Current Pulse of HCL--counts, and other data

[Haertig]

Quality is like buying oats. “If you want nice fresh oats you have to pay a fair price. If you can be satisfied with oats that have already been thru the horse, that comes a little cheaper.

The problem is, you have to put in considerable effort to weed out the horse-filtered oats that are labeled as fresh oats. Politicians and the bills they write are prime examples of this.

 

[Caribou]

You don’t think that you are being tracked every where you go on the internet?
I don’t support Facebook financially. Facebook sells ads to advertisers hoping to reach their one billion users.

Yep, I’m a big boy. I’ll do me and you do you.

Unfortunately, you are supporting Facebook, you are the product.

"Yep, I’m a big boy. I’ll do me and you do you." I would have it no other way.

 

[Haertig]

Unfortunately, you are supporting Facebook, you are the product.

Everybody is supporting Facebook. Data is collected on us by Facebook and used for their profits regardless of whether we have an account there or not. Same thing for Google. We are all supporting them too, like it or not. If you don't want to support them, sever your network connection. Permanently. That's the only way. And even after doing that, you will still be supporting them to some extent - until such time that nobody on the internet every mentions you again. That may be a decade or more after your obituary is published.

 

[Caribou]

Everybody is supporting Facebook. Data is collected on us by Facebook and used for their profits regardless of whether we have an account there or not. Same thing for Google. We are all supporting them too, like it or not. If you don't want to support them, sever your network connection. Permanently. That's the only way. And even after doing that, you will still be supporting them to some extent - until such time that nobody on the internet every mentions you again. That may be a decade or more after your obituary is published.

I have never had a Facebook account. I haven't used google for decades. I don't support them directly and if my friends would drop them I wouldn't support them indirectly. I have no control over that, so I don't worry about it. I do what I can to protect myself.

google got caught, quite awhile back, sending vans around the country and hacking into peoples private wifi. No security is absolute but I do what I can.

 

[Weedygarden]

Given that we are soon going to be undergoing a merge with Doomsday Preppers Forum, I wanted to document where we are now. I would really like to see where we are the day before the merge, but I may miss that.

Today we have 1,214 members, 19,998 threads and 624,561 messages.

 

[Supervisor42]

Given that we are soon going to be undergoing a merge with Doomsday Preppers Forum, I wanted to document where we are now. I would really like to see where we are the day before the merge, but I may miss that.

Today we e have 1,214 members, 19,998 threads and 624,561 messages.

View attachment 130396

The key part is, when you took the snapshot, we had 26 members online, (and that even includes @Downshift, who has been a member for over 2 years, is online almost every day, and has never made a single post ).

 

[Weedygarden]

The key part is, when you took the snapshot, we had 26 members online, (and that even includes @Downshift, who has been a member for over 2 years, is online almost every day, and has never made a single post ).

I find it strange at how many people join and never post once. When I do birthday greetings, I used to acknowledge everyone. Not now. If it is someone's birthday and they have never posted, or only posted a few time a long time ago, I just don't bother.

We had 268 guests! How many of those are bots? Or alphabet agencies?

re: Downshift: Either he has nothing to say or contribute, or he is trying to not be found due to OPSEC.

 

[Supervisor42]

I find it strange at how many people join and never post once. When I do birthday greetings, I used to acknowledge everyone. Not now. If it is someone's birthday and they have never posted, or only posted a few time a long time ago, I just don't bother.

We had 268 guests! How many of those are bots? Or alphabet agencies?

re: Downshift: Either he has nothing to say or contribute, or he is trying to not be found due to OPSEC.

They are not bots, the forum lists those separately.
Anytime somebody does a Google search and it turns up a post here, when they click and read it, they appear as a 'guest' here.

 

[Bacpacker]

Thanks for the update Weedy

 

[Weedygarden]

Given that we are soon going to be undergoing a merge with Doomsday Preppers Forum, I wanted to document where we are now. I would really like to see where we are the day before the merge, but I may miss that.

Today we have 1,214 members, 19,998 threads and 624,561 messages.

View attachment 130396

Two more threads and we will have 20,000!

 

[Weedygarden]

This is the ONLY forum I'm on and have never been on one before! Guess that's why I "participate" so much!

I am curious how you got here?

If this was a closed group, I suppose one could eliminate bots. Then again, it would cause this forum to go into the dark web, with no attention it deserves. At least, this is how I believe it could happen.

It almost seems to me that Doomsday is a closed group. I cannot get on from my phone without logging on. Am I wrong about that? If it is a closed group, it might be why they haven't done so well financially.
And, aren't there ads here for people who are not financial contributors? Maybe that has made a difference here?

 

[Neb]

Attached are downloads of the top posts and reaction scores. When the merge happens some old school people will disappear.

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Ben

 

[Weedygarden]

Attached are downloads of the top posts and reaction scores. When the merge happens some old school people will disappear.



Ben

Where can I find the top posts? That would be interesting to see.

 

[Neb]

Where can I find the top posts? That would be interesting to see.

Menu - members - bring up two sub menus listing top posts and another for reaction score.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/members/

Ben

 

[Weedygarden]

Attached are downloads of the top posts and reaction scores. When the merge happens some old school people will disappear.

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Ben

Thank you!

Most messages​

1. 20,501 Peanut
2. 19,733 Weedygarden
3. 19,538 phideaux
4. 19,105 Sentry18
5. 18,741 Bacpacker
   
   

   Highest reaction score​

   1. 153,373 Peanut
   2. 144,601 phideaux
   3. 130,598 Amish Heart
   4. 114,999 Sentry18
   5. 104,719 Bacpacker
   
   

 

[Neb]

Thank you!

