Nir has the "AXE" factor
doublegin, Aug 5, 2009 @ 00:49

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User#=387. Name=Fondue. Last Visit: Sep 24, 2008

User#=390. Name=katia. Last Visit: Apr 8, 2008

User#=393. Name=Dr_marc. Last Visit: Jan 28, 2007

User#=396. Name=katie. Last Visit: Jun 4, 2008

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Did the axe get blunt or what?
hayes, Aug 5, 2009 @ 01:04

Doublegin: sadly, the only thing my axe factor gets me is a bit of blood on my shoes... :)

Marina: real freaky indeed. I found it while doing a google search on 'axe-murderer', and I actually think it's taken from some children's book!. Why was I looking for 'axe murderer' on google? The voices asked me to.

Hayes: we deleted members who didn't activate their account, not who didn't log in.
Nir Ofek, Aug 5, 2009 @ 01:47

[quote]In case you noticed the number of memebers dropped by 1000 people overnight: it's because we regularlydelete members who havn't activated their account in the past 6 months.



So yesterday was the 'day of the axe' at glocals.







Nir[/quote]

Hey hang on a minute, your picture is of a hockey game, one of the most most fun games about, and that guy in the bull's eye zone is actually holding an oversized ice cream - that is not an axe. Besides, a true Canauck's preferred would be chainsaw - much quicker, cleaner than an axe if you don't mind the noise ! Nir, you should know that.
Poster, Aug 5, 2009 @ 09:50

axe indeed......( it really is an ice cream ) "honi soit qui mal y pense"
epicure, Aug 5, 2009 @ 10:04

Poster:

I'm guessing it's another case of us seeing what we want to see and what's on our minds: you see a happy friendly ice-cream, I see a bloody deranged guy holding an axe...(-;

Have a great day my friend, see you on campus.

Nir Bundy
Nir Ofek, Aug 5, 2009 @ 10:18

Axe it is... Your pic is from the 2007 edition. Here is a zoom of the 2008 calendar:







Casuistik, Aug 5, 2009 @ 10:40

[quote]Axe it is... Your pic is from the 2007 edition. Here is a zoom of the 2008 calendar:







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The original picture was of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa. Your picture shows 2 cops with keppikepi which are not Canadian ..... hence the henchman has been caught plying his trade in Europe somewhere. Besides, the cop looks like he's holding a willy warmer ...... not a weapon of mass destruction !
Poster, Aug 5, 2009 @ 11:31

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Nir_ (04/08/2009)[/b]



Hayes: we deleted members who didn't activate their account, not who didn't log in.[/quote]



Ohhhh, when you said in the title "1000 non-active members deleted" I thought you were referring to the accounts of members that, y'know, weren't active...





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Villarsvilla (05/08/2009)[/b]



Too sharp an axe and glocals would have to throw the 2'000 members party all over again.[/quote]



Heh. My very next line was going to be something like that "But trimming another couple of thousand could have given you a few months respite between the beach party and 30,000 members party".
hayes, Aug 5, 2009 @ 11:50

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Villarsvilla (05/08/2009)[/b]



"Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."[/quote]



This is my opinion, if you don't agree I've got big brothers.
hayes, Aug 5, 2009 @ 12:04

So what seems to be the "need" to pump up the numbers of glocals members?



Frankly, if someone has not even signed onto the site in the last six months (ok be generous and say 12 months), I think that it is a bit of a stretch to call them a member.



Cut the numbers back to the 2-3'000 people who are active and be done with it. If someone comes back to the site and wants to re-activate their name, let them.



Clean up the clutter!
Verbier, Aug 5, 2009 @ 12:21

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Verbier (05/08/2009)[/b]

So what seems to be the "need" to pump up the numbers of glocals members?

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You must have written/read a few CVs in your time, Verbier.
hayes, Aug 5, 2009 @ 13:02

Hi Hayes. Of course, but now I have found "Religion" :D
Verbier, Aug 5, 2009 @ 13:15

[quote][quote]Axe it is... Your pic is from the 2007 edition. Here is a zoom of the 2008 calendar:







[/quote]

The original picture was of the Rideau Canal in Ottawa. Your picture shows 2 cops with keppikepi which are not Canadian ..... hence the henchman has been caught plying his trade in Europe somewhere. Besides, the cop looks like he's holding a willy warmer ...... not a weapon of mass destruction ![/quote]



My bad; I didn't realize that Hanover was in Canada...



The killer is supposed to be Fritz Harmann, [i]who killed 24 young people during a murderous spree in Hanover after the First World War. He chopped up their bodies and dumped the remains in the River Leine. The victims were between the ages of 13 and 20.



Harmaan was sentenced to death and beheaded in 1925. [/i]




Casuistik, Aug 5, 2009 @ 16:27

Hmm... 6 months will be a problem fo rpeople who are working abroad for longer periods. I know a guy who's here in Gva for 3 months, but than can be send somewhere for 7 months. Disapointing when you're coming back and your profile is deleted :P

Obviously the amount of registered members will attract bigger sponsers. How to reach those members is another question because they never sign in or not even activated their account.. hahaha :P 
Arnovd, Aug 6, 2009 @ 01:20

Yo Tinks,

You raised a few seperate points, here's my thinking on each. Feedback / ideas welcome. 

