Who's Online, for fun

[GTRS Fiero]

Guests posting?




All by myself:

[Raydar]

Mmmmkay.
I'm here, for a few minutes. I'm not gonna do screen caps, however. Gonna see what's new since I got home, and then probably go to bed.

[GTRS Fiero]

Those were over the course of several months.

Just observice that it shows guests posting and daylight hours when even the robots aren't on.  Well, daylight hours in my time zone.

[Fierofool]

When it lists Guests down there, they're only viewing.  They can't post until logged in.  They could be a registered user that's not logged in, or just someone visiting and browsing through the threads.  I sometimes leave the forum up without logging in, just to monitor something I'm interested in.  That shows up at the bottom as one of the Guests.  Next time you find yourself as the only one on the forum, log out and you'll see that you show up as the only Guest, but in that mode you can't post. 

[GTRS Fiero]

I understand.  Look at the bottom 2 images.  I'm just reading what it shows.

[GTRS Fiero]

How does a guest have an ”Unknown action”?

[Fierofool]

I'm just guessing but could it be that someone clicks on Message Board and just looks to see if there's anything new without logging in.  They'd show up as a guest, but there would be no action on their part.  I do that from time to time rather than log in.  I wait to see if there's anything new in a topic I'm interested in.

[GTRS Fiero]

There are currently 8 people registering for an account.  Or, maybe they're robots.

[Fierofool]

I'm like Raydar.  I look without logging in, so I show up as one of the guests.  If I want to say something, or look at a link that's otherwise not visible without logging in, then I log in, say what I have to say or look at what I need to look at then log out.  Sometimes as a moderator I'm in other areas not visible to the average member.  Like sorting through all those members awaiting approval at the top left of the page.  Even though they may have been banned, they still show up there until TopNotch clears the list. 

[GTRS Fiero]

In general, I stay logged in on my primary device, but sometimes have posting issues, so have to log in on another device.  When I log out on there, it logs me out of my primary device.

[Fierofool]

I was looking for the "Cars For Sale" and can't find it on the home page or message board.  I know at one time we had such a section, but it got very stale because no one was posting their cars there.  Most were using The Market section.  BTW, I didn't see a link in the $1500 Fiero you posted about.

[GTRS Fiero]

I checked out some other Fiero forums.  No one online, only 1 or 2 members posting, few recent posts.  I left.

My theory is that, if I'm logged in while browsing the site, it shows in the members online.  Guests can see how many users are logged on, and it makes the forum look more active.  It's much better to see X guests, Y users, than X+Y guests, 0 users.  I'm not hiding out.  Just my $.02.

[GrannyLinda]

I Go On The Forum To See If There Is Anything I Need To Reply On.

[Fierofool]

 

   Since were talkin................Larger than life.

That's GrannyLinda.  All 4 ft. 10 in. of her.

[GrannyLinda]

Sorry.
I Have Cataracts And Have A Problem Reading The Forum Some Times.