Most messages​

1. 20,501 Peanut
2. 19,733 Weedygarden
3. 19,538 phideaux
4. 19,105 Sentry18
5. 18,741 Bacpacker
   
   

   Highest reaction score​

   1. 153,373 Peanut
   2. 144,601 phideaux
   3. 130,598 Amish Heart
   4. 114,999 Sentry18
   5. 104,719 Bacpacker

Can you add the top 20 please ?

There are names that could fade into oblivion.

Ben

 

[Pearl]

I must ZIP MY LIPS!!

 

[Amish Heart]

Ha Ha OK

 

[Supervisor42]

Can you add the top 20 please ?

There are names that could fade into oblivion.

Ben

I made the list!

Most messages​

1. [IMG alt="Peanut"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/155.jpg?1658583174[/IMG] 20,501
   

   Peanut​

   Awesome Friend · From Bama
   • Messages 20,501
   • Reaction score 153,378
2. [IMG alt="Weedygarden"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/29.jpg?1570829095[/IMG] 19,734
   

   Weedygarden​

   Awesome Friend
   • Messages 19,734
   • Reaction score 97,771
3. [IMG alt="phideaux"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/13.jpg?1682177861[/IMG] 19,538
   

   phideaux​

   Old fashioned · From West Ky
   • Messages 19,538
   • Reaction score 144,601
4. [IMG alt="Sentry18"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/25.jpg?1594947521[/IMG] 19,105
   

   Sentry18​

   Thrivalist · From US of A
   • Messages 19,105
   • Reaction score 114,999
5. [IMG alt="Bacpacker"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/47.jpg?1512525715[/IMG] 18,741
   

   Bacpacker​

   Awesome Friend · From East Tn
   • Messages 18,741
   • Reaction score 104,734
6. [IMG alt="Amish Heart"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/35.jpg?1644630350[/IMG] 18,474
   

   Amish Heart​

   Awesome Friend · 62
   • Messages 18,474
   • Reaction score 130,613
7. [IMG alt="Pearl"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/3/3079.jpg?1712337373[/IMG] 17,515
   

   Pearl​

   Finder of lost things AND The Boss · 55 · From North central Texas
   • Messages 17,515
   • Reaction score 102,514
8. [IMG alt="Magus"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/130.jpg?1693256302[/IMG] 15,091
   

   Magus​

   The Shaman of suburbia. · 58 · From Look behind you in that dark corner.
   • Messages 15,091
   • Reaction score 58,310
9. [IMG alt="Supervisor42"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/468.jpg?1712032976[/IMG] 14,205
   

   Supervisor42​

   Formerly known as Supervisor42 · From Louisiana
   • Messages 14,205
   • Reaction score 71,294
10. [IMG alt="LadyLocust"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/355.jpg?1552592549[/IMG] 13,820
    

    LadyLocust​

    Awesome Friend · From Washington
    • Messages 13,820
    • Reaction score 95,602
11. [IMG alt="Patchouli"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/169.jpg?1707536801[/IMG] 13,038
    

    Patchouli​

    Gatekeeper
    • Messages 13,038
    • Reaction score 57,070
12. [IMG alt="Woody"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/89.jpg?1566491934[/IMG] 12,684
    

    Woody​

    Awesome Friend · 66
    • Messages 12,684
    • Reaction score 92,925
13. [IMG alt="dademoss"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/105.jpg?1716224023[/IMG] 10,863
    

    dademoss​

    Cranky Coot · From The last train to Clarksville
    • Messages 10,863
    • Reaction score 84,461
14. [IMG alt="Caribou"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/31.jpg?1610561987[/IMG] 10,497
    

    Caribou​

    Time traveler · From Alaska
    • Messages 10,497
    • Reaction score 61,595
15. J 10,114
    

    joel​

    Awesome Friend · 63
    • Messages 10,114
    • Reaction score 37,172
16. [IMG alt="Terri9630"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/34.jpg?1513191847[/IMG] 10,091
    

    Terri9630​

    Internet Princess · From Central NM.
    • Messages 10,091
    • Reaction score 51,582
17. [IMG alt="Neb"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/2/2791.jpg?1716235135[/IMG] 9,549
    

    Neb​

    Jack of all trades master of some
    • Messages 9,549
    • Reaction score 57,190
18. [IMG alt="SheepDog"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/32.jpg?1516735556[/IMG] 9,319
    

    SheepDog​

    Awesome Friend · 73 · From SE Washington State
    • Messages 9,319
    • Reaction score 38,682
19. [IMG alt="havasu"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/2.jpg?1715616513[/IMG] 9,311
    

    havasu​

    Internet Constable · From somewhere between here and there
    • Messages 9,311
    • Reaction score 40,945

 

[Peanut]

Half of my posts were meme's! They shouldn't count!

 

[havasu]

Me too!

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Whew!
I didn't make this list.
I'm almost on somebodies lists though.

 

[Pearl]

Whew!
I didn't make this list.
I'm almost on somebodies lists though.

I know I'm on somebody's list

 

[dademoss]

I dodged the top 10 again!!!

 

[Pearl]

I dodged the top 10 again!!!

Your on enough OTHER lists!!

 

[Supervisor42]

Your on enough OTHER lists!!

...Like you?

 

[Tirediron]

See now if you practiced proper opsec you woun't be one the "cool kids " list

 

[bkt]

I know I'm on somebody's list

If you're not on a bunch of lists by now, you're just not trying.

 

[Bacpacker]

I dodged the top 10 again!!!

I'm tryin to figure out how I did?????

 

[OldSchool]

Right now, members list is saying 3,949 …. June 1st has come early or my phone is a few days ahead of it’s time?