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Screenshot at 1040 Eastern on April 29th.



Who are these 41 users? There is me: and Bing [Bot] and Google [Bot] who appear to be, like me, registered users. All the rest are guests which is what you and I are if we don't bother to sign in. (I usually don't unless I plan to post something.). Are they all Bots looking for grist for the search engine mills? There are usually a few guests - maybe three or four - but I don't recall seeing such a large number before. Course, the record was 232 back in August 2020 - I looked it up. Pretty much a slow news day, as much as that was possible during 45's reign of terror.

Before reading your post, I thought you were referring to "There aint half been some clever bastards", under Science & Technology. I don't have an answer for your question. I'm curious about the guests too.

Likely bots.

Joe Guy wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:04 am

Before reading your post, I thought you were referring to "There aint half been some clever bastards", under Science & Technology.

A quote from Ian Drury;



Noel Coward was a charmer.
As a writer he was brahma.
Velvet, jackets and pyjamas,
had a gay divorce and other dramas.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.

Van Gough did some eyeball pleasers.
He must have been a pencil squeezer.
He didn't do the Mona Lisa,
That was an Italian geezer.

There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bas-tards.

Einstein can't be classed as witless.
He claimed atoms were the littlest.
When you did a bit of splitting-em-ness
Frighten everybody shitless

There ain't half been some clever bastards.
Probably got help from their mum
(who had help from her mum).
There ain't half been some clever bastards.
Now that we've had some,
let's hope that there's lots more to come.
There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bastards.
Okey-dokey!
Oh!
Segovia.
Da-laa la-laa da-daa da-lee
De dump di dump de dump-dump-diddle li-lee.
There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bastards
(Lucky bleeders, lucky bleeders)
There ain't half been some clever bastards.

eddieq wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:05 am

Likely bots.

I assume so: although it's odd that "Registered Users" are Bing [Bot], ex-khobar Andy, Google [Bot]: but when I look at the Members roster I do not find the two listed Bots.

It may be that the agreement with GoDaddy (or whoever) has a requirement that certain bots (Google and Bing) have automatic access (and just to be clear I have absolutely no problem with that) while other search engines just lurk. Odd.