Who are you people?

[DV85]

I've been noticing this issue going on for weeks now and I've finally decided to speak up about it. This really bothers me more then annoys since it makes little to no sense. At the bottom of this board it shows all the registered members who didn't want to hide their activity when they're browsing this board and are signed in. I've noticed many people who have created accounts here but never bothered to post a single message. Normally I wouldn't consider this anything but it continues to happen even today. And I don't mean the vast majority of web browsers who create and never come back. I'm referring to the ones who do. I've come to the conclusion that these people are not simply shy, if they were they'd have stayed a guest and not register an account.

And even stranger is that some of these people who I repeatedly come here have set up accounts from last year and yet still not a single post. Most don't even have any information posted on their accounts about who they are. Others have odd information like anti-spyware interests or having webpages to to stupid sites. This all makes me question who these people are, why they continue to come here without posting and in some cases for many months of inactivity and most importantly what they're trying to gain. I'm not being paranoid either since I've noticed these certain people come here all the time. They are; apononmarenko, boatsmith, sircam, momus, tuxder, keyspec and adalert appear to be the most active. Once again, these names are based on continuity of coming here without a single post and sharing the same basic traits. I'm not mad at these people I just want to know why.

[UnknownH]

This is a porn site so some people might come here just for the porn.
When we hit 1000 members I showed chibi how many people don't post and he said it'd be too much trouble for him to delete all of them since he had to do it one at a time.
But if we could have then I would have had a topic posted that told eveyone with 1 post and less that if they wanted to keep they're name they'd have to post more.
That's my opinion.
And incase anyone's wondering, we have 866 members with at least one post.

[circeus]

The fact is, not everybody registers specifically to post. And not everybody stays after posting a few times.They might become lurkers for a long time before starting to post again. God knows I've done it.

Also,it's possible to want the advantage of an account (such as display options and "new posts" lists) without necessarily wanting to post. ~~~~

[Wisemon]

Perhaps they want to reserve their desired screen name for the time when they are finally ready to post, though I agree, it does seem pretty stupid.

[UnknownH]

I have a name somewhere else but that's only because I can't see all the forums at this one site. But another site I just don't have a name. I don't need one

[Gunter VanCrimson]

So Mr. DV85, you tried sending them PMs too?

[DV85]

you tried sending them PMs too?

Why would I bother?

[Gunter VanCrimson]

Meh, you're right.

They don't even reply.

[DragonMasterX]

That's true, I tried sending to four users who I haven't seen posting lately. It has been 4 weeks and they haven't replied, maybe they are just not interested.

[Gunter VanCrimson]

Sigh, yeah. What is the world coming to when people join a forum and don't post?