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As you know, the forum has been fighting spammers and bots for years. We have seen our fair share of "Custom Kitchens UK", scammy Internet hosting companies, and bots trying to send us to a business's homepage. But after fighting the tidal wave of spam for so many years, the admins had a persistent thought: what if the spammers are right? Not in terms of posting nonsense links and trying to scam our users, but in trying to make money through our unique platform?

Well, thanks to the helpful counsel of Taunt, we have finally decided to move the forum in a new direction. Please see his important post on the matter in this topic

When do you think we'll reach 300?

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As you have an increase in members not all of them are going to be active.  You're goiing to have turnover, some formerly active members may become less active or even leave. this forum is driven by the  core group of members who have posted hundreds if not thousands of times. tHat includes you Kor, and DRake, And Serris, and Malte, and Aves, and on and on.. It is our activity that attracts new members and entices them to stay and become regulars themselves..
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Quote from: lbt/cty_lover,Feb 3 2009 on  10:11 PM
What is this, Sparta?

We are the elite warriors of forums. We shall conquer all forums in our path. With less than 300 users, and even fewer active users.
 
 :lol  :lol  :lol

"Madness? THIS IS THE GANG OF FIVE!!!!!"  :lol

lolz I love doing that. That was an awesome movie btw, in my opinion.

But to get one topic, sure, I think it would happen eventually. Maybe I can get a certain friend of mine to become interested in LBT. *plots and rubs hands together*
BWAHAHAHA!




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Quote from: Nick22,Feb 24 2009 on  03:03 PM
As you have an increase in members not all of them are going to be active.  You're goiing to have turnover, some formerly active members may become less active or even leave. this forum is driven by the  core group of members who have posted hundreds if not thousands of times. tHat includes you Kor, and DRake, And Serris, and Malte, and Aves, and on and on.. It is our activity that attracts new members and entices them to stay and become regulars themselves..
I didn't know things worked like that.


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it doesn'ty always work like that, but it is the sustained output , in this case, that drives the board..
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We haven't gotten a regular in quite a while.  About 12 members if I remember correctly.  That is to say that of the last 12 members that joined, only 1 posted more than 1 or 2 times. <_< It's depressing.


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"Madness? THIS IS THE GANG OF FIVE!!!!!"

Now that is funny! :lol

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We haven't gotten a regular in quite a while. About 12 members if I remember correctly. That is to say that of the last 12 members that joined, only 1 posted more than 1 or 2 times.


And yes LBTlover, you are right....that is rather depressing now that I've stopped and thought about it.  :(


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I'm not trying to sound as though I don't care for the GOF community. I actually do. I may not be as big of an LBT fan as the other person, but I do like it. Also, due to the fact that I can actually say I have a social life, (or I'm beginning to have one) in RL I'm just not here as much. And quite frankly, in some ways, I'm glad, because while the GOF forum helped me with some personal things, that's just want it was, a helper. Nothing more, nothing less.

This forum is a pretty active forum, even though it may not be as active as some other places, it's still very active, so I don't think the GOF is going to roll over and die anytime soon. :p




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I just wanted everyone to know that we now have exactly 300 registered members. B)

"I have a right to collect anything I want. It's just junk anyway."
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That is great news.  Guess we hit that goal.  Does that mean it's time for a wild party?


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Alright! Now we wage war with Persia!

And a nice luncheon at the Hot Gates. In other words, yes, time for a wild party.





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Err... king Leonidas, your majesty? More than 160 of your 300 people actually never set out from Sparta to Thermopylae. Are we to celebrate for the roughly 130 anyway?

YOU BET, because they have done the work of 300! :p


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I've got an interesting question: Which do you think we will reach first; 500 members, or 250,000 posts? (we are currently at about 155,000 posts)

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That is a good question.  I'd guess the posts one first, but I'm likely wrong.


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I originally wanted to say 500,000 posts, but I figured that would be too far away. After all, it took four years to reach 100,000.

"I have a right to collect anything I want. It's just junk anyway."
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My first fanfiction: Quest for the Energy Stones
My unfinished and canceled second fanfiction: Quest for the Mask of Life
My currently ongoing fanfiction series: LEGO Equestria Girls