FullyEclipsed
I was curious about how many Rx members sign up and never post.. Almost 50% of the list! Wow..
Actually this particular poster Рлизабет was never registered because his entire registration was written in whatever code his user name is written in. Plus we are very cautious with IPs that are from Russia and the surrounding new republics such as Turmekistan or Ubekistan etc.
I have learned by experience that those IPs are almost 100% porn sites or other spammer websites trying to get free advertisement on our forums.
There are quite a few posters who have US IPs that have no matches in our data base (which tells us the IP most likely does not belong to someone trying to create a ghost) that never post.
I don't know if it is high as 50% though. The number is difficult to estimate acurately because some posters may register and not post for weeks, so you never can say any given newbie will never post because there is no way of knowing if they will or will not post at some point down the road.
We average approximately 25 new registrations a day (higher during football season). Today there are over 54,000 registered posters, many who registered years ago and are no longer even lurkers.
The couple of weeks following the Super Bowl until The NCAA Hoops tournament are some of the slowest of the year.
wil.