It's not about the numbers in the forums, either

SamCarter · Post by **SamCarter** » 05 June 11 8:19 am

Noticed this when I logged on today

JABs · Post by **JABs** » 05 June 11 8:22 am

It would be interesting to see how many of those are active on the forums? Number who lurk and number who open an account but never return?

Post by **caughtatwork** » 05 June 11 10:35 am

Based on the "User Last Visit" column of the forum database. 1970 indicates they have signed up but never revisited the forum.

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date 	count
1970 	10928
2003 	  127
2004 	  283
2005 	  746
2006 	  889
2007 	  854
2008 	  745
2009 	 2036
2010 	 1820
2011 	 1566

Laighside Legends · Post by **Laighside Legends** » 05 June 11 11:13 am

Why is the number of members shown at the bottom of the forum index different?

Post by **caughtatwork** » 05 June 11 11:39 am

Only active accounts are listed there.

Devar · Post by **Devar** » 08 June 11 3:35 pm

How many of those would be spambots?

Post by **caughtatwork** » 08 June 11 4:12 pm

None.
We vet every signup manually and delete at the front door anyone who looks like a bot.
There are some seach bots allowed in, but they only number in the tens.

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