"Guests"

[termietermite]

Right now, as is so often the case these days, the ratio of guests to users  on line is about 10 to 1 in favour of the guests.  I'm sure it used to be the other way about!  What's going on?

[Jules G]

Somebody recently post that these were "Spy Bots" or something like that? I will always have a quick check without login on so will feature as a guest.   

[landman]

As often as not they are "search bots" i.e. Google, Yahoo, Bing etc etc etc

[garyfrogeye]

I was looking in a guest just now but I've loggen on so as not to scare you Debs. I don't want to be regarded as any kind of Bot

[lofty]

the powers that be read  this stuff and make arrangments to make us all happy.hello aco fia all ferry companies racing drivers and breweries .listen to the voices.i do.

[Perdu]

A garybot?

doesn't bear thinking about

oh no

[termietermite]

 
At the moment I'm alone with 63 guests.... Ooo,er!

What's the advantage of looking around as a guest but not logging in?  What harm can these bots do, if any?

[Grand_Fromage]

You know in Greek the word for 'guest' is also the same word for 'stranger'... xenos. As in 'xenophobia', the fear and hatred of guests.

[Robin Hod]

Just had to Log-in for the first time since I joined 2 years ago, and after that amount of time usernames and passwords are a distant memory. Good old paper, pen and secret scrap of paper, saved me from being another guest stastistic. However I have noticed a massive drop in enthusiasm this year. Didn't know there were so many Peugeot fans in the club.

[garyfrogeye]

I believe that the Muslims have a saying that "An unexpected guest is a gift from God" which means that if I ever turn up at your door looking for a free meal, I'm not a scrounger, I'm a gift from God

[Grand_Fromage]

The post "You know in Greek the word for 'guest'...etc" was a quote from Flanders and Swann "At the drop of a Hat". I just wondered if there was anyone else on here old enough to remember F&S!

I believe that the Muslims have a saying that "An unexpected guest is a gift from God" which means that if I ever turn up at your door looking for a free meal, I'm not a scrounger, I'm a gift from God

[termietermite]

, I'm a gift from God

Aw, Gary.   We knew that all along, of course.

Mr Hod, I get the impression that many members communicate more through Facebook these days.  Whilst I find that OK, I admit I have little interest in what my "friends" had for dinner or, worse still, what their kids had.  Thus I still visit this place rather more but the interest has dropped off a lot, as you say, so sometimes it's like talking to yourself (or, rather 60-odd "people" you don't know, lurking in the backgroud and saying nothing!)

[Steve Pyro]

I'm still listening 

[Perdu]

I'm not   

certainly not a farcebook user though

[mgmark]

I'm here too...

MG Mark