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Yeah it is a nice way to get some members, but most of them will not use the forum besides that....

Does it cost a lot bandwidth ??

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I don't think you need so much bandwidth. All the games are between 30 and 150 kb.

If you are on a shared hosting having 10 of thousands of visitors per day maybe it is a problem....

Okay ..then that wont be a problem to me at all .. It's quite new and i'm the only registered member now. I think if it cost credits to buy game entry , they may begin to post on the board.. like monthly game entry cost 100 credits etc..

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That's a nice idea. If your software supports it then do it

That's a nice idea. If your software supports it then do it

I'm sure VB allows it cos i paid credits for game entry once!! And it also allows people win credits by playing games.

I wouldn't consider people playing the arcade spammers...

Maybe not, but they are stilling using Webdigity's bandwidth.

for me if a user does not post on my forum within 3 months their account will be removed! Btu i do try and find out why they have not posted!

Actually, a lot of the times they're like, "Oh, this place is cool! I'll sign up!" and then they do and forget about the place.

The only time that having links in their profiles or signatures would help is if they actually posted. Otherwise people just kind of forget about them.

I get it quite a lot on my forums but I don't really worry about it too much. I worry about those forums that delete inactive users though; it makes your memberbase look more unpopular.

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Actually, a lot of the times they're like, "Oh, this place is cool! I'll sign up!" and then they do and forget about the place.

The only time that having links in their profiles or signatures would help is if they actually posted. Otherwise people just kind of forget about them.

I get it quite a lot on my forums but I don't really worry about it too much. I worry about those forums that delete inactive users though; it makes your memberbase look more unpopular.

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You are right. I realized that from the contests. When I do a new contest, I pm all the members, and allways there are coming people that never posted and start using the forum.

That means that these people somehow forget the site after they sign up.

Also, as it was in my case, I joined to post a problem I had with The Topsites and then I figured I would leave, and then post if I ever needed something. Then, yeah, you PMed me about the contest and I figured I'd try to help you guys out.

I think it would be much more annoying if you got a lot of people who would post their links and then leave. All the members of Mercury who are banned have been banned for that reason.

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That really s**ks.

I mean people in many cases use forums to post their links, and I think that they should, but allways having in mind that they should give something in advance for what they get.

Before some time there was a guy here who wanted to make a post in the Marketplace of the forum, and as there is a post limit 5+ to post, he/she start posting in other threads posts like "thanks for sharing" or "cool".

Forum spamming is a big problem, and you should allways have something to deal with it, especcially if you run a phpBB forum. On a phpBB forum that I had, everyday bots where sign up there posting pharmacy or casino related topics....

I wish bots would sign up on Mercury. I don't mind them, because I know that they will help the site by scanning it and such, and you can always put them in a group where they cannot post.

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As far as I know there are only phpBB bots, so you are safe anyway

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