1. First, a bit of data (rounded), to put the discussion in perspective:

2. Do total number of members effect ad revenues?
Yes and no:

• Yes, because a large total number gets glocals noticed by advertisers.
• No, because after noticing us, advertisers look at 2 other key things - not related to number of members - to determine if to advertise here:
• # of monthly page views
• # of unique monthly visitors

3. Which members do we currently remove? 
We deleted around 4,000 members in the past year. These are members who either didn't activate their account for a long period, or who were in-active for a long while. We don't have a fixed policy yet on when to delete members, to be frank.   

4. Should we remove ALL non-active members?
If we remove all members who didn't log on in the past 12 months, we'd remove around 10,000 members. That's do-able. Until now we decided not to do it mainly cos it allowed us to show a higher total number of members - which helps us get noticed (it also helped that the way our current system is built, mass-deleting is a pain in the ass time-wise).  

Nir Ofek, Aug 6, 2009 @ 01:32

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Arnovd (05/08/2009)[/b]



How to reach those members is another question because they never sign in or not even activated their account.. hahaha :P[/quote]



The technology you are thinking of is email.





You know those people that write that they can speak French on their profiles but all that really means is that they can drunkenly sing along with the chorus Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)? The whole situation is like that but different.
hayes, Aug 6, 2009 @ 10:58

Thanks Nir.



I would go with the 12 month clean up. The 21'000 number is more realistic. The concept of members (for me) is that they are "active". Not some number of all of the people who have ever signed up for Glocals.



If you can, you can leave the names in a "suspense file" so the person if they come back can reactivate the account.
Verbier, Aug 6, 2009 @ 14:15

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Verbier (06/08/2009)[/b]



I would go with the 12 month clean up. The 21'000 number is more realistic.

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But 21,000 is fewer members than the quoted 27,000 registered with englishforum.ch. Then Glocals could no longer claim to be the "Largest community of Expats & international locals in Switzerland, in English". I suggest selecting a time window that'll let the number hover around the number of EF members + ~2000. That's pretty much how things are now.
hayes, Aug 6, 2009 @ 14:57

Hayes, we have a ways to go. They are posting 34'771
Verbier, Aug 6, 2009 @ 14:59

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Verbier (06/08/2009)[/b]

Hayes, we have a ways to go. They are posting 34'771[/quote]



Weird! The page says 26,886 to me!



So what you're saying is that Glocals can't really make that claim anyway?
hayes, Aug 6, 2009 @ 15:02

No no no, OK, sorry, my bad. Different page. I will start registering false accounts forthwith.
hayes, Aug 6, 2009 @ 15:03

Members: 34,711

Threads: 48,679

Posts: 474,960

Top Poster: Lob (8,468)



I am logged on at the moment.
Verbier, Aug 6, 2009 @ 15:04

Verbier:

Gracias.

Short term, we'll keep deleting around 4,000 members / year. But we're still not ready to go all the way to categorically deleting EVERYONE who hasn't logged on in the past 12 months.

Longer term, I love the idea of having a community with only active members. But we ain't there yet. It reminds me of an idea I read of on Techcrunch: a "1000 Only" network. Only 1000 people would be let into the community, and each month the folks who were least active, or whose posts got the lowest reviews, would be removed. In their place, new folks would be let in. I don't know if it was ever launched, but it would be an interesting experiment!
Nir Ofek, Aug 6, 2009 @ 19:57

Hello

Not to sound too much as a blood hungry creature, but can we get another Axe performance?

Some profiles are wandering in glocals, with last logins back in 2010 2011 2012... you get my point

Guillermo, Aug 3, 2016 @ 22:12

Well I haven't been active in a long while,  since I moved back to Australia.  But I am glad I still exist on the system for times like now when I come to visit Geneva.  It allows me to easily catch up with friends and be sociable. 

Kiriel, Aug 4, 2016 @ 00:48

I am trying to remember...  My membership number was some crazy small number... 

Kiriel, Aug 4, 2016 @ 00:51

WoW - how lovely to hear from you Kiriel.

I hope that you are well!!

AND yes, we are the first one's, we are in the first 1600 members. 

Let us know when you are visiting Geneva, take care and a big hug.

SWISS, Aug 4, 2016 @ 21:15

I am not talking about people posting or not, but people Not logging in.

With a last visit in 2009, can you honestly tell me if the below profile has any interest in glocals????

LouiseK - In Geneva. From Spain.
"Life is what you make it so get me the cook book"
Member since Nov, 2007
Last visit Nov, 2009
1 Friend

Guillermo, Aug 4, 2016 @ 22:35

Hi Guillermo.

I really don't know what your problem - people don't need to log in to see what goes on Glocals, you get the info on your e-mail, if you belong to a group, ect.

As for me - please get a life - best wishes.

SWISS, Aug 4, 2016 @ 22:46