SPAMALOT ...... Guess the number - THE RESULTS

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D-Rider · #1 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:16 pm

Recently Kwackerz has mentioned that we get a fair few spammers trying to join Ridersite.
As has also been mentioned, Pete and I have had our Moderator powers "enhanced" and we've been able to see whether these spammers really exist or whether Tim is just a big old whinge-bag (OK, so maybe not a big old whinge-bag but a small one who whinges a lot).

So I thought I'd run a quick Poll to see what the ordinary man or woman on a bike/trike estimates to be the scale things.

I got my first email letting me know that someone had requested to join at 17:00 on 2nd April. Your job is to guess how many emails will have come in by the same time on 9th April.
Thinking about how many new forum users have introduced themselves in that time may or may not be a help

Click the Link: SPAMALOT

Results will be announced when I get round to it

Tim, Sam, Pete - you can't play .... nobody likes a cheat

Samray · #2 Post by **Samray** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:42 pm

I like it.

#3 Post by **Kwackerz** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:44 pm

The clever ones amongst you may try to look at the memberlist and count how many joined after a certain date.. wont work unfortunately as Ive deleted hundreds of spam accounts..

Aladinsaneuk · #4 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:37 pm

I think the number will horrify folk....

D-Rider · #5 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:27 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:I think the number will horrify folk....

Nah - it'll probably just confirm that Tim is a whining big girl's blouse .... surely ?

Willopotomas · #6 Post by **Willopotomas** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:59 pm

Know all about spam bots from my classic bike forum admin days.. It got so bad once the servers couldn't cope n' the lot crashed. Recovered most, but lost a hell of a lot.. Even after daily back ups. This would've been between 2003 and 2007 (ish), so can only imagine it's got worse. Really wouldn't like to put a number on it, but the average IIRC from the classic forum was around 30-40 bots per day.

Aladinsaneuk · #7 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:06 pm

Lol

All I can say

Dalemac · #8 Post by **Dalemac** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:14 am

im going to say 150 - 200.

ligloo · #9 Post by **ligloo** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:12 am

I'll take a guess at 15

Nooj · #10 Post by **Nooj** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:28 am

Can't remember the exact number I chose, but it was close to 700.

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:24 am

OY YOU LOT

Don't give your answers in this thread - click the link and record your result there ..... ones on here don't count!

...... kids

(BTW I know some of you have clicked the link and answered)

Samray · #12 Post by **Samray** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:35 pm

Time is almost up.

What's the prize?

D-Rider · #13 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:51 pm

Samray wrote:Time is almost up.

What's the prize?

..... Measuring time period is almost up ..... the guessing game may go on a while longer (just to let everyone have a guess).

I've put up the quiz, maybe Pete can sort out the prize - perhaps a DIY enema or something?

Samray · #14 Post by **Samray** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:22 pm

D-Rider wrote:
Samray wrote:Time is almost up.

What's the prize?
..... Measuring time period is almost up ..... the guessing game may go on a while longer (just to let everyone have a guess).

I've put up the quiz, maybe Pete can sort out the prize - perhaps a DIY enema or something?

I think you may have failed to grasp the porpoise of a prize.
It's meant to encourage entries.

Aladinsaneuk · #15 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 5:16 pm

Rofl

No Mao in this instance....