Who's online?

Anything that doesn't fit into other topics goes here!
Looks like mostly it's just me online - of the registered users, apart from Google Bot and Bing Bot.

What's the allowed time between postings?

Maybe it's a time zone thing, partly, but that can't be the only reason.

MMmmmm.
dave2002-lmms wrote:
Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:48 pm
What's the allowed time between postings?
We have no rules
dave2002-lmms wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 21, 2020 2:48 pm
What's the allowed time between postings?
We have no rules
Maybe, but the system won't let me do two postings on different topics one after the other. I think an interval for a coffee break usually fixes that.

Oh - here we go again - it's stopping this one too. I'm guessing 2-5 minutes need to be wasted between posts.
[Actually it might have been just about 2 minutes.]

This time it's just the Bing Bot and me - Google has gone away!
My guess now is that the stats only ever show a couple of Bots (Google and Bing) plus the logged in user.

Is that correct?

I mean the stats which show at the bottom of the forum page showing the number of online users.
musikbear wrote:
Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:59 pm
dave2002-lmms wrote:
Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:48 pm
What's the allowed time between postings?
We have no rules
I'm afraid that's not the case, Bear. It won't let me post more than twice in 5 minutes; I've been told to wait a couple times already today.
Another weird thing: I'm past my intro period, but have been told that a post I just made will need be cleared with the mods. :/
dave2002-lmms wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:25 pm
My guess now is that the stats only ever show a couple of Bots (Google and Bing) plus the logged in user.

Is that correct?

I mean the stats which show at the bottom of the forum page showing the number of online users.
It could be that only a few are ever on at a time, it's a pretty specialized audience and a lot of the regulars such as Bear are coming from Europe, so there's not much overlap as to when you can expect folks to be on.
Mr. Lumbergh wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 9:13 pm
dave2002-lmms wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:25 pm
My guess now is that the stats only ever show a couple of Bots (Google and Bing) plus the logged in user.

Is that correct?

I mean the stats which show at the bottom of the forum page showing the number of online users.
It could be that only a few are ever on at a time, it's a pretty specialized audience and a lot of the regulars such as Bear are coming from Europe, so there's not much overlap as to when you can expect folks to be on.
`There is, it seems, an option to hide one's "id" in each session - which I've only just noticed. I'm not too bothered, as my "handle" by itself is innocuous enough. I agree that relatively few people will be on at a time, but even so - it seems that they're all hidden - and I don't think it can just be the time of day thing. I am also in Europe, though it seems according to some, no longer in the EU, but the time differences aren't so big as to prohibit significant overlap. Other sites I use do usually have more visible registered users online each time.

I've never seen evidence of anyone else, not even Bear, when using this site.