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It didn't used to be this way, and I also believed the old system was better, but this seems to be the way they are happy with things now.
*cries*
> What there should be (on and entirely unrelated topic) is some system
> that lets people still win GAD's without being a member. If I won a
> GAD and was not a member (which I am not, I was once though and I
> recollect fond memories of my free N64 controller) the annoyance would
> annoy me no end.
People can still win the GAD even though they aren't members, idiot.
> hmm . . . "reguar"
>
> Regular = at intervals roughly the same time or distance apart
>
> A user should become a regular if he/she/it uses the forums each day
> for a month, and stay a regular if he/she/it stays coming on each day.
> If he/she/it misses a day, they go back to Newbie until they have
> survived another month each day at UkChatforums.
>
> That would work, wouldn't it?
What if you regularly visit every two days, or something like that?
No, what you really need is an accurate distribution function for the evaluation of post and word density. You would then have some sort of polynomial equation combining your post distribution score with your total time, posts and words since registration to get an overall regularity rating, which would be used to determine when you become regular.
> that wud be good TWAIN... but if they are too busy to get on they will
> be annoyed at going back to newbie!
So? There are times when I don't come online for a while!
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he he
> ab4bxceptafterc
*looks blankly back at you*