Closing in on 2K

Post by **ericalm** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:57 am

We're almost at 2000 members! That's pretty amazing considering the Buddy (and it's PGO/Genuine cousins) is less than 3 years old.

So #2000 gets a free prize. Uh... I'll come up with something. I have 2 extra TVs in my garage... I don't really NEED this monkey with a fez bobblehead...

And I want more members! I'm greedy. Tell your friends. Spread the word.

kazoo · Post by **kazoo** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:58 am

How do you count the 2000 members?

Post by **ericalm** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:15 am

You can click on Memberlist and go to the end. And on the front page of the site, at the bottom, is a membership counter.

I am member #20! Wahoo.

KABanshee · Post by **KABanshee** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:26 am

That's Mr. 1721 to you!!!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:45 am

Wow... I am #1715 & I joined April 11th... so we have had 264 people join in the last 37 days - thats like 7 new people a day!

Although... we have 731 people who have never posted... wonder if they are still lurking

Post by **ericalm** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:55 am

ScootLemont wrote:Wow... I am #1715 & I joined April 11th... so we have had 264 people join in the last 37 days - thats like 7 new people a day!

Although... we have 731 people who have never posted... wonder if they are still lurking

That's pretty common. I'm registered in many places where i never post or only have once or something like that.

We need to lure some of the lurkers out of hiding.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:13 am

I guess so... this is my first forum so I dont know how many people just read the posts.

By they way... thanks for your work on this board - It has been really helpful to me as a new scooter owner.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:42 pm

We're at 1980!

ScootLemont wrote:By they way... thanks for your work on this board - It has been really helpful to me as a new scooter owner.

Good to hear! Thanks.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:56 pm

What is half those numbers are spider and spam bots? There really arent that many daily and active members.

brimstone · Post by **brimstone** » Mon May 19, 2008 4:59 pm

1980, that was a good year. hehehe

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:00 pm

jfrost2 wrote:What is half those numbers are spider and spam bots? There really arent that many daily and active members.

well... I dont know how forums work.. but I do some website design "on the side" & on my websites, spders & spam bots show up as hits, but not registered users -

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:02 pm

I've seen google and yahoo bots register on forums before, they can make post too, but all they do is make a blank post.

ERik3tb · Post by **ERik3tb** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:05 pm

I've seen spambots post as registered users before. But normally they are porn spam.

I'm number 833 for registered users. I wonder, what's to prevent someone from multiple registering to get the "prize"?

And would this become an official contest?

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:07 pm

I'm sure moderators can see IP addresses so they'd know how makes multiple accounts and who doesnt.

brimstone · Post by **brimstone** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:09 pm

where do you see which member number you are? i know i started march 30th.

Post by **ericalm** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:33 pm

jfrost2 wrote:What is half those numbers are spider and spam bots? There really arent that many daily and active members.

Nope. The number we have is purely registered users. Spambots generally can't register because we require email confirmation. If they do get through, they're quickly booted off, their IPs banned.

No, there aren't nearly that many active members. That's true for all forums.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:43 pm

ericalm wrote:No, there aren't nearly that many active members. That's true for all forums.

Right... & the fact that we almost have 2,000 registered users (reguardless of if they are all still current) is very impressive.

brimstone wrote:where do you see which member number you are? i know i started march 30th.

Just go to the memberlist... & skip forward in the pages until you find yourself (the members are numbered on the left & the default sort is "joined date" )
You are 1662 by the way

brimstone · Post by **brimstone** » Mon May 19, 2008 5:49 pm

ok...hehehe...i sorted by user name, and i was like 200-something. and i was thinking, that's not right. thanks.

kazoo · Post by **kazoo** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:02 pm

Yes that's true, but it can also be from a public or from a large (many) scooter hugging household.

jfrost2 wrote:I'm sure moderators can see IP addresses so they'd know how makes multiple accounts and who doesnt.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:31 pm

Hey
We hit 2k!!!

Apiarist · Post by **Apiarist** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:46 pm

there are 748 lurkers who have never posted. wonder how their scooters are doing assuming they have one

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Thu May 22, 2008 8:49 pm

i lurked and was a member for about half a year before i actually even had a scooter. what a dork.

nissanman · Post by **nissanman** » Thu May 22, 2008 11:16 pm

And a proud dork at that

Nothing wrong with lurking.

Post by **ericalm** » Thu May 22, 2008 11:22 pm

ScootLemont wrote:Hey
We hit 2k!!!

Crap, I missed it. it's just like when my odometer broke 10K. I'd been watchig it carefully until it actually happened.

The lucky new member is: Twentyfourskys. Woo hoo!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Sat May 24, 2008 1:09 pm

2034 & still growing!
We have grown by 50 people in the last 6 days - pretty impressive.

Christy · Post by **Christy** » Sat May 24, 2008 4:49 pm

i'm #1511!

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Sat May 24, 2008 8:44 pm

how about this one? top number of posts...

