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Post by nialldubh on Jun 20, 2024 7:06:38 GMT -5
1,111 Guests:Thought people might finds this interesting and unusual... It just over a year ago... Screenshot 1111
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Post by houndle on Jun 20, 2024 7:31:47 GMT -5
Interesting. The site often seems to have a lot of guests - I wonder who they are, or indeed if they are real people or bots. Or perhaps bots are real people these days.
Also seem to see a fair few members whose names I don't recall seeing in posts. Not a problem, different people use forums in different ways and I hope our "silent" members enjoy what they find on here.
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Post by nialldubh on Jun 20, 2024 8:19:52 GMT -5
Well, I think it was the time of release of LotLE, so folk were interested, but 1111?
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Post by houndle on Jun 20, 2024 9:39:33 GMT -5
1395 today, which is why I thought some might be bots.
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Post by nialldubh on Jun 20, 2024 11:37:13 GMT -5
Hmm, hectic, perhaps it was not so glamourous as I thought?
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Post by ProfGremlin on Jun 20, 2024 19:24:24 GMT -5
1395 today, which is why I thought some might be bots. Could be some search engine spiders crawling the site, too. Not long after I had joined up we ran into some database crashes which had the effect of wiping out whole threads. I was able to resurrect a bunch of threads and posts using a couple different search engines and their cache. Wouldn't be at all surprised to find search engines still doing that.
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mosker
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Post by mosker on Jun 20, 2024 21:00:03 GMT -5
1395 today, which is why I thought some might be bots. Could be some search engine spiders crawling the site, too. Not long after I had joined up we ran into some database crashes which had the effect of wiping out whole threads. I was able to resurrect a bunch of threads and posts using a couple different search engines and their cache. Wouldn't be at all surprised to find search engines still doing that. When I recommend the bridge on one of the T&T FB, reddit forums--even if private-- I now make a point to use [dot] or added spaces or something else...
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Post by Rat Salad on Jun 20, 2024 22:37:28 GMT -5
That is a lot of "people", so I think you guys have nailed it...from my own perspective, I've been out of the loop for a long time for family reasons, and I do a lot of looking and reading...wanting to jump back in, but not sure what to add just yet, ha, ha...! It is fun to read what you guys post about, and I've gotten lots of great information and good ideas...maybe there's more folks like me out there just strolling and reading, but I can't imagine it would be that many.
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Karl
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Post by Karl on Jun 21, 2024 6:27:14 GMT -5
I thought it said 1,111 Ghosts. I was disappointed when it turned out to be Guests. Then my wife pointed out it could have been 1,111 Ghost Guests! They also do post I bet but being Ghost Writers we can't see them!
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Post by nialldubh on Jun 21, 2024 6:30:48 GMT -5
Be a good title for a novel. "The Coming of the 1,111 Ghosts!"
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Post by nialldubh on Jun 21, 2024 6:32:04 GMT -5
Or "Bilbo's 1,111 birthday!"
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dungeondevil
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Post by dungeondevil on Jun 23, 2024 12:49:56 GMT -5
I suspect it's a horde of evil AI-powered, tentacled bots probing into our forum to mine it for brilliant gaming ideas. STAY OUTTA MAH BRAIN!
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Post by ProfGremlin on Jun 23, 2024 19:52:55 GMT -5
I suspect it's a horde of evil AI-powered, tentacled bots probing into our forum to mine it for brilliant gaming ideas. STAY OUTTA MAH BRAIN! Sounds like a great premise for a Golden Age era pulp action/fantasy MSPE module! So. When y'submitting it to TrollsZine! ?
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dungeondevil
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Post by dungeondevil on Jun 24, 2024 11:10:52 GMT -5
I suspect it's a horde of evil AI-powered, tentacled bots probing into our forum to mine it for brilliant gaming ideas. STAY OUTTA MAH BRAIN! Sounds like a great premise for a Golden Age era pulp action/fantasy MSPE module! So. When y'submitting it to TrollsZine! ? It's not pulp fiction -- it's our modern dystopia! My imagery was drawn more from The Matrix trilogy than old-school pulp.
[rant]As a professional Linguist and Translator I've lately been losing jobs and opportunities due to the rise of AI-dependent language-service companies, so I have little fondness for this nascent tech.[/rant]
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trolletgunnar
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Post by trolletgunnar on Jun 28, 2024 4:52:16 GMT -5
Interesting. The site often seems to have a lot of guests - I wonder who they are, or indeed if they are real people or bots. Or perhaps bots are real people these days. Also seem to see a fair few members whose names I don't recall seeing in posts. Not a problem, different people use forums in different ways and I hope our "silent" members enjoy what they find on here. bots as people very dystopian!
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