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    TR Community scoreboard for May 4, 2012

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    by Sonja Thompson ·

    Here are the TR community stats for the past week:

    TR members with the most total posts on the forums
    NickNielsen and Slayer_ – 30
    Mark W. Kaelin – 26
    Hal 9000 – 24
    vulpine and Palmetto_CharlieSpencer – 19
    JCitizen – 18

    TR members with the most Votes Up in the Discussions forum
    MrMarcelo – 32
    Skruis and Charles Bundy – 28
    magic8ball and NickNielsen – 21
    dcolbert – 18
    yloops and Justin James – 18

    TR members with the most Votes Up in the Q&A forum
    OH Smeg – 3
    wizard57m – 2

    Spam busters
    wizard57m – 7 (plus 47 Zombies)
    de.doughboy, techthisway, and shaverd38 – 1

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    • #2884650

      Thanks Soni

      by purpleskys ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for May 4, 2012

      Hope everyone has a spantabulous weekend 🙂

    • #2884649
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      Happy weekend everyone!

      by Wizard57M-TR ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for May 4, 2012

      Wow—2 votes up in the Q&A! For the longest time it seemed nobody wanted
      to acknowledge the help being given, maybe things are improving?
      And yes, I went on a zombie hunting spree, hehe!
      Edited to add:
      Speaking of zombies…you know what we really need? If the Discussions
      and Q&A could be “closed” after XX months (maybe 12 months) without
      any new posts, that would help (that’s the way I ran my old email group,
      after 12 months, a topic would be closed, if someone wanted to re-open
      something, they could start a new discussion/question). Sometimes I
      wonder how people find 5 year old discussions, then post spam links
      to them???? Oh, and the zombies at TR move a bit quicker than the
      ones in the old SciFi movie “Night of the Living Dead”!!

      • #2884642

        I think you do an awesome job

        by purpleskys ·

        In reply to Happy weekend everyone!

        But personally, sometimes there is good information in the posts….not often, but sometimes 🙂

        • #2884634
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          I try to keep an open mind,

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to I think you do an awesome job

          because there are a few posts to old discussions that are good,
          and sometimes I just add a reply to “let the zombies sleep”.
          I have noticed a decrease in spam posts lately though, but
          with the end of the workweek upon us, some will probably try.
          They are sort of predictable, targeting same or similar discussions
          and questions, especially Outlook/PDF “repair” sites.
          “Scan your file for free” but the fix might cost you! 😉

        • #2884632

          Too true

          by purpleskys ·

          In reply to I try to keep an open mind,

          I’ve noticed the same thing…things seem too quiet lately, makes me a little concerned :/ .

          Keep up the good work 🙂

        • #2884628
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          Purp speak for yourself

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to Too true

          I’ve just deleted at least 20 posts from the same person all spam.

          And not one came from Jason see how nice I am. :^0 😀 :^0 😀

          Col

        • #2884617

          But you see Col

          by purpleskys ·

          In reply to Purp speak for yourself

          You’re getting all of them while I’m sleeping…no wonder I don’t find anything when I’m awake, you get them all 😀

        • #2885319
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          But Purp

          by hal 9000 ·

          In reply to But you see Col

          That’s the few that I got within the past few days. I’m still not seeing anywhere near as much as Wiz is seeing and reporting. :p

          OK I’ve seen a bit in the last 4 or 5 days but that’s got to be the first lot that I’ve seen in a while now. 😉

          OH and dont ask why I’m posting at this time its an Ungodly Hour.

          Col

        • #2885316

          I don’t know where he finds them either

          by purpleskys ·

          In reply to But you see Col

          But he does and it’s all good.

