Lurkers Beware!

As part of this upgrade, we are going to "go postal" on purging unused accounts. As of the last dump we had 14,782 users. If I filter out any user with posts of 1 or fewer, and lastpostID of zero*, that purges 10,983 users. As I scroll through that list of 10,983 a lot of spammers pop out. Yes, there's possibly some legit users in there, but Mr Webmaster and I are of the mindset that we need to clear out these extraneous users for this upgrade as easily as possible, and if someone is not posting, well, they'll just have to re-create their ID. After all, it's not like they have a postcount to save...

So if you're a long-time lurker and wish to retain your UserID and sign-on date, feel free to use this thread to make a couple posts and you'll be saved...otherwise, feel free to re-create once we make the move (no ETA right now, will advise).

Greg


*"LastPostID", as you can imagine, refers to the ID of the last post, the number at the end of the URL when you select a post. Users with a post count of zero should have a zero lastpostid, however if a spammer posted and we deleted the post, the user would have a postcount of 1 but a 0 lastpostid.

There are 274 users with "posts of 1 or 0" and lastpostid of "not 0"; those for the most part appear legit.

Roger that.

Understood.

Someone PM'd me:

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Is there a way for us to check on our status (post counts) before the great purge takes place? I tried to search on my posts, but came up empty (I know it has been a while, but I have posted in the past.)

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Two ways.

One, look in your user CP. Click your name (upper right corner) then select the "Statistics" tab. You'll see your total post count there at the top.

Two, you can look yourself up (and compare in rank) by looking at the Member's List. Sort by "Posts" to see the Chatty Cathys... ;)

https://improvedtouring.coms/memberlist.php

[QUOTE=Greg Amy;353337]As part of this upgrade, we are going to "go postal" on purging unused accounts. As of the last dump we had 14,782 users. If I filter out any user with posts of 1 or fewer, and lastpostID of zero*, that purges 10,983 users. As I scroll through that list of 10,983 a lot of spammers pop out. Yes, there's possibly some legit users in there, but Mr Webmaster and I are of the mindset that we need to clear out these extraneous users for this upgrade as easily as possible, and if someone is not posting, well, they'll just have to re-create their ID. After all, it's not like they have a postcount to save...

So if you're a long-time lurker and wish to retain your UserID and sign-on date, feel free to use this thread to make a couple posts and you'll be saved...otherwise, feel free to re-create once we make the move (no ETA right now, will advise).

Greg


*"LastPostID", as you can imagine, refers to the ID of the last post, the number at the end of the URL when you select a post. Users with a post count of zero should have a zero lastpostid, however if a spammer posted and we deleted the post, the user would have a postcount of 1 but a 0 lastpostid.

There are 274 users with "posts of 1 or 0" and lastpostid of "not 0"; those for the most part appear legit.[

Kudos to you for helping,Greg!! Some of us who are "chatterboxes" may end up in a special bullpen with limited access...LOL.

Thanks again for what you are doing!!

Save me please...thanks.

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Originally Posted by EBSNASCAR

Save me please...thanks.

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Me too!

thanks

Steve

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Originally Posted by Steve35

Me too!

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Look in the upper right corner of your post; see the "Posts: 32"? Anyone that's 2 or above will not be deleted. - GA

Please save me also

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Originally Posted by bhoss

Please save me also

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You just did.

Lurk a durk......:026:

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Either the translator is f'd up, or you must be smoking something Mickey. :D

Translator is set to pig latin, not real latin. I don't smoke. :)

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ditto for safety ditto :D

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Originally Posted by bearcat74

....Members of the immune system are expected to sign up and to grow strong ...

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too funny

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Save me.(I)

Save me.(II) Thanks Greg.

In under the wire ...

T

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Originally Posted by Terry Hanushek

In under the wire ...

T

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I 'spect, with 435 posts, you're pretty "OK", Terry... ;)

Save me.

A beer. Thank you.

I don't post a lot......but I read the site a lot.....

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Originally Posted by Greg Amy

...Two, you can look yourself up (and compare in rank) by looking at the Member's List. Sort by "Posts" to see the Chatty Cathys... ;)

https://improvedtouring.coms/memberlist.php

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Wow, can't believe I made the first page of Chatty Cathy's, with all you guys... and with as little as I post these days... :blink:

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Originally Posted by Bryan88

I don't post a lot......but I read the site a lot.....

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Same here.

I would like to stay also


I used to be davegt27 on the original IT forum

davegt74

We can change your user ID once we move to the new system.

Gulp- Looked at the member list by posts. Sheesh. Bettencourt has the most, although he changed his user name somewhere along the way, so he lost 3,000 or so.
Interesting that, although its a national forum, on the first page, I know (have met and talked with personally) 24 of the 30 guys. Thats kinda cool.

You could have joined Dave and Greg and I when I was in Hartford, a few years back. Haven't been back to the North-East since an '09 trip to Boston.

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Originally Posted by lateapex911

Gulp- Looked at the member list by posts. Sheesh. Bettencourt has the most, although he changed his user name somewhere along the way, so he lost 3,000 or so.
Interesting that, although its a national forum, on the first page, I know (have met and talked with personally) 24 of the 30 guys. Thats kinda cool.

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I am only 28 posts off the first page... OK now 27 :) I guess I will just have to start posting more and stop lurking so much!

Stephen

I just looked at my profile page and noticed there is a friend button, so I clicked on it.

It was empty.

My Mom always told me that would happen eventually if I didn't start being nicer to people...

save

Pleeze keep me on this board, I know that I don't post very often, but I still enjoy it.

How about a plan old simple "+1".

Steve

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If you've made it this far...you're good. Locking thread.