how many test users do u use ??

[Brandon Sheley]

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

[Jenta]

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.

[Brandon Sheley]

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..

[Zachariah]

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

[PennylessZ28]

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.

[Brandon Sheley]

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

[Onimua]

Originally Posted by HR3rdGen

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.

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.

[Lea Verou]

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.
It has no posts, I never needed that, it only lurks around when I need to test something

[peterska2]

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.

[Brandon Sheley]

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