Population explosion

xoxoxoBruce · 10-08-2005, 05:07 PM

Holy Cow! 2499 members.
If each one kicked in a buck a week, UT could afford to live in a style he'd like to become accustomed to.

Elspode · 10-08-2005, 07:04 PM

Deserving as UT is, I'm betting the active membership is about 5% of that number, even on a very busy day.

capnhowdy · 10-10-2005, 07:01 PM

most of them come in, post one or two two worders and 37 smilies, and are back to the chat rooms. I'm always amazed at how many members on the members list have 0 - 2 posts in months or years. Maybe they're lurkers. Does the membership remain active even if you never post? Or don't post in eons? Just wondering.
And yes UT does a super job. A job I'm not sure I would relish.

Tonchi · 10-19-2005, 11:59 PM

We have "42,093 Registered User(s)" at Thalia.com, where I am Administrator and Moderator, and if even 200 of them post I would be surprised. I would be grateful, actually

capnhowdy · 10-26-2005, 06:26 AM

I've noticed lately that a lot of the new users (especially the younger ones) are evidently so used to chat rooms that nearly every thread becomes a yo-yo type conversation with two or more members, Veering miles off topic usually. It is becoming increasingly hard to post your input without one of the newbies reviewing and rebutting it . A new wave of kiddie internet therapists? Oh well.......

ashke · 10-26-2005, 07:19 AM

Is that so bad/new? Do only veterans have legitimate rights to "[veer] miles off topic" and "reviewing and rebutting" input?

Sundae · 10-26-2005, 08:32 AM

Speaking for myself I would prefer to be told if I break the unwritten rules of a forum.

Its a little embarrassing to get a polite request (private or public) to move my O/T post to another thread, but I'd rather have that than find months later I'm slowly grating the nerves of the veterans......

I don't mind whether the threads stay on topic or evolve into conversation as I have no history here (yet?) but I'll play nice if I know what y'all prefer.

wolf · 10-26-2005, 01:25 PM

We don't have much in the way of unwritten rules. Well, there is, "Do not provoke TW, but if you do, you gotta deal with it."

We only have three actual written rules. It's been a while since I checked.

Undertoad · 10-26-2005, 01:33 PM

You can see 'em if you hit "register" at the top of the page.

Elspode · 10-26-2005, 01:53 PM

Veering wildly off topic seems to be pretty common here in The Cellar. As long as it is either amusing or literate, no one seems to mind very much. It is kind of like living below a broken dam...you just go with the flow.

BigV · 10-26-2005, 02:02 PM

*ahem*

sorry.

capnhowdy · 10-27-2005, 06:35 AM

cock

capnhowdy · 10-27-2005, 06:36 AM

I feel better now.

Trilby · 10-27-2005, 09:14 AM

everybody feels better after a little 'cock'.

Oh, man, I'm lonely.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2005, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

everybody feels better after a little 'cock'.

That, I can help you with.

10-08-2005, 05:07 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Population explosion Holy Cow! 2499 members. If each one kicked in a buck a week, UT could afford to live in a style he'd like to become accustomed to. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-08-2005, 07:04 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Deserving as UT is, I'm betting the active membership is about 5% of that number, even on a very busy day. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-10-2005, 07:01 PM	#3
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	most of them come in, post one or two two worders and 37 smilies, and are back to the chat rooms. I'm always amazed at how many members on the members list have 0 - 2 posts in months or years. Maybe they're lurkers. Does the membership remain active even if you never post? Or don't post in eons? Just wondering. And yes UT does a super job. A job I'm not sure I would relish. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-19-2005, 11:59 PM	#4
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	We have "42,093 Registered User(s)" at Thalia.com, where I am Administrator and Moderator, and if even 200 of them post I would be surprised. I would be grateful, actually __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

10-26-2005, 06:26 AM	#5
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I've noticed lately that a lot of the new users (especially the younger ones) are evidently so used to chat rooms that nearly every thread becomes a yo-yo type conversation with two or more members, Veering miles off topic usually. It is becoming increasingly hard to post your input without one of the newbies reviewing and rebutting it . A new wave of kiddie internet therapists? Oh well....... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-26-2005, 07:19 AM	#6
ashke Don't look at me! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 288	Is that so bad/new? Do only veterans have legitimate rights to "[veer] miles off topic" and "reviewing and rebutting" input?

10-26-2005, 08:32 AM	#7
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Speaking for myself I would prefer to be told if I break the unwritten rules of a forum. Its a little embarrassing to get a polite request (private or public) to move my O/T post to another thread, but I'd rather have that than find months later I'm slowly grating the nerves of the veterans...... I don't mind whether the threads stay on topic or evolve into conversation as I have no history here (yet?) but I'll play nice if I know what y'all prefer.

10-26-2005, 01:25 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	We don't have much in the way of unwritten rules. Well, there is, "Do not provoke TW, but if you do, you gotta deal with it." We only have three actual written rules. It's been a while since I checked. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-26-2005, 01:33 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	You can see 'em if you hit "register" at the top of the page.

10-26-2005, 01:53 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Veering wildly off topic seems to be pretty common here in The Cellar. As long as it is either amusing or literate, no one seems to mind very much. It is kind of like living below a broken dam...you just go with the flow. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

10-26-2005, 02:02 PM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	ahem sorry. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-27-2005, 06:35 AM	#12
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	cock __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-27-2005, 06:36 AM	#13
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I feel better now. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

10-27-2005, 09:14 AM	#14
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	everybody feels better after a little 'cock'. Oh, man, I'm lonely. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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