My my, when did we start accepting 'guests' into our midst?

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• SkyMan Posts: 9,510 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 26, 2016 8:13PM

  We've always had guests. A couple of things, first you've got to be on this website to create a profile. Second, there have always been plenty of lurkers.

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• Bochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 26, 2016 8:22PM

  Some folks will come onto the forum and not log in.
  For instance, there are times where I may be bored and waiting for something, and just whip out the ol' smartphone and come onto the forum. Due to the size of the screen and the fonts, I don't usually bother to log in. I expand the screen to read, but just use it to read and catch up.
  It would count me as a "guest" when I am doing that.

  Also, as Skyman mentioned, there are lurkers all the time. Nothing wrong with that...."try before you join in" type of thing.....or, there are always the banned folks that just can't stay away.

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• MilesWaits Posts: 5,426 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 26, 2016 8:26PM edited October 26, 2016 8:27PM

  Speaking of long-time lurkers, Which icon is Laura?

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• planonit Posts: 525 ✭✭

  October 26, 2016 8:32PM

  We're going to have to build a wall.

  Sorry but I just had to. It was dangling in front of me.

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• MorganMan94 Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 26, 2016 8:41PM

  @planonit said:
  We're going to have to build a wall.

  Sorry but I just had to. It was dangling in front of me.

  Why? That doesn't make any sort of sense in this situation...

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• derryb Posts: 37,667 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 26, 2016 9:03PM

  The old way of determining who was on line was much better

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2016 4:27AM

  Guests may be testing the water, and then become members....sort of window shopping ... Cheers, RickO

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• thebeav Posts: 3,916 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2016 5:28AM

  Yes, there have always been lurkers. Guests can't post....that's all.....

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• WildIdea Posts: 1,877 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2016 6:29AM

  I read this as + X guests means they can't show all the guests avatars at once. It's referring to all of us as guests, which is what we are. At least it's how I see my own participation title.

  I don't know though, that's just how I thought of it when I first saw it there....

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,856 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2016 6:34AM

  @WildIdea said:
  I read this as + X guests means they can't show all the guests avatars at once. It's referring to all of us as guests, which is what we are. At least it's how I see my own participation title.

  I don't know though, that's just how I thought of it when I first saw it there....

  The "guests" are visitors that are or lurking or looking at this site. As such they don't have avatars nor can they post.

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• AMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2016 8:10AM

  What? Without proper hazing? :-)

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• BAJJERFAN Posts: 31,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2016 9:24AM

  I usually include an email "for guests to contact" when posting on the BST. Rarely has it ever resulted in contact much less a done deal.

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