Re: Sick of it
Ok, I'll bite.
1) The forum uses an email verification system for every person that registers. They must have a valid email address. A
[email protected] account is just as valid as a
[email protected] account - as long as the system can send an email to the account and the user clicks on it to confirm registration it'll work. Users cannot post until their account has been verified using the email system and the Image verification system to foil spambots (some still get through).
2) Using your real name is in the rules. But there is no way in hell I'm going to confirm and email every person that signs up and ask them "Now, are you really James Rudland, of username "Monkeyboy""?
3) What rules do we have on the forum that folks feel are not enforced? Specific examples please. What rules do we need that we do not have? Again, specific examples.
As far as showing when Paul and I are online, the only two admins on this site, no, we aren't doing it. I used to do it, but I don't any longer because 1) I use Firefox with 13 tabs open at once. It always loads GT40s.com even if I'm not looking at it and it'd show me as being here when I'm not. This leads to 2) back in the days when I was shown online it invariably always lead to "on the spot" Admin PMs where someone would wish to have an answer quickly for a GT40 forum question. Since I don't always have time to answer those questions immediately I always felt bad about not responding promptly. The solution - use the admin privilege to turn off visibility.
As far as the "ghost viewers" I don't know about that. Do you mean the count of folks viewing threads? Anyone can look at the forum, registered or not, so I suppose they would be included in the count. Not something I've paid much attention to or know how the system counts. Why does it make any difference how many people are viewing?