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Old 11-29-2005, 02:44 AM
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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
It's not right for your members to do something like that.
I know an admin that has multiple accounts on his site and carries on conversations with himself and doesn't admit it. Pathetic.
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Old 11-29-2005, 03:27 AM
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I have a test member with the user name Test. This account is for me to mostly test forum permissions and what not. No, I don't have any other accounts to make my forum look active. I was lucky enough to start a forum with a few people on it. Oh boy was it dead back then
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Old 11-29-2005, 06:32 AM
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It's not right for your members to do something like that.
I know an admin that has multiple accounts on his site and carries on conversations with himself and doesn't admit it. Pathetic.

i agree,, BTW these weren't my members,, not sure if you, or i, misread,, just want to clarify this isn't on my board

ps.. i wonder if the admin your talking about is the same one I'm talking about :surprised: he is pretty pathetic :squareeyed: and is a reg on vb.org and vb.com
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Old 11-29-2005, 11:19 AM
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I generally have two users, testuser and testuser2 - Mostly to test multi-usergroup functionality of hacks - Once I'm done I usually ban them - I move their posts to a private test forum and be done with it

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Old 11-29-2005, 11:24 AM
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I have one test user, to do same as Chris said. Also to make sure people in certain usergroups can't see things they aren't allowed to. As far as the admins that talk to themselves? Pathetic. Thats like the one hack request I saw recently where someone was asking to always show 300 random members online, no matter if they are or not. Something about investors or some such. Why fake the usage/traffic? I never understood that.
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Old 11-29-2005, 11:34 AM
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All my testing is done on a test forum, which all our members are free to join (we also use it as a status forum to post updates if the main one fails for some reason).
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Old 11-29-2005, 01:22 PM
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i agree,, BTW these weren't my members,, not sure if you, or i, misread,, just want to clarify this isn't on my board
I know they werent your members
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ps.. i wonder if the admin your talking about is the same one I'm talking about :surprised: he is pretty pathetic :squareeyed: and is a reg on vb.org and vb.com
I don't think so... The one I'm talking about is reg here and in vb.com but hass no posts but he's greek and I doubt you're talking for a greek guy.
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Old 11-30-2005, 02:29 PM
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nope, the person I'm thinking of has lots of post on vb.org and vb.com

i also use my accounts like chris said,, basically to test group permissions and such..

a hack that shows 300 guest online no matter what )
i missed that one, im intrigued who post this, might just have to search for this thread now..lmao


seems pointless to me tho ? the only reason i want guest or members on my site ( other then to share info ) is for them to click my ads :nervous:
and i don't think fake guest would do this..hehe
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Old 11-30-2005, 02:42 PM
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I have a couple of computer illiterate people that I frequently have test things for me. What I've found is that if they can't manage to break it, then it's usually safe to be used in a live setting.
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Old 12-14-2005, 04:15 AM
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so u think it's pretty uncommon for an admin to make 5-7 fake account and then post back and forth between those accounts ?
to make it look like his/her site is active
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