I haven't had a cable package in over 10 years. I have Amazon prime and stream content from there and I do watch YouTube clips on my tv.
Your right Mark, ordinary tv is obsolete.
Posts from Kevin in thread „Concern For Missing Members“
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Big Iron don't be a stranger. Thanks for dropping in.
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Welcome back ZS_Maverick drop in whenever time permits. We'll keep the campfire burnin.
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Welcome back!
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Hi @Kcat I hope you have been doing well during the COVID-19 outbreak. Good to see you jump back in here.
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It's been a longtime since the last post. A lot of MIAs on the forum. Maybe one day we'll see a few return to check in.
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The "Concern For Missing Members" list is big. Most haven't logged in at least a year or more.
REASR
twobtrue2johnwayne (an early every active member back in the early days of the forum)
LittleDuke
capercaillie
The Ringo Kid
smokey
Gorch
Lt. Brannigan
kilo 6
Emmanuel
Romy
ShortGrub
brick
Bek
badger
luckynedpepper
A Girl Named Jen
InHarmsWay
General Sterling Price
etsija
firstrebel
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No problem, jump in when you can. Life is getting busier and busier all the time. Just glad to see you, and all the other old timers jump in from time to time.
No that I want this to be a joke, but I half expected to see my name here!! HAHA....
I am checking in weekly but have not posted alot recently. Busy family/work life get's in the way. Probably be the same way in the near future but I am happy to come back and read/share info with you all. -
Glad to see you back, Smokey. Jump in whenever you get the time.
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Hondo! It's good to see you again - we've missed you!
We're glad you're fine, and looking forward to hearing more from you.
Glad to have you back!!
Chester
and the Mrs. 
Same here Mike,
good to hear from you,
look forward to saying Hi again, soonSame for me also, welcome home, Mike.
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I have been absent due to health reasons but things are good now and please accept my regret at not being in touch. There have been a few changes to the board in the year plus and it's intersting to learn about them. Murray
Glad your doing some better, hope to see you around the old campfire more often, welcome back.
Kevin
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Welcome back Bek. Very glad to see you back!!
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I wanted to post a reply to this topic days ago although due to work etc I have not had the time.
Kevin
I think you missed the point that I was trying to make in an earlier post regarding inactive members. I was referring to members who haven't posted at all, therefore I believe that if a person joins this messageboard and after two months of being a member they still haven't posted I believe that their membership should be removed.
You highlighted the scenario of 'A girl named Jen', I never for a moment suggested deleting the account of someone who has racked up 200+ posts, and while its disappointing that she rarely posts anymore I still believe her membership status of this board should remain.
Regarding inactive moderators I understand the point you are making but it is a bad reflection of the board if these members don't contribute and or have left the board. I know Reasr has popped up within the last couple of days after a long absent with a three word post, I however deem this as completely unsatisfactory.
Maybe it would be more appropriate due to the work they have done setting up the board to remove their moderating responsibilities and to grant them special membership such as 'Founding Member' or 'Honourary Member'.
I hope this post has presented my points of view a little better than my earlier post did.
Hi Robbie,
I must have mis-understood, I though you where thinking of removing members who simply haven't posted in a while, post count didn't matter.
In the past I have removed members that where inactive with no posts for 2 years, but I may look at something alittle more agressive. I appreciate your input as always and your concern for the bettering of the community.
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I only brought up the purging in case there was interest in a shoutbox and space was needed on the server to implement it. I never see anyone in the chat room and a shoutbox is more easily accessible and viewable. Just a thought...
I have been thinking of going to a shoutbox and dumping the chat room, and putting on the home page. Now that I have the vB going that can be looked into.
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Moderating on a forum of this caliber is not as tasking as moderating on a BT site of 40,000 - 50,000 members, believe me. About 5% of our members are active in the forums and are always asking about problems with BT software, router/modem problems, firewalls, rar'd files and so many other things. I've love moderating on a forum like this, I'd probably be able to sleep easier at night.
Right now I'm a forum moderator supervisor so it's not that bad, my title is an Administrator and all I have to do is keep the other Mods happy and make sure they know what to tell the members. But I'm about to give up that job with everything I have planned this summer I just don't have the time.
Moderating here would be fun but I do feel a Moderator should be active, informative and help as much as possible. Kevin has to have a reason for keeping inactive moderators, he owns the site, the option is his. Personally I do feel though that to look good to new members the less inactive members we have the better. Especially if we're trying to gain any kind of status with certain people or companies that may be prospective sponsors.
I am glad to be a member and will be here for a long time no matter what.
What BT site do you mod on? I must say that my time is abit tight at times with family activities and all. I also, run a U2 BT site, so I know where your coming from DakotaSurfer
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Chester
[FONT="]I feel to an extent that you have missed the point that I was trying to make.
Beyond argument the board is well moderated and this is not in dispute. However moderators are supposed to set some sort of an example and when there is a situation when one third of the moderators on a messageboard who have made minimal contributions to the board as a whole and have all but left the board over the past number of years, I believe that this sets a poor example. I am particularly bewildered as to why these two were ever made moderators as they have certainly never (at least to my knowledge) carried out any moderating duties.
In addition to this I feel that another cull would be in order to erase all members of the board who have been registered for two months or more and have not made any posts, this would free up user names and give a truer reflection as to how many members actually exist on this board.
Above are some of the simple things on this board that need to be sorted out before future suggestions are considered and implemented.
Regarding Keith I think he's probably taking a well-deserved break from the board as setting up a page for each of John Wayne’s movies must have been an exhausting task.[/FONT]
The moderators in question have thier reasons for not posting or visiting. LibertyV semi-retired so to speak, and has had reasons for not spending time here. REASR has been involved in the JW community almost forever and has run a Yahoogroup community for almost 10 years. REASR helped here early on to help establish this site.
As for the pruning of members here I see no reason to prune members and certainly not for not being active in 2 months. We have pruned members that haven't visited in 2 or more years and that should be the cut off. A girl name jen was gone almost 2 years, and I'm glad we didn't remove her account.
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Interesting thread. Everyone has posted valid points of views, buy as someone before has pointed out earlier you have to have a thick shin when your interacting with others in a very public forum. I take very few thing personally, and can generally take it or leave it.
All I can say is I hate to have anyone leave the site over bad feelings, but at the end of the day, leaving might be the best thing for both the member and the rest of the board.
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Last we heard she had problems signing on to the new board. Kevin was working with her on this. I think that was about a month ago.
I believe she has signed on after that issue. So I don't think there is a login problem.
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Jim, I hope everything is settling out for you, and hope your back working hard again.
