Posted November 21, 200618 yr That's right, we hit 1,000 members this week with the registration of SunnySusie! :clap: SunnySusie, we'd like to congratulate you and if you reply to this thread within one week, you'll receive a prize package! The prizes include an UrbanOhio.com bumpersticker, a signed copy of "Cleveland's Downtown Architecture", and prints of photos taken by some of UrbanOhio's photographers! All you need to do is reply here by Tuesday, November 28th! :-) Thank you to ALL of our members for making this a great forum, keep up the great work! :clap: clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
November 21, 200618 yr Just to let you know...I am actually SunnySusie....I just masquerade around as UncleRando. So go ahead and send the prize package to me!
November 21, 200618 yr Riiiight... it's just those pesky IP addresses don't match! ;-) Of course, having two screen names ALSO violates forum rules... :whip: :lol: clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
November 21, 200618 yr Riiiight... it's just those pesky IP addresses don't match! ;-) Of course, having two screen names ALSO violates forum rules... :whip: :lol: But you can change identities when you cross into another state, right? :lol:
November 21, 200618 yr Damnit! I was number 500 and I thought that was pretty cool. I had no idea there was a whole prize package for number 1000! I knew I should have waited longer. :wink: Anyhow, congrats SunnySusie and it looks like the count on female forumers just went up a tick as well.
November 21, 200618 yr Pretty exciting stuff. Congrats to SunnySusie. Hopefully she sees the thread and doesn't pass it up. Just out of curiosity, is this board's traffic growing? With all of the pictures and news and various topics we all discuss, i'm sure google and yahoo pick up this site like crazy.
November 21, 200618 yr Growing? No. Exploding? Yes. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 22, 200618 yr "Maybe you should put her screen name in the title." True, but for such a momentous occasion I think EVERY forumer should be checking this thread! :-D clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
November 22, 200618 yr Just for fun, I plotted the new members by month from inception through October 2006.
November 22, 200618 yr Ok, if Susie Sunshine doesn't get the prize, then Alabama definitely should... plotting the history of new members in Excel is the epitome of urban dork-ness...which is the true spirit of Urban Ohio!
November 22, 200618 yr how can you a member find out what their member number is? I think that would cool to know.
November 22, 200618 yr Why do you want to know, Mr. 183? (At least, that's my assumption...I clicked on your name, and the URL includes the text, "u=183")
November 22, 200618 yr So wait, I was nearly the 1000th member? That would have been great as a Michigander. I should have sat back and waited until the 999th member registered.
November 22, 200618 yr Hmm. When I click on my name, it says 323. But if I sort the member list by join date, I show up at 304. Maybe some user names have been deleted over time. Alabama "the urban dork" ExPat
November 22, 200618 yr Hmm. When I click on my name, it says 323. But if I sort the member list by join date, I show up at 304. Maybe some user names have been deleted over time. Alabama "the urban dork" ExPat Go by the one that is in the members list. We have deleted some here and there so the one that you see when you click on your name is incorrect. :)
November 22, 200618 yr ok...I must be blind or something because I still can't see my member registration number! :cry:
November 23, 200618 yr Just for fun, I plotted the new members by month from inception through October 2006. Interesting that there's such a huge peak in new members in January to March in the last two years. I guess people are suffering from cabin fever during the depths of winter. That also tells me we don't have enough winter sports or cold-weather events to keep us busy during those months. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 26, 200618 yr Umm...so this SunnySusie hasn't been active since the morning of November 21, the day she registered. Did we scare her away already?
November 26, 200618 yr If I walked into a bar, and suddenly everyone started hailing my presence, offering to buy me drinks if only I sat down next to them, then talking about whose bathroom graffiti was oldest, I'd probably find a way to sneak out while they were distracted...
November 26, 200618 yr I guess that would make me # 424! Damn I missed the prize by a mere 576 members!!!!! Patience IS a virtue :|
November 27, 200618 yr That would be ironic if EXURBkid was hailed on an urban affairs forum! exurb- the ring of prosperous rural communities beyond the suburbs that, due to availability via the new high-speed limited-access highways, were becoming dormitory communities for an urban area. thank you wikipedia Urban centers depend on the exurbs!
November 27, 200618 yr Okay ... MayDay and ColDay ... I want to cancel my account please. Without reinstation, sure. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 27, 200618 yr Okay ... MayDay and ColDay ... I want to cancel my account please. Without reinstation, sure. You make it sound like a political position. ;)
November 27, 200618 yr Yes, Vishnu. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 27, 200618 yr Urban centers depend on the exurbs! Hang around kid. You'll soon discover that exurbs are the bane, not the promise, for urban centers.
November 28, 200618 yr Shhh, Magyar. We're trying to lure him into the city so he'll give us money for beer.
December 8, 200618 yr ^If that was the case, we'd hardly have 200 forumers, maybe even less. I didn't say delete all dormant accounts, just the ones with 0 posts. I've mentioned this before.
December 10, 200618 yr At the last Cincinnati meet there were a few people there who said they never post but read almost daily. Deleting their accounts would be kinda rude.
December 10, 200618 yr That's a great thought - I similarly use a few other messageboards where I'd never post (sports forums, say - no good ever came from posting on a sports forum - but they're very interesting to read), and losing the ability to track what's been read and what's left unread would blow... Though the pruning could be limited to those accounts that have never posted and have not been active since signing up...but again, I don't see what possible benefit that could be, unless maybe someone were trying to use up all the cool usernames...
December 10, 200618 yr At the last Cincinnati meet there were a few people there who said they never post but read almost daily. Deleting their accounts would be kinda rude. I only read on the weekends, as I fear I'll become addicted. In my small time here, I've learned A HELL OF A LOT about Cleveland/Ohio by reading this site. Not wanting to become addicted could be a reason for people not to log on frequently. I wonder if the moderators, could send a message to all members, asking each member to confirm that they are would like to keep their account. Give a deadline and for those that don't respond, delete the account.
December 10, 200618 yr Though the pruning could be limited to those accounts that have never posted and have not been active since signing up...but again, I don't see what possible benefit that could be, unless maybe someone were trying to use up all the cool usernames... I almost got stuck with "Riverviewer671," thank you very much.
December 10, 200618 yr I wonder if the moderators, could send a message to all members, asking each member to confirm that they are would like to keep their account. Give a deadline and for those that don't respond, delete the account. Again, this is solving a problem that doesn't exist...having unused sign-ups doesn't hurt anything... I almost got stuck with "Riverviewer671," thank you very much. I was deciding between "Bluegill In Pond" and "RiverViewer", but the coin came up heads...
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