Hopefully the new vbulletin will fix this annoynace too http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...hreadid=166792
Hopefully the new vbulletin will fix this annoynace too http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...hreadid=166792
Now up to 74,295 which is 20 more members in 3 days or 6.66 members a day or 46.79 a week or 202.77 a month or 2433.33 a year.Quote:
Originally posted by Nix
74,275 Members as per top left on http://discussions.virtualdr.com/index.php?s=
You'd think with that sort of joining rate that we'd be getting a reasonable amount of problems to solve ?
Interesting, I've left the reply window open for very extended periods (over an hour) when I've had to leave the PC, came back to finish posting, encountered no errors or problems.
Nix, that was me that tossed in the suggestion for having a page or sticky explaining abbreviations/acronyms. Know their out there on the web, but would make it easy for a new member not familair to have 'em right here on hand. Just a thought ;) ...
Glad to hear others are not getting hit.
I'll admit sometimes I can scrape by, but then other times, ugh!
But as I have worked with the new vBulliten, that will disappear.
Does it happen with all browsers? Do you type the post and then wait a while before submitting?
I just use IE.
Start typing the post and go read something or try to get a link, etc and when I have it all together finally, I hit submit.
Then is when the error message can hit.
But like I said, with the new version, that does not happen.
Hmm, I'm gonna try it with this post. Ok, I typed that 1st sentence, then waited 3 minutes. Seems ok
I noticed that tonight it has not jumped up either, come to think of it.
That will be taken care of in the near future. No problem!
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Originally posted by bistro
Seeing that I have not spent all that much time here for awhile, I feel that I shouldn't really comment on issues the more regular members have brought up...still quite interesting though. Two things I will mention:
1. Post count, schmost count. I say keep the counts (as a matter of curiousity/personal pride, whatever), but don't put all that much emphasis on them. Quality, not quantity.
2. The idea of members being able to label themselves as to their experience level: Nope. Sorry. No good. I've seen way too many immature wanna-be's come on forums bragging on how experienced they are, using usernames like "Computer Tech Genius Extraordinaire", "IKnowItAll", "Dell Dynamo", "Gateway Genius", etc. and after a half-dozen replies or so it becomes obvious they don't know squat. Some got away with handing out bad, bad, bad advice to trusting souls. Yes, they got "caught" very early, but it always left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. I say let the person's posts demonstrate their expertise/knowledge. Otherwise, you might get a lot of "I want So-and-So's opinion before I take anyone else's" or "This question is only for those members with "Expert" rating, please", etc..
My 2ยข...
Ditto on what Bistro said... let's not turn this place into a popularity contest. Post count if fine, but anything beyond that gets a bit too much like "Look at me" fare. Not very productive.
bistro, gotta agree with you. Ratings would be very bad. I think a big part of the point here at Virtual Dr is feeling comfortable to be stupid. I don't need a rating to tell me that I'm a novice. I also don't need a rating to figure out who's really helpful. For me that person might be different from someone else's.
Post counts are OK; I feel half proud mine's over 500 now (although it did take me seven years! :o ). But on the other hand, sometimes I wonder. These guys with their tens of thousands of posts? I guess it crosses my mind to wonder if they ever do anything else. Like, have lives and such. No offense, guys; I know some of you do this full time; others may be retired and have some time; etc. etc. Still . . . Nonetheless, that's why post count to me is cute up to a point, but beyond that . . . well, then I know it's a really r-e-a-l-ly helpful person.
But anyway.
Cheers
Wendy
:D
Hey there now... based upon reg dates and post counts I've been twice as active here than you! ;-) I too wonder how some folks do it re: the post count, never been much of a post horse myself. It's that quality thing.... yeah, that's the ticket!
So if you're in PA it's really late there! You have a bit of insomnia Wendy? Or you just having fun with shift work...?
And I'm off to bed now, late here and later there! nite :eek:
Hey Abhoth, what can I say. I work nights! Then I can't sleep.
Later
Cheers
Wendy
:cool:
I use Mozilla 99% of the time, no issues with posting. So I'm trying this one in IE. Started typing 6:05 a.m. Ok, it's now 6:36 a.m. I'm going to add some more content below and then hit "Post". EDIT: no issues, no snags posting in IE after over 30 mintues with Reply window open.Quote:
Originally posted by JPNYC
Does it happen with all browsers? Do you type the post and then wait a while before submitting?
The search engine status issue has been nagging at me. I was concerned about the keywords in VDr. html tag being insufficient to get hits. While killing time with experiment above, I did some tooling around Virtual Dr. Seems it was covered at length last fall in a thread Nix started. Interesting read. What determines Google search results?
BTW, where's smurfy? OK and well, I hope?
smurfy retired his mod position a couple of months ago, he is fine, see him here in the early morning hours once in awhile. BJQuote:
BTW, where's smurfy? OK and well, I hope?
Thanks, glad to hear he's well and still popping in. ;)