Why so many guests?

BrianJD

Currently there are 131 users and 226 guests on afterhours. I presume guests are people who have never set up a user name (smart man Brian).

Why would so many people browse Boards and never set up a user name. I would have guessed that 90% of users of this site are returning people so i wonder why you would be a regular user and not sign up.

Kajor

BrianJD wrote: »

Currently there are 131 users and 226 guests on afterhours. I presume guests are people who have never set up a user name (smart man Brian).

Why would so many people browse Boards and never set up a user name. I would have guessed that 90% of users of this site are returning people so i wonder why you would be a regular user and not sign up.

Perhaps they have nothing to say?

I've been a long time browser, directed here years ago from another forum where we were discussing something and someone linked to a Boards.ie discussion.

I just joined today actually as I finally had something to ask

LuckyMe63

They could be users but just not logged in

ElleEm

LuckyMe63 wrote: »

They could be users but just not logged in

I tend to only log in if I'm going to post something, I would have thought most were the same.

mconigol

Kajor wrote: »

Perhaps they have nothing to say?

I've been a long time browser, directed here years ago from another forum where we were discussing something and someone linked to a Boards.ie discussion.

I just joined today actually as I finally had something to ask

Oh yeah...only join when you want something. You make me sick :mad:














.....not really

KeithM89_old

Invisible mode....

Kajor

mconigol wrote: »

Oh yeah...only join when you want something. You make me sick :mad:














.....not really

Haha, I didn't realise there was a spam requirement

My name is URL

I'd say most of it is traffic from Google searches etc.

citizen_p

its the same on most forums, people usually lurk for a while before posting, and internet search results lead people to threads

phasers

What keith said

squeakyduck

Lots of people have really embarrassing things to ask or say...... :eek:

Badgermonkey

Judging by the numbers you quote, they are probably Pianist John O'Connors guests.

mikemac

Was reading boards a numbers of years before I ever signed up

Novella

ElleEm wrote: »

I tend to only log in if I'm going to post something, I would have thought most were the same.

I stay logged in all the time, never log out.

Aodan83

Sometimes when I log in I forget to click the "keep me logged in" button and when I go to another page it logs me out. Most of the time I just stay logged out until I want to post something. Unless the ads start to get really annoying.

ejmaztec

Dirty nosey lurkers with persecution complexes.

Larianne

All the people who've been permabanned from the forum. Looking in from the outside.

Morag

Some people just like to watch....

foxinsox

sometimes I log in here..

then do really important real life stuff..

making tea and such..

then I forget I'm here..

but I'm not really here because it's logged me off so I become a guest..

until I want to post something..

then I'm no longer a guest..

Johro

foxinsox wrote: »

sometimes I log in here..

then do really important real life stuff..

making tea and such..

then I forget I'm here..

but I'm not really here because it's logged me off so I become a guest..

until I want to post something..

then I'm no longer a guest..

Ooh, tea...

karlog

There called lurkers, strange folk mind you, not very often you see them round these parts. You best be wary.

ejmaztec

Lazy tabloid journalists looking for a scoop that will propel them into the big-time.

Grasshoppa

KeithM89 wrote: »

Invisible mode....

The Invisibles aren't counted as guests. They're with the member count.

Tar.Aldarion

Because a lot of people are looking for something on google and are simply 'bounce' numbers for the site. Of course a lot of people don't want an account or cba logging into theirs.

Ricardo G

Like knicker sniffers, you'll only hear they were here but never actually see 'em


SICK FCUKERS


i love knickers