2,583 KIWI BIKERS

**zadok** · 2nd September 2005, 11:23

I noticed we have 2,583 registered K.B's. From looking at the members list, it seems that there are quite a few that hardly ever submit comments etc and some that have NEVER started a thread or submitted a comment.
Is it worth deleting these people if they haven't done a post for say, a year?
Another thing I've noticed, is that there are usually as many 'guests' as there are members. I'm guessing that these are mainly people who have done a 'Google' search for some bike related topic and linked to us.

**duckman** · 2nd September 2005, 11:35

Nah deleting peoples just because they're a little shy just wouldn't be the KB way .... know what I mean?

**TonyB** · 2nd September 2005, 11:40

True Duckman- alot of them lurk. Let 'em stay.

One thing I am curious about, is finding out how many ACTIVE members do we have.

**duckman** · 2nd September 2005, 11:42

Originally Posted by TonyB

True Duckman- alot of them lurk. Let 'em stay.

One thing I am curious about, is finding out how many ACTIVE members do we have.

Ahhhh, now I've put alot of thought into how we can do this.

Soooo, I'll begin,

One....

**vifferman** · 2nd September 2005, 11:42

Then there are the people (like.. ahem... me) who have multiple personality disorder...
... and even with the extra personalities still manage to not post anything worthy of note.

**TonyB** · 2nd September 2005, 11:45

730 people have posted since the 1st of August. Thats actually a lot more than I thought!

**scumdog** · 2nd September 2005, 11:45

Originally Posted by vifferman

Then there are the people (like.. ahem... me) who have multiple personality disorder...
... and even with the extra personalities still mange to not post anything worthy of note.

You have MANGE??? EWWW!!! gross-out city Arizona!!!

**Beemer** · 2nd September 2005, 11:49

Some who are signed in as guests could be members just checking out what is going on when at work. It is the same for most groups I belong to - heaps of members but only a fraction of them posting anything worth reading!

**WRT** · 2nd September 2005, 11:50

Originally Posted by duckman

Ahhhh, now I've put alot of thought into how we can do this.

Soooo, I'll begin,

One....

Errr, two?

Anybody else? Hello . . . ello . . . llo . . . lo . . . o

**TonyB** · 2nd September 2005, 11:50

AND 1781 individual people have posted since KB was created!
So we have 802 lurkers .......
Anyone else feel like they're being watched?...

**placidfemme** · 2nd September 2005, 12:09

Originally Posted by zadok

I noticed we have 2,583 registered K.B's. From looking at the members list, it seems that there are quite a few that hardly ever submit comments etc and some that have NEVER started a thread or submitted a comment.
Is it worth deleting these people if they haven't done a post for say, a year?
Another thing I've noticed, is that there are usually as many 'guests' as there are members. I'm guessing that these are mainly people who have done a 'Google' search for some bike related topic and linked to us.

What might be the issue, is that people do a search, find KB by pure chance... sign up... then forget about it... (which is what I did... then found it again in another random search and tried to join up and it said "this e-mail already exists")

I don't know if this board has the options to e-mail ALL members or not... but my little ProBoards board does have that option... and all thats needed every now and then is just a little update type newsletter, to remind them that the board is still here and then they'll come back... have a nosey around and perhaps post...

**Karma** · 2nd September 2005, 12:11

Well I've not got a motorcycle yet, planning to get one in a couple of months time, so for now I'm just reading the forums, getting to grips with how you do things over here as I'm from the UK.

Hopefully when I get my bike I'll have a lot to talk about and meetings / rides to attend.