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« on: April 02, 2003, 12:28:51 PM »
Every day, the lastest registered user changes. Yet none of them ever post. So what's the point of registering? I mean, look at the very last page of the member list. You have like 30 ppl there that have registered in the past week, yet I don't recall seeing a signle post from anyone of them. Weird Tingly Feeling?
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2003, 12:37:29 PM »
idea!  why not make a post minimum for new users, say 3 posts within 48 hours of joining, or the account gets deleted.  It'll keep things from getting overcrowded in the member listings, at least.
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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2003, 12:40:52 PM »
Why are people always so concerned with this?

Why does it matter? If people want to post, they'll post...
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2003, 12:42:56 PM »
but there's no reason to register if you're just gonna read the threads and not participate.  it's just a matter of clutter reduction, i guess.
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2003, 12:46:07 PM »
I guess I'd rather have a hundred users register and post nothing than have even one moron register and make 100 posts of pointless, boring rubbish.

If you were truly that concerned with "clutter reduction" you'd stop posting.
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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2003, 12:58:53 PM »
Screw you, see Joke of the day for my response to that.
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« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2003, 02:06:43 PM »
More clutter, I see.
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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2003, 02:53:15 PM »
hehe! Demo Strikes again.

I don't care either if the noobs post or not. My question was more why bother seting up an account if you won't post. It's just another mystery I guess. Kinda like the caramilk.
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« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2003, 02:58:55 PM »
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hehe! Demo Strikes again.

I don't care either if the noobs post or not. My question was more why bother seting up an account if you won't post. It's just another mystery I guess. Kinda like the caramilk.
I've found that it's a pretty normal part of most web forums... you always wind up with a fairly static number of "regular posters", a fairly static number of "drive by posters" (those that only pop in for a week at a time and then they don't show up again for months), and typically a fairly large, static number of "lurkers" (those who have accounts, read the forums, but almost never post) and usually a sizable number of "never post" individuals who register accounts and then never even lurk the site or post even once.

*shrugs*  

It's not like there's a limit to how many accounts there can be or anything... go to any forum online that has been in operation longer than six months and you'll find exactly what I'm talking about.  It's perfectly normal.
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« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2003, 03:36:51 PM »
Yeah, there are a few forums that I've registered for and never posted at.  I wanted to post, then just changed my mind and never went back.

What the hell is caramilk?
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« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2003, 04:02:40 PM »
A chocolate bar
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2003, 04:03:39 PM »
Wait, Judge, was the mystery why the caramilk doesn't post, or why it exists?
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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2003, 04:41:21 PM »
Oh, I thought it was like, caramel flavored milk.

Well, is it anything like a Caramello?  And why is it such a mystery?
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« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2003, 04:42:18 PM »
Ok, in an attempt to answer my own question, I came up with this.  I am way more confused now.  What is this all about?

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« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2003, 04:59:36 PM »
A French chocolate fish!? OMFGLOL!!!
We must boycott it! No, I don't mean stop buying it; I mean let's buy 2000 of them from the French and let them loose in the sea. Then we must rename it.
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« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2003, 05:21:28 PM »
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A French chocolate fish!? OMFGLOL!!!
We must boycott it! No, I don't mean stop buying it; I mean let's buy 2000 of them from the French and let them loose in the sea. Then we must rename it.


Still retaining your ever-loved 'charm' Bino?  :P
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« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2003, 05:59:14 PM »
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A French chocolate fish!? OMFGLOL!!!
We must boycott it! No, I don't mean stop buying it; I mean let's buy 2000 of them from the French and let them loose in the sea. Then we must rename it.


Still retaining your ever-loved 'charm' Bino?  :P


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« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2003, 08:02:59 AM »
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Oh, I thought it was like, caramel flavored milk.

Well, is it anything like a Caramello?  And why is it such a mystery?


Don't you guys have that chocolate bar back home? It's made by cadbury. They have been using this "secret" thing for marketing campaings for years. The secret is how they put the caramel in the caramilk.



And here is the anwser to the secret...
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« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2003, 08:59:54 AM »
Nope, we don't have that.  I guess it's the same thing though as Caramello, since Caramello is also made by Cadbury.



We never thought it much of a mystery, however.

So what's up with that fish then??
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« Reply #19 on: April 03, 2003, 09:06:36 AM »
The text on the fish image says: "A mystery as important as the caramlik secret has just been revealed: this is the difference between a male trout and a female trout".

So you were really off... :lol:
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« Reply #20 on: April 03, 2003, 12:14:38 PM »
I'm hoping it still has something to do with this.
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« Reply #21 on: April 06, 2003, 01:33:01 PM »
i'm here why are you guys stealing my spotlight on tha newbie post, hm?

uh, yeah.. greetings.
and where does a guy to learn some forum code, hm?
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« Reply #22 on: April 06, 2003, 01:39:00 PM »
You might want to start a newbie thread of your own instead of just blending into this one.
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« Reply #23 on: April 06, 2003, 04:46:53 PM »
Lacerda's quite right...

Try to introduce yourself, as opposed to just "leaping into the fray", as I would put it.

Welcome, regardless.  :P
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