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carolinarider09

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Guest Users

« on: December 08, 2022, 06:28:58 PM »

I was just looking at the list of who was online right now. I was surprised to see 65 guests and only 16 users.

Guests out number registered users by almost 5 to 1.

I just found that interesting.


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The emperor has no clothes

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Re: Guest Users

« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2022, 06:39:54 PM »

Always been the case.


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Willow

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Re: Guest Users

« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2022, 06:40:48 PM »

If one is reading and didn't bother to login he is listed as a guest.

It is true that anyone can read the board without being a member. That knowledge should cause one to be particularly careful about posting personal information such as email address or telephone number on the board.

Guests cannot see the information in a user's profile.


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Serk

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Re: Guest Users

« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2022, 07:00:36 PM »

From my experience running forums and websites, but not specifically this one, a lot, if not most of those "guest" users are web crawling bots for various search engines and web indexers...


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six2go #152

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Re: Guest Users

« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2022, 07:10:51 PM »

I rarely log in. I have no interest in the PAM Board so I can read all I want to as a guest. If I see something that I feel like replying to, I will log in(like now). Most of the time I look at the General Board to see if DDT has made another post. Sometimes, but not often, I will check the Tech Board.


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