1 ericalm Los Angeles, CA 10 Jun 2006 2890
2 Keys Cottonwood, AZ. 24 Jul 2006 1232
3 jfrost2 Englewood Ohio 17 Feb 2008 924
4 lobsterman Cincinnati, OH 01 Sep 2006 921
5 Corsair Rockin The Longhorns 14 Nov 2006 865
6 vitaminC Redwood City, CA 07 Aug 2006 768
7 polianarchy Philly 04 Dec 2006 705
8 jrsjr Richmond, VA 09 Jun 2006 687
9 illnoise Chicago, IL 06 Sep 2006 684
10 jmazza South Florida 11 Dec 2007 651

slow it down, jfrost2. haha.

Post by **ericalm** » Sat May 24, 2008 11:20 pm

sailortot wrote:how about this one? top number of posts...

1 ericalm Los Angeles, CA 10 Jun 2006 2890
2 Keys Cottonwood, AZ. 24 Jul 2006 1232
3 jfrost2 Englewood Ohio 17 Feb 2008 924
4 lobsterman Cincinnati, OH 01 Sep 2006 921
5 Corsair Rockin The Longhorns 14 Nov 2006 865
6 vitaminC Redwood City, CA 07 Aug 2006 768
7 polianarchy Philly 04 Dec 2006 705
8 jrsjr Richmond, VA 09 Jun 2006 687
9 illnoise Chicago, IL 06 Sep 2006 684
10 jmazza South Florida 11 Dec 2007 651

slow it down, jfrost2. haha.

No kidding— look at those join dates. When do you have time to scoot?

I'm only in today due to rain.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:53 pm

Ok... I have toooo much time on my hands.
Here is our membership for the last 12 months - nice jump the last two months

madtolive · Post by **madtolive** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:41 pm

can we get different titles based on the number of posts like at modernvespa? those are always fun to read...

Post by **ericalm** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:50 pm

madtolive wrote:can we get different titles based on the number of posts like at modernvespa? those are always fun to read...

Another good idea! I'll have to figure that out...

Post by **polianarchy** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:51 pm

YESSSSSS LUCKY NUMBER 7!!! !!! !

aerogirl7 · Post by **aerogirl7** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:35 pm

I'm #597!!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:03 pm

Holly cr@p!
Closing in on 2,200!
that was fast

sotied · Post by **sotied** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:09 pm

Changed my signature to reflect my number.

Dorky, but fun. Cool to know where we fit.

Wouldn't it be great if we had some scooter rally with ALL the members?

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:04 pm

sotied wrote:Wouldn't it be great if we had some scooter rally with ALL the members?

AmeriBuddy?

I'd actually love to have a huge gathering of MB members. Maybe we should all start planning now for High Rollers in Vegas next year. Or Amerivespa '09 (wherever that will be).

Or maybe I should just start planning Buddypalooza in LA for next year. (No, I really don't have the time...)

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:31 pm

A gathering of members would be WAY cool! But I'd choose someplace centrally located (Mount Rushmore, anyone?) so more people could scoot to attend....

I'm coming up on my 1 year anniversary! Joined on June 14, 2007, Moder Buddy Member #1511 ("MBM number is..." sounds so official).

jperkins · Post by **jperkins** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:37 pm

322 here...........it's crazy to think 1700 people joined after me! I feel Old

DouglasLive · Post by **DouglasLive** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:29 pm

ScootLemont wrote:Holly cr@p!
Closing in on 2,200!
that was fast

Getting to be too much for me. Lots of noise these days (welcome! black buddies are fastest!) -- not a lot of content.

Go ahead, flame away -- I'm #540.

7eregrine · Post by **7eregrine** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:43 pm

Damn. I just joined 3 hours ago and I am not the newest member? lol

Do the Gen Scooter "people" ever stop by?

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:48 pm

If you see how many of the "members" have zero posts... I'd say there's almost half!

Either way, that's a lot of members!

A MODERN BUDDY RALLY WOULD BE BOSS!!!

We could either say meet in a central location where there is some decent riding to be had, or meet where the densest population of Buddies already lives (probably IL/OH area or SoCal). I think option2 would be easiest... However you spin it, most everyone would have to travel. I guess having a state-wide Buddy Rally would be easier huh? C'mon Florida Buddies, LET'S ROLL!!!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:56 am

Closing in on 3K?
We are at 2,872 Members

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:21 am

ScootLemont wrote:Closing in on 3K?
We are at 2,872 Members

Yup. The rate of growth has slowed. The mad rush of '08 may be over!

runtotorun121 · Post by **runtotorun121** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:30 am

PRIZES???

Oooooh, I love prizes! Didn't I hear someone say prize for member number 2046???

Okay, just let me know who to PM with my mailing address so you can send my goodie soon!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:09 am

31 new members in the last 5 days
we are at 2,903
We should break 3K by the end of the month unless things really drop off

We added over 1,000 members in under 3 months this summer - wow