[mrbowenz]

I was curious about the readership on this forum and checked in on the member list stats( good # for a new forum I think ) , but one thing I have noticed not just here but many forums is the number of people who take the time to register , choose a user name , go through all the steps of signing up for a unique identity and never post a single "hello"  or comment.

So here on this forum we have 7817  members of which 6570 people who registered ,but never made a post .............yet ?

Just saying  

[MrNate]

Maybe a lot of accounts created during testing? Or maybe a lot of people create an account, then read one of Weaze's posts. Or see one of his pictures.

[dj99]

Maybe they don't want to be identified in their posts as a "1st Kit" brewer? 

[tygo]

Registering makes lurking and reading the forum easier even if you don't want to post.  But yeah, that seems like a high number of people registering and not posting.

[beerocd]

Registering makes lurking and reading the forum easier even if you don't want to post.  But yeah, that seems like a high number of people registering and not posting.

This place would be impossible with that many active users. I am shocked at the level of activity some days, it's already hard to keep up with everything going on here.

[weazletoe]

What everyone reading this post needs to realize and consider is that 83.7% of all statistics are made up, right on the spot. 

[MrNate]

Maybe they don't want to be identified in their posts as a "1st Kit" brewer? 

We should probably change that to "1st Kilt"

[theDarkSide]

I registered back in November 2009.  When I search out my login name, there are 3 entries for me, 2 of which are the same login name but two distinct entries.  They were both created on 3/22/10.  So maybe it's just not me but some others who have mulitple entries but don't know it.

For the admins, the 2 accounts are 2933 and 2934, both under the name "stevo155".  My account 202, under "thedarkside" is the one I use.  Have no idea what happened in March 2010 ( can barely remember yesterday ).

[MrNate]

Yeah, there are a lot of dupes in there. Only one of me, though.

[dak0415]

Maybe it's time to purge users that have 0 minutes online, I take that to mean they have never logged in.

[tschmidlin]

There's 2 entries for me too.  One shows that I've never logged in.  There should be a way to search for accounts that have never been used but were created more than 1 month ago, and delete those.  Or maybe it's just not a priority.

[denny]

Since we're all volunteers maintaining this site, I can tell you that it's not a priority for me!

[bluesman]

Since we're all volunteers maintaining this site, I can tell you that it's not a priority for me!

Agreed Denny. 

Maybe if there was some added value to removing them it would be worthwhile, but I don't see any redeeming qualities .

[duder]

I don't post here much but I still frequent the site.  PLEASE, PLEASE,  PLEASE don't delete me!

Good Luck

[theDarkSide]

Since we're all volunteers maintaining this site, I can tell you that it's not a priority for me!

But my alter-egos keep taunting me then delete their posts so I can't prove it...

Or is this some AHA conspiracy to overinflate the forum numbers, like when the police multiply drug busts by a factor of 5 when estimating street values....hmmmm..