          And yes, why ARE you doing awake at this ungodly hr? It’s gotta be soooo late 🙂

        • #2885284
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          Well, found one Sunday, posting junk

          by Wizard57M-TR ·

          In reply to But you see Col

          Member name rajeshjpr, member number 6431877,
          but the strangest part is it is exactly 2 years, to the day,
          that this member last posted, and it was also spam!
          Marked the entire thread, and for good measure threw
          some down votes! 😉

      • #2885237
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        Closing old discussions…

        by Tammy.Cavadias ·

        In reply to Happy weekend everyone!

        this is actually something in my eye sight on a future feature…

        Stayed tuned 🙂

        -Tammy [_]3

    • #2884640
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      My Saturday Morning Fix

      by hal 9000 ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for May 4, 2012

      Now I can go quietly and get some sleep. 😀

      Col

    • #2885321

      It’s been asked before

      by nicknielsen ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for May 4, 2012

      I’ll ask again. Okay, page hits are up. How does this make TR more social when post volumes, based on the numbers above, are a third (or less) of what they were?

      • #2885320
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        Well as I’m cynical Nick

        by hal 9000 ·

        In reply to It’s been asked before

        The Page Hits are up because the Spammers are hitting the place hard and as often as possible.

        We are only needed at 1/5 of our previous postings to keep the Spammers Happy and generate new Threads for them to post to. 😉

        Don’t you really feel Important now? :^0

        Col

      • #2885318
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        It’s the new measure of “social”,

        by Wizard57M-TR ·

        In reply to It’s been asked before

        no longer measured in terms of member participation, but rather the
        number of ” FB likes”, “G+s”, “re-Twits”, err, “tweets”…heck, I bet they
        still count MySpace “commented on your wall” clicks! “Hey, this article
        about Windows gained 5000 ‘Likes’, it must be popular!”
        😉

      • #2885265

        Don’t go there.

        by charliespencer ·

        In reply to It’s been asked before

        It’s futile. Accept the ‘New World Order’, comrade.

    • #2885288

      For some reason I always get CommScbrd a couple of days late….

      by hippiekarl ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for May 4, 2012

      To get the ‘score’ in a timely fashion I have to click the ‘Hot Discussions’. Although it’s rarely ‘hot’ (by TR standards), it still cools off a bit–freshness-wise–before it gets to my e-mail.
      Thanks to Nick, Colin, and Palmetto for your input last week on my RV-internet situation. Although there IS free wi-fi at GoodSam/KOA, I expect to be spending a lot more time in state/national Parks than those type of facilities (elbow-room issues!). Since *cost* isn’t my big concern now, I think a sat-dish will suit me best. I can always use wi-fi when available ( I’m ignorant about public wi-fi’s bandwidth and security, though….), and still stay in touch with friends, customers, and things I’m in the middle of whether I’m in the high desert or the corner of a Wal*Mart parking lot. I’m still comparing a couple of pushers, but I got myself a 1999 Miata on Tues. to pull behind whichever one I end up with. I was lucky enough to beat a nice couple to it; it’s a rare AT (3-speed+OD), and that’s the best thing for my non-compliant right arm/shoulder. I’ve been making up excuses to drive into town and back all week now; there’s nothing like hill-climbing up the mountain in a little roadster. It feels like a cross between a go-kart and an AC Cobra. Woohoooooooooo! 😀

      • #2885276

        You may be surprised

        by nicknielsen ·

        In reply to For some reason I always get CommScbrd a couple of days late….

        My understanding is that most of the campgrounds at national parks now have wifi available. Because public wifi is almost never encrypted, he biggest issue is security. About bandwidth, it all depends. Some providers have some serious high-speed links, while others cap the bandwidth available to the wifi. You can’t tell going in.

        My experience:
        1. You may or may not have to accept a use agreement when you first connect. If you do, expect to have to renew the connection 24 hours later.
        2. Some locations will require a user ID and password, available at check-in. These links are not encrypted; the credentials are used to limit connections to paying customers.
        3. Whenever possible, use https connections to websites. If you can use VPN, so much the better.
        4. Run a local firewall on your pc.
        5. Expect some surprising limitations on your browsing. For example, the free wifi available in Kroger won’t allow you to check your lottery tickets or access xkcd.com because “gambling” and “mature content” sites are blocked. But you can browse Youtube and Google Images all day long…

    • #2885248

      Yay top poster

      by slayer_ ·

      In reply to TR Community scoreboard for May 4, 2012

      All my dreams…. are still unfulfilled…

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