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Old 05-24-20, 12:20 PM  
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Any new members here?

I was wondering if we have new members here, since so many people are turning to at home workouts.

If you’re new, please post and introduce yourself! We love to welcome new members!
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Old 05-25-20, 11:50 AM  
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I was wondering if we have new members here, since so many people are turning to at home workouts.

If you’re new, please post and introduce yourself! We love to welcome new members!
Maybe they're all busy for the holiday weekend?
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Old 05-25-20, 11:54 AM  
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Are new members getting approved again?
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Old 05-25-20, 12:15 PM  
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Are new members getting approved again?
No.
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Old 05-25-20, 12:32 PM  
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Are new members getting approved again?
New names are consistently appearing on the front index page--if not every day, then at least every few days or so.

I don't have any deeper information, such as how many more potential members are stil waiting or how long people have been waiting (such as the longest wait, the "average" wait, or the wait times of the most recent new members).
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Old 05-25-20, 02:25 PM  
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New names are consistently appearing on the front index page--if not every day, then at least every few days or so.

I don't have any deeper information, such as how many more potential members are stil waiting or how long people have been waiting (such as the longest wait, the "average" wait, or the wait times of the most recent new members).
I'm not sure those members are actually getting activated and staying activated (many of them appear to be spammers anyway based on the way their names are formatted, etc.).

If you sort the member list by date of activation, the last member join date appears to be in October 2019: http://forum.videofitness.com/memberlist.php

I am still happy to volunteer to activate new members and manually screen for spammers (I do so on another forum as a mod) but I also totally understand if Wendy doesn't want to take me up on the offer.
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Old 05-25-20, 03:02 PM  
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I'm not sure those members are actually getting activated and staying activated (many of them appear to be spammers anyway based on the way their names are formatted, etc.).

If you sort the member list by date of activation, the last member join date appears to be in October 2019: http://forum.videofitness.com/memberlist.php
Thanks: I hadn't looked at that member index in some time. (I've also had similar suspicions about some of the names on the front page.) I've looked at some profiles of the newest "additions," and these profiles call them "registered users" with recent "activity" dates.

The sorted member list shows an apparent a slowing of new members several years ago--95% of the members on the index seem to have appeared by 2011. The last month with multiple new members seems to have been January 2017. From that time until now, there have been just over 4000 ID numbers "used."

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I am still happy to volunteer to activate new members and manually screen for spammers (I do so on another forum as a mod) but I also totally understand if Wendy doesn't want to take me up on the offer.
I can understand too, although I can also see a judicious use of manual screening and the like from helpers.
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Old 05-25-20, 05:59 PM  
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On another note, I paid to be a supporter, but haven’t been notified of any changes to my account. I did post in the Support thread at the top of the page.
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Old 05-25-20, 07:40 PM  
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I'm not new, was always more of a lurker. But have recently started posting some again due to coroanvirus stay-at-home orders. I had joined a local gym but am also rediscovering my love of at home workouts.
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Old 05-26-20, 11:16 AM  
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