SD
A few moments ago, I clicked on "PPRuNe home". At the bottom of the page I saw:
Currently Active Users: 1268 (910 members and 358 guests)
There always seem to be several hundred guests online, but only ever one or two in the forums. Why is this? Why the difference between the number of visitors shown on the homepage and those that can be seen in forums? Until last Saturday morning (see above) guests could still look at threads (assuming their IP hadn't been previously used to log in) then it appears they stopped being able to do so. Is this something to do with the way the set up of the site (how different forums are addressed) has recently changed? Surely PPRuNers cannot have gone through all the possible IP addresses?
I cannot think that this is good for PPRuNe, which must benefit from guests - particularly those that decide to register (I know of one at least who followed a link I placed on a a forum relating specifically to the Harrier), and can name others who must have seen what was being talked about on the Military Aircrew forum and decided to register and contribute, having been long time lurkers. Likewise, visitors to PPRuNe must gain knowledge, and the civil and military aviation worlds probably benefit from being able to have their say.
If only we could go back to how things were just over a week ago...
I'm going mad.
WEBF