 or so we had when I started this topic.  How long must I wait for the next 3.   :-*
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« Reply #8 on: October 07, 2012, 09:14:54 pm »
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Starting from 27717 through 27767 (the last 50 users registered, registered between August 28 and October 7):

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27717 - adbot
27718 - former member xtremeexe
27719 - barely active (for about 3 minutes)
27720 - adbot
27721 - adbot
27722 - someone who posted which is good
27723 - account deleted
27724 - account deleted
27725 - adbot
27726 - adbot
27727 - never active

27728 - someone who posted which is good
27729 - never active
27730 - fairly active
27731 - never active
27732 - never active
27733 - never active
27734 - never active
27735 - never active
27736 - never active
27737 - barely active (for about 20 minutes)

27738 - probably an adbot
27739 - barely active (for about 1 minute)
27740 - never active
27741 - barely active (for about 20 minutes)
27742 - former member Kesha
27743 - never active
27744 - never active
27745 - never active
27746 - barely active (for about 1 minute)
27747 - barely active (for about 20 minutes)

27748 - barely active (for about 1 minute)
27749 - fairly active
27750 - fairly active
27751 - fairly active
27752 - barely active (for about 1 minute)
27753 - fairly active
27754 - fairly active
27755 - barely active (for about 14 minutes)
27756 - barely active (for about 11 minutes)
27757 - someone who posted which is good

27758 - account deleted
27759 - someone who posted which is good
27760 - never active
27761 - barely active (for about 4 minutes)
27762 - fairly active
27763 - never active
27764 - barely active (for about 20 minutes)
27765 - barely active
27766 - barely active
27767 - barely active

In that list, the "fairly" have been active for more than a hour but tend to be up to a few days - some of which are not the same day, but most of them being the within the same time. And in that list, only a few have posted. So in terms of how long it would take for the next 3 users to register, it could certain happen within the month of October - well I'd be surprised if it wasn't.
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2012, 09:59:18 pm »
Well that's an interesting analysis. To be honest, there were probably a few hundred spambot accounts when this current administration took power. Ken aka MiN decided to prune the inactive users who hadn't logged on for a year(I think it was a year), with 0 posts and that dropped the member count a good 1000.

Just something worth noting. I should probably write that javascript I jokingly mentioned though.
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #10 on: October 07, 2012, 10:09:53 pm »
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Two users more to go!
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2012, 01:07:00 am »
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Starting from 27717 through 27767 (the last 50 users registered, registered between August 28 and October 7):

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Long freaking list

In that list, the "fairly" have been active for more than a hour but tend to be up to a few days - some of which are not the same day, but most of them being the within the same time. And in that list, only a few have posted. So in terms of how long it would take for the next 3 users to register, it could certain happen within the month of October - well I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

Thats a lot of checking accounts just to say the 3 people could register this month >.>
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2012, 01:13:20 pm »
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We're just one user more to go!
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2012, 02:44:45 pm »
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Starting from 27717 through 27767 (the last 50 users registered, registered between August 28 and October 7):

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Long freaking list

In that list, the "fairly" have been active for more than a hour but tend to be up to a few days - some of which are not the same day, but most of them being the within the same time. And in that list, only a few have posted. So in terms of how long it would take for the next 3 users to register, it could certain happen within the month of October - well I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

Thats a lot of checking accounts just to say the 3 people could register this month >.>

Meh, I'm looking at this from the perspective of if a year passes since the last purge and another purge is done - the number is going to change again with a likely possibility of putting the number beneath 1000 again (and the number of 1000 has been hit many times at different points in ZFGC's history already). Or that even if another purge is not done, the number is reached knowing that a good number of those users were never going to have been active or post at all (or that some are confirmed spam-bots).

But also meh, in trying to express a logical point I am probably coming off as nothing but someone who wants to ruin other people's fun - or rather that if I don't think there is significance in all of this why should I make it seem as if I care so much. I'll shut up now.
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2012, 08:48:21 pm »
Starting from 27717 through 27767 (the last 50 users registered, registered between August 28 and October 7):

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Long freaking list

In that list, the "fairly" have been active for more than a hour but tend to be up to a few days - some of which are not the same day, but most of them being the within the same time. And in that list, only a few have posted. So in terms of how long it would take for the next 3 users to register, it could certain happen within the month of October - well I'd be surprised if it wasn't.

Thats a lot of checking accounts just to say the 3 people could register this month >.>

Meh, I'm looking at this from the perspective of if a year passes since the last purge and another purge is done - the number is going to change again with a likely possibility of putting the number beneath 1000 again (and the number of 1000 has been hit many times at different points in ZFGC's history already).
No, another purge won't be done because our team is absolutely against any form of purges except for obvious spam.

The last one was merely an exception as there was a handful of spambot accounts that accumulated over the years that we really didn't think twice about the potential consequences to doing an account purge. But no more.
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« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2012, 10:13:22 pm »
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And, we're at the thousand. Congratulations to icelink256, he was the 1000th user  :D
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« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2012, 10:34:56 pm »
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I've never been keen on purging, except for when spammers attack/flood something, then obviously clean up the mess.

Purging leaves holes in conversations and erases growth based on not just normal growth but growth due to a specific historical event (like the release of something) or the day we felt the 'digg effect' for example.

Removal of users should only be done when spamming occurs, imo.
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2012, 10:40:26 pm »
^ Agreed. lol.

Which is what happened over a large period so that was mainly the justification for that(some were manually deleted, but there was a large surplus of spambot accounts from about 6 years of accumulation.. not really fault of anyone). But yeah, we had the digg moment back in 2007, then the OOT2D moment in April of this year, and again with Antidote's Skyward Sword work in May.

So that's another reason for influx of new users that lead up to the rebuild to 1000.
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Re: 1000 Users here we come!
« Reply #18 on: October 10, 2012, 11:56:39 am »
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And now we have 1001 users  :D
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