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trophywench said:
Hmm - how many are 'Active' members though !
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Well, people come and go, but we range from between 100-200 people logging in each day (not including spammers!), and around 500-600 different logins monthly. Many members may just read and not log in each time. We have banned 2,692 who were not genuine members (spammers/SEO types).
 
LOL - Terry had a 'good night' in January, nearly 300 potentials either blocked by forum ban triggers or manually banned by Mods/Admin between midnight and 01.30 alone! :D

One of em was actually literally trying to post Spam just as he banned them. He was like the cat who got the cream!
 
trophywench said:
LOL - Terry had a 'good night' in January, nearly 300 potentials either blocked by forum ban triggers or manually banned by Mods/Admin between midnight and 01.30 alone! :D

One of em was actually literally trying to post Spam just as he banned them. He was like the cat who got the cream!
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Ha! Done that a few times - I like to imagine the look on their faces as all their efforts come to nought! They are the absolute scourge of forums :(
 
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Was just thinking, both this forum and another UK diabetes one (another non-profit no adverts one, but not connected with DUK) I infest are administrated by people well over 30.
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I suppose that's a demographic issue - statistically, if you're using a diabetes forum, you're likely to have diabetes and probability therefore suggests you're probably over 40 and have T2 because that's who make up the majority of people with D.
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Deus

Oddly both of us who started "the other forum" are T1s and both diagnosed in later life.

Northie

The membership number of DSF UK is falsely low, because 4 years in we had to ditch the old forum software as it was no longer supported and unfortunately we couldn't find a way of transferring it to new software, so we started again.... prior to that there were a few thousand more members. The archive forum is still there to consult though.
 
Hi Steff

I enjoyed it: love being interviewed for research, I get to expound on my views for minutes on end with someone writing down and taking notice of everything I say :0)

Gillian was interesting to talk to, too.....

Did you meet in the end?
 
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