January 25, 2003, 02:01
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You can register with a hotmail account, can't you?  . IIRC I did...
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January 25, 2003, 03:00
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how many of the 27k users are still posting here and how many aren't using more than one login 
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January 25, 2003, 04:00
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Retired
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Originally posted by DarkCloud
All we would have to do is register a few DL's... and if mark allowed hotmail people to register, we'd probably have a few more 1000
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Under the old software, free email accounts weren't excepted. But once they switched over, those types of accounts are now allowed. It seems like a third of the new members come in on hotmail or yahoo email accounts.
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January 25, 2003, 04:32
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I didn't realize we could use free e-mail accounts now.
....must...resist...temptation...to...create...dl' s 
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January 25, 2003, 04:41
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Retired
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Please resist... I liked that "old" feature. Now, it's way to easy to create a DL. sigh...
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January 25, 2003, 06:28
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Still, many people I know only have free email accounts.
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January 25, 2003, 07:36
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Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Still, many people I know only have free email accounts.
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Yes, it is the norm these days.......although Ming's point is undoubtedly valid, if you stop allowing users with free email accounts from registering that would stop a lot of genuine new 'Polytoners.
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January 25, 2003, 14:20
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yeah I tried to change my address to my yahoo account (since my original was an aol account  ). I ended up having to use my cable modem e-mail account. I usually don't like using that one to register to bb's and stuff. Don't want to risk getting spam.
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January 25, 2003, 14:23
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is the dl-problem that big on this forum ?
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January 25, 2003, 14:33
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I'm not sure....who're you? 
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January 25, 2003, 14:37
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Prince
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i admit i'm ming's dl...hope he'll be banned now
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January 25, 2003, 15:02
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Originally posted by alva
You can register with a hotmail account, can't you? . IIRC I did...
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I hope so because all I use is a hotmail account. 
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January 25, 2003, 18:47
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when i first joined way back in the day i only used my hotmail account and markos was nice enough to disable the software to allow me to create an account.....
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February 5, 2003, 18:30
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is it better to have 27'000 users of which 33% never even post once and another 33% are fake, DL or are gone for years.
or is it better to "just" have 10-15k, but say, that these are regular posters...?
quality or quantity?
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February 5, 2003, 19:02
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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quantity of quality
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February 5, 2003, 20:28
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Deity
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'Poly has a huge number of active posters. It is probably true that that stat should be kept track of as well as the total registered users stat, because IMO knowledge about active posters is more interesting.
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February 5, 2003, 23:30
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King
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Ey! I use hotmail account and am not a DL. (I've already spa--posted up my post count enough so that I'd be a DL of someone really dedicated (like Markos ).
Alas, we do have many DLs (probably between 10-25%, definately not 33%) and many many many inactive accounts (somewhere around 75% or more).
BTW, the Markos reference comes from the theory:
a) Ming is Markos's double personality (i.e. he's schizophrenic.)
b) Everyone is either Markos's DL or Ming's DL.
c) Markos (and Ming?) do this to push up ad revenue ("Hey! We've 27000 members!")
(btw, no offense if someone _is_ schizophrenic )
I've got the feeling I'm not spelling schizophrenic right...well, I'm talking about it as in you've got an alter personality that you sometimes use without even knowing it i.e. one day you're MarkG and the next day you're Ming and you consider yourself two entirely different entities (or don't know of the other at all.)
(please dont ban me for poking fun at you 
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February 6, 2003, 00:19
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That is one thing they won't do. They are pretty good at taking shots, and returning them on occasion.
ACK!
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February 6, 2003, 00:34
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King
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^^Yeah, although they might give you a "snazzy" personal title or something. Just ask AH.
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February 6, 2003, 04:58
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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actually, DL's/banned acounts are less than 2.5%
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February 6, 2003, 08:33
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actually, DL's/banned acounts are less than 2.5%
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But that's only those you know about.
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February 6, 2003, 09:07
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Deity
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Something you want to admit Eli?
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February 6, 2003, 09:19
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King
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Come on Eli. They won't ban you if you tell the truth.
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Well, at least I was guessing a lower range for DLs than everyone else
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February 6, 2003, 13:40
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Deity
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Markos: What portion of the accounts haven't been logged in for over two years? I'm betting it is a significant amount.
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Christianity is the belief in a cosmic Jewish zombie who can give us eternal life if we symbolically eat his flesh and blood and telepathically tell him that we accept him as our lord and master so he can remove an evil force present in all humanity because a woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from an apple tree.
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February 6, 2003, 15:03
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I once had a hotmail address, no problems with it.
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February 7, 2003, 04:44
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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oerdin, if look around for recent posts of mine in this forum, you'll find some stats....
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February 7, 2003, 04:51
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Firaxis Games Programmer/Designer
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Pah... How about a bone for those of us who don't want to go on treasure hunts?
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February 7, 2003, 05:00
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How many of the 2.5% are from Horsie?
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February 7, 2003, 13:50
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Firaxis Games Programmer/Designer
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2.5% is what, still about 500 accounts?
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