how many test users do u use ??
 

Hey all, I have 2 questions for some of the webmasters out here.

I'm sure most of you make one test user to test some mods maybe, or permissions. ? At times I have, all the users are very obvious tho, like testuser test1 test2 ect... and any post that are mad also look like testin just " ssssssss" "testtttttt"
"asdfas" usually just a few keys to make the post..

so here is my question, 1st. have you made test accounts ? and they obvious that they were for testing.

and 2nd. if you have made these that weren't knows as test id " test1" testuser" ect... do u use them to make your forum look active ? suck as post as nameX, nameY, nameZ and have a different post style for each ? like a different personally for each ?

i don't, i just use for testing features, but recently i seen a site ( I'm not naming names, not trying to give them traffic ) but this owner has 5-7 id's that were made id's but where posted as different ppl. I was pretty shocked that someone would do this and it makes up 90% of the sites post :O just wondering if its a common thing ? I had never heard of it b4

Not common. Perhaps they also talk to themselves when they are alone in a room. I use one test account and its called test. When I am done testing, I ban the account. I delete the test posts if it involves posting.

ah maybe,, but I'm not trying to make fun of someone or a site or anything. but i was wondering if anyone else did it.
i usually merged all my test account into one id when I'm done..

No, I use online members via. IM and experment with them. Also, not that I have seen.

I use real people, becuase non techie people are the best to use, becuase they always manage to find stuff and do things a person with knowledge knows how to avoid.

I don't know how, but they just always find the bugs.

ya, that would be great, my forum isn't active enough for me to catch a member online...lol

In other words, you look for people who know how to break things, huh? ;)

I just use current members... and no, I don't talk to myself on my own forum... but at night, in bed, I hug myself becuase I'm all alone and... *cough* wait, wrong topic. :p

I have one test user that is quite obvious from it's nickname that it's a test user but it's nothing like "test", "testuser" etc, I can't recall the translation of the greek word I use to tell you, lol. :p
It has no posts, I never needed that, it only lurks around when I need to test something :p

I've got a test account, funnily enough called TEST, but on occassion I also log in as my BOT and use that, especially if it involves posting.

ah,, so it's pretty odd for an admin to use these test accounts to actually carry on conversations then ?? I thought so, even if to make your site " look " active, how long can you carry this on ? If I had to carry on one conversation with myself for a year I'd go nuts.. the site i seen has over 7 different id's by the one admin.. this is just crazy