Spiders? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Valier · 09-26-2006, 11:18 AM

Just curious...Where did all the Slurp spiders go? I've noticed they have been gone for a few days now...Did they lose interest?

ninja91 · 09-26-2006, 12:26 PM

To Slurp Spider City, of course. Really, where else would they have gone?

Legolas · 09-26-2006, 09:35 PM

What?

Naria · 09-27-2006, 01:36 AM

ya know when you go to 'who's online'. Well there are usually things called Slurp Spiders and Guests and there hasn't been any for awhile now. We just find it kind of odd...they've been here for so long and then all of a sudden *poof* they're gone! No biggy...just wondering where they went is all

piosenniel · 09-27-2006, 02:46 AM

I was wondering about that, too. For example- just now under Currently Active Users is says 45(3 members + 42 guests).

Formerly when I clicked on Currently Active Users it would bring up the members and the guests, listing what they were all looking at.

Just now, when I clicked on Currently Active Users to bring up the list, it only shows the members online - and states that there are 3 members + 0 guests.

Rune Son of Bjarne · 09-27-2006, 05:17 AM

Apparantly this has been the big IM'ing talk betwen Downers.

I have discussed this with atleast 5 downers, but no one know what has happened.

Kath · 09-27-2006, 06:32 AM

Apparently I don't go to Who's Online often enough.

Perhaps the security measures have become stricter? Or the spiders have just lost interest.

Celuien · 09-27-2006, 06:42 AM

I could be misremembering (ha! a new word), but I think there used to be a selection where you could filter out the guests from the Who's Online list manually. Maybe that was set to the default and the option to view guests taken away as a bandwidth saving measure. *shrugs*

I'll miss chasing the spiders to forgotten old topics.

Brinniel · 09-27-2006, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Celuien

I'll miss chasing the spiders to forgotten old topics.

Definitely. The spiders always seemed to be at old threads I could never find. It's always fun to read posts that are several years old.

The first time I noticed all the spiders missing, I felt baffled and a little lonely. At least I know now I'm not the only one wondering what happened...

Legolas · 09-27-2006, 02:24 PM

They must've been destroyed with Shelob in the eruption of Mount Doom.

09-26-2006, 11:18 AM	#1
Valier Twisted Taleswapper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: somewhere between sanity and insanity Posts: 1,737	Spiders? Just curious...Where did all the Slurp spiders go? I've noticed they have been gone for a few days now...Did they lose interest? __________________ grand return?........

09-26-2006, 09:35 PM	#3
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,850	What? __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

09-27-2006, 01:36 AM	#4
Naria Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 501	ya know when you go to 'who's online'. Well there are usually things called Slurp Spiders and Guests and there hasn't been any for awhile now. We just find it kind of odd...they've been here for so long and then all of a sudden poof they're gone! No biggy...just wondering where they went is all __________________ MONEY Anyone who says it doesn't buy happiness.....is probably broke.

09-27-2006, 02:46 AM	#5
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,816	I was wondering about that, too. For example- just now under Currently Active Users is says 45(3 members + 42 guests). Formerly when I clicked on Currently Active Users it would bring up the members and the guests, listing what they were all looking at. Just now, when I clicked on Currently Active Users to bring up the list, it only shows the members online - and states that there are 3 members + 0 guests. __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

09-27-2006, 06:32 AM	#7
Kath Everlasting Whiteness Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Perusing the laminated book of dreams Posts: 4,725	Apparently I don't go to Who's Online often enough. Perhaps the security measures have become stricter? Or the spiders have just lost interest. __________________ “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

09-27-2006, 06:42 AM	#8
Celuien Riveting Ribbiter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Assigned to Mordor Posts: 1,795	I could be misremembering (ha! a new word), but I think there used to be a selection where you could filter out the guests from the Who's Online list manually. Maybe that was set to the default and the option to view guests taken away as a bandwidth saving measure. shrugs I'll miss chasing the spiders to forgotten old topics. __________________ People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect. But actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey... stuff.

09-27-2006, 02:24 PM	#10
Legolas A Northern Soul Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Valinor Posts: 1,850	They must've been destroyed with Shelob in the eruption of Mount Doom. __________________ ...take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.