What is a 'Guest'?

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 12:06 pm

Just wondering. I assumed guests were browsers, unregistered lurkers? The reason I ask, is on a couple of occasions when I have checked who is online, I have seen a 'guest' using 'User CP' and today I saw a guest using the private messaging system. Is there a delay between being a 'guest' and an acknowledged registered member that affords these actions? or is a 'guest' not always a guest?

Post by **BuckGB** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 4:10 pm

Hmm... I'm not really sure why it would show "Guest" as being online. With the new alter-ego rule, I have been deleting quite a few usernames from the database that people have emailed me about. When I delete a username, all of that user's old posts become posted by "Guest", so maybe it's related to what you're seeing.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 2:34 pm

Possibly...but having looked tonight it shows 18 guests in the 'who's online' ...all reading posts except one who is reporting a post *confused*

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 1:24 am

I'd say guests are unregistered browsers. As for the activites, I tend to delete my cookies. So its not uncommon for me to sometimes try to write a PM, whilst being unaware of the fact that I haven't logged in.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 10:58 am

Originally posted by Tamerlane

I'd say guests are unregistered browsers. As for the activites, I tend to delete my cookies. So its not uncommon for me to sometimes try to write a PM, whilst being unaware of the fact that I haven't logged in.

Aha!

that might explain it then - thanks

Since I saw a guest performing moderator duties yesterday too!

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Apr 25, 2002 8:41 pm

Also, the board recognizes you as a guest if you decide to log on in invisible mode.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Sat Apr 27, 2002 12:36 am

Originally posted by Aegis
Also, the board recognizes you as a guest if you decide to log on in invisible mode.

I guess this depends, I'm invisible right now and there is no one showing up in the Gamebanshee Discussion Forum. I have hit reload 5 times and still no body.

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Sat Apr 27, 2002 12:47 am

Most of the guests that I see are on the BG forums, so I'm not sure that those who are invisible would show up as 'guests'.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Sat Apr 27, 2002 2:09 am

I agree that the invisibility option would not show you as a guest. I like Tammy's idea that the board recognises your IP but you have not logged on yet