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Nephasth:
So I clicked on the member list today and noticed quite a few obvious spambot accounts that are new:

 #adidasjs[FVVQVVVFFFFE]       Newbie 2012-12-12 0 
  #adidasW2b       Newbie 2013-01-23 0 
  #dygennickairh       Newbie 2013-02-01 0 
  #frnnice[YSRRRSRRRFRR]       Newbie 2013-01-10 0 
  #frnnick[YSRRRSRRRFRR]       Newbie 2012-12-11 0 
  #genn[SZZSJSJZS]AT       Newbie 2011-12-24 0 
  #mulberry 5c       Newbie 2013-01-15 0 
  #mulberryTX8b       Newbie 2013-01-25 0 
  #nikeheelsSP5myh       Newbie 2013-01-18 0 
  #nikeheelsT8c       Newbie 2013-02-02 0 
  #northface[TXWTTXT]1d       Newbie 2013-01-09 0 
  #redsoleS70vd       Newbie 2013-01-19 0 
  #redsole[T45sdfT]3b       Newbie 2013-01-10 0 
  #uogennickrmjo

Then I filtered the list by join date, and holy crap there's a ---steaming pile of meadow muffin----ton of new members with new posts. What's the average number of new members per month? In the past two days alone over 200 have joined.

Nephasth:
Well that's interesting. We're not even 2 full months into the year and we've acquired 13,029 new members this year. Compared to 14,150 for all of 2012, and only 7224 in 2011.

saint:
Yeah, they've developed a new way around the filters. Pain in the keester.

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: saint on February 08, 2013, 08:01:08 pm ---Yeah, they've developed a new way around the filters. Pain in the keester.

--- End quote ---

Go the KLOV route, $2 via PayPal to get an account, profit!$$$

Le Chuck:
So of the 45000ish members any guesses on:

Active
Lurker
Spambot
Abandoned
Duel (it's a well known rumor that 18% of all user ids are Driverman and PbJ.)

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