Almost 3 million ....

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 by Jafo | Discussion: Community

With less than 10,000 to go Wincustomize.com has almost made it to THREE MILLION reg'd members.

There's probably a clever, intelligent way to do it...but so far I just find/notice a new poster and check his UserID number to see where we're up to.

Will we get to 3 Mill before the year ends? ....

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ZubaZ
Reply #1 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 7:18 AM
Wow.  We should all show up at the 3 millionth member's house for tea and cake.

vStyler
Reply #2 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 7:23 AM
...and umbrella drinks   

WOM
Reply #3 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 7:59 AM
Seems the last million took forever.  

starkers
Reply #4 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 8:29 AM
Wow. We should all show up at the 3 millionth member's house for tea and cake.


Yep, that'll be my mother (the 3 millionth)... so bring plenty of cookies, cake and other munchies... I'll put the kettle on.

Zoomba
Reply #5 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 8:58 AM
Just did the count... as of 8:58am EST, we have 9543 to go.

ZubaZ
Reply #6 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:15 AM
ZubaZ needs a graph of growth 

Philly0381
Reply #7 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:26 AM
Now, explain for me one more time again, relationship of registered members vs subscribers is/means what? This time I'll write it down, I promise.   

ZubaZ
Reply #8 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:36 AM
From the WC About page:

WinCustomize Access Classes

  • Exile
    This is a user who was banned. We do not delete accounts, we exile them. Exiled users cannot do anything on the site other than download files. They can only download skins that have been rated at 7 or above.
     
  • Visitor
    This is a non-registered user. They can only download. They can only download skins that have been rated at 7 or above.
     
  • Citizen
    This is a registered user. 99% of users are going to be Citizens. A citizen is a member of the community. They can submit skins, download and talk on the message board. Citizens can modify their preferences to display skins of any rating or above. The honorific "Citizen" is appended in front of their name.
     
  • Apprentice
    A citizen user who has submitted skins can be nominated to be promoted to an Apprentice. To become an apprentice one needs to be contributing to the skinning community in some way. WinCustomize is not the skinning community, helping other websites in the skinning community counts as well. The honorific "Sir" or "Lady" is appended to the front of their name. There is also a Master Apprentice rank for those right on the verge of becoming Journeymen.
     
  • Journeymen
    A handful of "super-citizens" will be at this class. These are people who are significant contributors to the community. The honorific "Sir" or "Lady" is appended to the front of their name. If you're a journeyman, then you are one biggest contributors to WinCustomize.com. The difference between a Journeyman and an Apprentice is that a Journeyman is contributing significantly to WinCustomize in particular as well as the skinning community in general. A Journeymen's skin is automatically made available upon uploading. It does not have to go through moderation first. As a result, only the most trusted users will become Journeymen because of this power.  They also have the ability to post news items to the front page of WinCustomize.com
     
  • Masters
    These are the "elders" of the skinning community. People who have been around for awhile. Only a few people will be at this class. To be a Master, not only must the user be a significant contributor to the community, but instrumental to the day to day life of WinCustomize. A Master can do everything a Journeyman can do plus they can nominate and vote on users to be promoted. The honorific "Master" is placed in front of their name A master has to think of WinCustomize as their home skin website.  

    Master users will also be able to sell their work through the WinCustomize store.
     
  • Moderator
    Compuserve has "Wizops", we decided to call our moderators Wizops too. Wizops can do what Masters can do plus add/delete news items, moderate skins. One can only become a Moderator by a 3/4ths majority vote of the Admins. The honorific Wizop is placed in front of a Wizop. A Moderator has the ability to authorize the promotion of a citizen to an apprentice.
     
  • Administrator Admins are the administrators. There will be 7 Administrators total: Frogboy, T-Man, Zoomba, MikeB314, KarmaGirl, Yarlen and Jafo. Any of them have the ability to promote a user up to a Journeyman. Only a majority approval can promote someone to a Master and only 3/4ths to a Wizop. Zoomba and Jafo will run WinCustomize on a day to day basis. The others will provide additional help and resources. You want something changed or done, Zoomba and Jafo are the ones to talk to. They have the ability to make many changes as long as it doesn't violate the covenant. Only 7 Admins will be active at a given time.  If one person should leave, another person will be promoted from the community.


Philly0381
Reply #9 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:46 AM
I guess I'm really being thick headed this morning, sorry. So can you be a registered member without being a subscriber?

Jafo
Reply #10 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:48 AM

So can you be a registered member without being a subscriber?

Yes....


ZubaZ
Reply #11 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:51 AM
Sorry Philly . . My response was so not useful to you.

Thanks Jafo.  Much clearer. 

Philly0381
Reply #12 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 9:54 AM
Ahh, so what we are saying then it's anyone who has ever used WC and/or a Stardock product? God, I'm being such a pain this morning.   

Philly0381
Reply #13 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:03 AM
Zubaz, it was very informative. Really, I'm just trying to put a face to registered member.

It's 8am in the morning (where I am), I'm still in bed, in my jammies. Have a monitor on a moveable stand close to the bed and using a wireless keyborad and mouse. Being a registered member has changed my life in so many ways!       

ZubaZ
Reply #14 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:10 AM
Ahh, so what we are saying then it's anyone who has ever used WC and/or a Stardock product?
No.  Folks can purhcase a Stardock app and not register here.  Someone who has never used or purchased a Stardock app can register.  Folks can come here, not log on (not registered), and download content until they hit the limit.

Jafo is counting anyone who has created an account here at WC; no more, and no less.

kenwas
Reply #15 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:14 AM
If there were 3 million subscribers as compared to 3 million registered users we most likely would not be talking about the need for "supporter" ads to get to a break even position with only two employees unless Zoomba and ID get one hell of a compensation package!

SirSmiley
Reply #16 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:15 AM
Yep, that'll be my mother (the 3 millionth)... so bring plenty of cookies, cake and other munchies... I'll put the kettle on.


That has got to be one gigantic kettle!

Philly0381
Reply #17 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:24 AM
Okay, thanks Zubaz. You do though have to admit that 3 million registered users over the years is a very significant amount of people.   

ZubaZ
Reply #18 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:30 AM
You do though have to admit that 3 million registered users over the years is a very significant amount of people.
I admit NOTHING!!!!   

ESAF
Reply #19 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:32 AM
Yep, that'll be my mother (the 3 millionth)... so bring plenty of cookies, cake and other munchies... I'll put the kettle on.


That has got to be one gigantic kettle!


Obviously Sir Smiley have never heard of the story of the 'five Loafs and three fishes' or was it the other way around?  

ALMonty
Reply #20 Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:39 AM
How many subscribers are here?

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