Current Pulse of HCL--counts, and other data

[Weedygarden]

When you consider that dozens of members would show up in person at your place for a shoot, it is amazing that it only takes one narcissist who is hellbent on proving to everyone that he is "THE ALMIGHTY", to completely destroy a wonderful group of people.

Narcissist is exactly right. I remember the more than 50 active threads a day when I first joined around 2012, and then it was so slow that some days there around a dozen active threads. It was apparent that something was wrong. Some people said it was around the lack of interest in prepping. Nope. And if we end up in a community together, all it will take to make thing tough is a narcissist who goes after people who threaten them by being one of a number of things: smarter, more popular, more attractive...

 

[rice paddy daddy]

I must appologize for putting a link to another forum in my post.
It is bad form.
An admin or mod corrected it.
Sorry, it won't happen again.

 

[Weedygarden]

I must apologize for putting a link to another forum in my post.
It is bad form.
An admin or mod corrected it.
Sorry, it won't happen again.

Glad I thought that would happen and went there immediately!

 

[Morgan101]

I'm happy the forum is growing. I guess my two year anniversary came up in November. I wish more of the new members would post. Angie, thanks for all you do.

 

[Weedygarden]

Today's statistics:

Threads 18,461
Messages 560,894
Members 1,111

Staff online​

• [IMG alt="havasu"]https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/homesteading/data/avatars/s/0/2.jpg?1695011993[/IMG]
  havasu
  Internet Constable

Members online​

• Weedygarden
• INresponse
• Supervisor42
• Haertig
• Amish Heart
• Frodo
• Spikedriver
• Neb
• Caribou
• Bacpacker
• Hooch
• Peepaw from Tex
• Tommyice
• Alaskajohn
• Magus
• ABR
• havasu
• Pearl
• rice paddy daddy
• Eliza

Total: 318 (members: 23, guests: 295)

295 guests!!! What can they see or do that is different than those of us who are members? Why not join and become members?

 

[Haertig]

295 guests!!! What can they see or do that is different than those of us who are members? Why not join and become members?

I wonder if robots - like Google spiders - are counted as guests? I would assume they would be, since they are not "logged in". And they are consuming web pages as fast as they can. Going everywhere, mapping out the website for indexing.

 

[Spikedriver]

I used to be able to see who was online including guests, and it identified bots. I haven't looked at that on ages though...

 

[Supervisor42]

I wonder if robots - like Google spiders - are counted as guests? I would assume they would be, since they are not "logged in". And they are consuming web pages as fast as they can. Going everywhere, mapping out the website for indexing.

No, and we got a LOT of them online at any time .
Robots are listed separate from guests and members:

 

[Pearl]

No, and we got a LOT of them online at any time .
They are listed separate from guests and members:
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You can click on them and they tell you what they are and what they are doing!!

 

[Supervisor42]

No, and we got a LOT of them online at any time .
Robots are listed separate from guests and members:
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...Like right now, we have 18 members online and over 7 pages of robots cruising the forum (more than 140).
So if you get an occasional error 522, don't be surprised.

 

[Pearl]

...Like right now, we have 18 members online and over 7 pages of robots cruising the forum (more than 140).
So if you get an occasional error 522, don't be surprised.
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AI at it's finest!!

 

[Swing]

They are looking for input from forums and Facebook groups. Searching for input.

 

[VThillman]

I used to be able to see who was online including guests, and it identified bots. I haven't looked at that on ages though...

Can you Ban Bots - effectively? Can they be banned automatically? Or maybe, ah, put in jail?

 

[havasu]

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.

 

[VThillman]

You can click on them and they tell you what they are and what they are doing!!

Are the bots capable of , , , lying about any of that?

 

[Pearl]

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.

Aren't some 'helpful'??

 

[havasu]

I believe they help in our Google ratings.

 

[Hardcalibres]

This is just the beginning.

In a few short years, it will be impossible to pick the real people from the AI entities online.

They will be interacting with us all to make money from us and to keep track of what we think.

It will further blur the lines between the real and the unreal.

They will be creating content to support belief in alternative facts.

Most people will believe in things that are/will be mostly made up.

Many people worry that AI will enslave us all........it will........but not in the way that most people can imagine.

 

[backlash]

I don't think it will take till the year 2525

 

[Weedygarden]

I don't think it will take till the year 2525

So interesting that we are that close to that!

 

[Amish Heart]

I just assumed some people were really AI. Or info collectors of some sort.

 

[Pearl]

I just assumed some people were really AI. Or info collectors of some sort.

I agree , it's already happening!! Several of us here are really robots!! (LadyLocust )!!

 

[Tommyice]

Metropolis is a great movie!

 

[Weedygarden]

Peanut recently mentioned that it was the anniversary of the date this forum launched. It was sometime in November, 2017. Havasu has been a member since November 24, 2017. Was he one of the first? Anyone a member longer than him?
I know one of you will be able to remind us of the exact date the forum launched.
Here is the latest on the status of this forum:

Threads: 18,864
Messages: 577,804
Members: 1,161
Latest member: FarmersDaughter

 

[Haertig]

Peanut recently mentioned that it was the anniversary of the date this forum launched. It was sometime in November, 2017.

I thought the forum had been around longer than that. I joined on Dec 6, 2017 (per what shows up next to my avatar). I joined at the insistence of Phideaux. But I thought the forum had been around for well over a year before I came on board.

 

[Spikedriver]

Damn. I joined on November 27, 2017. I was part of the wave that came to our former sister sub for firearms. Then Phideaux invited me here a day or two after.

There have been a lot of people come and go since those days. I didn't realize it was the anniversary of the forum's startup...

 

[Weedygarden]

Damn. I joined on November 27, 2017. I was part of the wave that came to our former sister sub for firearms. Then Phideaux invited me here a day or two after.

There have been a lot of people come and go since those days. I didn't realize it was the anniversary of the forum's startup...

Since many of us came from PS, there was a PM that included many of us, telling us to invite people we knew from other forums. I worked it hard for a while, and eventually, most of us who reached out to others were banned from PS. I just looked there and many of the top contributors mostly moved here early on.

 

[Supervisor42]

...Like right now, we have 18 members online and over 7 pages of robots cruising the forum (more than 140).
So if you get an occasional error 522, don't be surprised.
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Ah, the good ol' days, when we only had 7 pages, (140) of robots...
...Right now, 15 pages, (300) of robots.
I guess when your fanbase grows that much in just one month, you must be doing something 'right'.

 

[Haertig]

I guess when your fanbase grows that much in just one month, you must be doing something 'right'.

Robot fans?

Someone must be scanning us to train an Artificial Intelligence model. Lord help them...

 

[Peanut]

Ah, the good ol' days, when we only had 7 pages, (140) of robots...
...Right now, 15 pages, (300) of robots.
I guess when your fanbase grows that much in just one month, you must be doing something 'right'.

Just realized you and i signed up the same day! I got a message from grimm. Checked out the forum for a week or so before signing up. Didn't want a repeat of PS.