I have been checking the users online option over the past month and I'm surprised to see,That a lot of members have never uploaded and image in all the time they have been members.Some have been members since 2002,Never uploaded or commented on other members uploads..They just lurk,This leads me to wonder why they do this.Are they downloading images and using them for their own ends.Maybe even getting them printed off and selling them..There's plenty of printable stuff on here..Is there anyway these members can be tagged.Observed?..It seems strange that people come on here contribute nothing,either in uploads or comments..Uploads i can understand but to be totally silent lurking in the background,Seems to me a wee bit creepy..R.
I see nothing untoward in this at all. I discovered Caedes in 2004 and lurked for years downloading images for my own desktop, which is the point of the site after all, before I started uploading images. This is a site for publishing desktops and I expect people to come here and download my images and that is why I post them here. The fact that not everyone uploads images is neither here nor there.
I imagine most people have probably visited many wallpaper sites which they haven't uploaded images to? Don't think it's anything to be concerned about.
At least let them have the courtesy to comment on your upload if they think it's good enough for them to use for whatever purpose..Myself i have been brought up to respect people and their views..If i were to download someones work i let them know ..It's called a thank you..As i said toward the end of my post,Uploads i can understand but total silence,C'mon doesn't cost much to communicate..PS I'm pretty level headed and not at all paranoid,Unless good manners are considered so...R.
Les I upload most of the time at maximum res..It does not concern me if anyone wants to download,Print or whatever else they want to do..They are welcome to them,I have made this clear in previous posts..Like a say though good manners seem to be in short supply these days...R.
I have images on sites that have been downloaded many thousands of time. I would not expect or even want a comment for each download, let alone a PM. All that ticking of boxes would give me RSI.
Most people who come here to download an image for their desktop really don't want to join the site to say "thanks dude" to soothe the possibly offended feelings of someone they don't know. And as for the downloads you see on your image, most of it shows that your image has been looked at full screen.
I'm just curious as to what prompted you to actually check people out is all. See who has a gallery & how long they've been here. I mean...why ? Do you have a list & are you checking it twice ?
."Is there anyway these members can be tagged.Observed?..It seems strange that people come on here contribute nothing,either in uploads or comments.."
You want people who don't "contribute" to the site in a manner that might make you comfortable, i.e....live up to your concept of contribute...you want these people put on some sort of Watch List, right ? OMG.
Not really..It's just that i happened to notice one guy had been on here since 2002 until now,Without any upload or any comment and being a curious kind of person I was wondering what he got out of it and no I don't want anyone to contribute to the site in any manner shape or form..There's been a lot of controversy lately about stolen images that have been seen on other websites.Maybe people even selling or saying they are the owner of said image..I know this because I have approached websites that have had my stuff on.Others on here too have had there pictures stolen and used elswhere..Is it wrong to enquire about such things.Watch list wrong!..There's plenty here do the watching without me adding to it..
Richie, people who rip images to use on other sites don't even need to register to do so.
Images being ripped have been a problem on this and every other non-professional website I've ever known. It is unfortunately a known issue for those who choose to upload their images and share them. Cuz some people suck.
As far as what the person you referred to might have gotten out of it - maybe he registered so he could support the site. Maybe he registered because he thought he would be commenting and never did. Maybe because years ago you used to get a message after 4 or 5 images that you needed to register if you wanted to continue to download images - which I did so. Because this was my go-to site for new desktop images that I used exactly as they were intended - for my own personal use. It was basically chance that got me to ever be more than that. And if I wasn't someone who could create my own art, even then it probably wouldn't have happened. I'd have remained one of those 0/0 people.
By the way, as I understand it, the primary reason you were required to register was a prevention method against people using spider programs to rip every image from the site and upload them elsewhere. I believe *caedes has more effective controls in place for that now.
The Topic was really about what somebody gets from a site after say eight years of inactivity.I was curious as to why they didn't interact more with the members..It seems to have transgressed into an FBI Case..Some good answers off the last two posts though...:)
Perhaps next time if you left your suspicions off and started with the simple curiosity to see what others come up with? I think people reacted to the suspicions posed more than anything else.
I'm not commenting anymore Jacqueline,Seems you ask a question or make an observation,Expecting to get an opinion,Instead get accused of paranonia and flamed..Without really getting any answer or constructive opinion..Seems people in certain parts of the world take a discussion as an augument and sometimes form an opinion of what kind of person you are,Without really knowing you..R.
When people visit the site, we get money from the advertisers which we use to pay for the servers that host your images here. The majority of visitors either don't register a user name or don't upload an image. Without them, it would be a lot more difficult to keep the site running.
Yes I fully understand your point..If I was surfing looking for a nice desktop and happened to come across Caedes,I for one would download one of the great images hosted here..I think this has been blown out of proportion..All I was really asking/enquiring about was why someone is a member for nigh on ten years without any obvious activity,I mean people casually surf the net call in and leave,But ten years without a murmour,Just struck me as strange and now has me branded as a net policeman..Some kind of Orwellian henchman maybe..Pickled onions yes,Eyeballs no..:).R.
Sometimes it's easy to lose your point in your presentation. *wink*
Also - if some of your opening post was tongue-in-cheek, that doesn't always translate well to the written page. It's a place where I see a lot of people getting tripped up.
Those people have probably left.. when you join Caedes you can't delete your account so there are going to be people's names on here which are lying dormant for years.