Inactive CPUs/Members and Team ECF Titles

[retired1]

Been noticing that we have a LOT of inactive CPUs. Seems we have quite a few who did one or two work units and then stopped for whatever reason.

As an incentive to keep the Team ECF title, I'm going to start checking to see who's active and who isn't. For now, if there have been no contributions to the team statistics for a year or more, I'm going to remove the team title from the profile. I may adjust this to 6 months later on down the road, but for now, I'm looking at 12 or more months of inactivity.

 

[irwink]

This might get a bit more exposure in the General Forum.

 

[retired1]

If they wonder where the title went, they'll figure it out by coming to the proper forum.

 

[irwink]

Yeah well however it develops maybe it will get a few folding again. Cooler weather's coming so the computer as supplemental heater thing may help too.

 

[retired1]

I'm also going to be checking those who folded a couple of units, requested a title, then stopped the folding client. To me, that just smacks of trying to get the title without actually doing anything for the team. Those titles will be removed as well, regardless of the length of time that's passed.

 

[timinftl]

Are you or anyone else having problems with the FAH server ? My video is working normally but my cpu won't go past "updating core" for couple of days now....

 

[retired1]

No, no issues on my end. However another individual was having issues recently. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/team-ecf-folding-forum/607986-error-message.html

 

[JimmyDB]

Not aware of any issues over here...

 

[retired1]

I've been slowly working my way through the list, and am rapidly approaching the end of the list.

Up to now, I've been removing the titles on accounts that haven't processed a work unit in over a year, or did just a few to get the title.

After doing some thinking on this, I'm going to set the cutoff at 6 months. This will accommodate for those that tend to shut things down during the hotter months.

 

[AndriaD]

I realize this may be rather low on the priority list, with all the of the "conversations," but will we be getting the Team ECF title back? That was how I first found out about folding@home so it's good PR, to have them...

Thx
Andria

 

[cinetrope]

I agree with Andria, our team is losing active members faster than we have been replacing them.

 

[AndriaD]

I agree with Andria, our team is losing active members faster than we have been replacing them.

And that is a shame, a crying shame, when a simple linked title could get back the "clickbait." The absence of that link is why I put the folding@home thing in my sig. Truthfully, with folding@home running in the background, I never even notice it's running unless I actually look at the webpage that shows it working.

So many unused CPU cycles that could be put to good and valuable use...

Andria

 

[retired1]

As I stated here: Help fight cancer with F@H! join team ECF today!!!!!! | Page 278 | E-Cigarette Forum , it's on the list of things to do, but there are bigger things ahead of it.

 

[irwink]

I agree with Andria, our team is losing active members faster than we have been replacing them.

Folding@Home is not promoted on ECF. I've tried from time to time. This part of the forum is buried. We used to have our own sub topic listed on the main forum page. Seems the powers that be really don't care.

On another note I'll be shutting down my folding rigs next week as I'll be out of town. I used to manage them remotely but they're a few cracks in remote management of Windows machines.

 

[cinetrope]

Folding@Home is not promoted on ECF. I've tried from time to time. This part of the forum is buried. We used to have our own sub topic listed on the main forum page. Seems the powers that be really don't care.

It's pretty amazing what a relative "handful" of folders have done for this team...and we don't even have the incentive of EVGA Bucks...

 

[Frenchfry1942]

There is a title?!? I wanna be a Count. Count Frenchfry sounds pretty cool! Chocula and I, being foods, have to stick together!

 

[retired1]

Sorry folks. We're still working on things under the hood. The titles will come back, but until we get some other things settled and working properly, some of the "foo foo" things continue to take a back seat.

 

[irwink]

Sorry folks. We're still working on things under the hood. The titles will come back, but until we get some other things settled and working properly, some of the "foo foo" things continue to take a back seat.

When and if the titles come back do what you said you were going to do - strip it from long inactive members. Currently there are only 67 active members out of 669. Put up or shut up.

 

[AndriaD]

When and if the titles come back do what you said you were going to do - strip it from long inactive members. Currently there are only 67 active members out of 669. Put up or shut up.

Actually I can't say I really mind that... it gives those of us actually doing it a chance to rise up the Team ECF ratings list!

Andria

 

[retired1]

When and if the titles come back do what you said you were going to do - strip it from long inactive members. Currently there are only 67 active members out of 669. Put up or shut up.

Just because the title is removed doesn't remove them from the Team list. The majority of that 669 no longer belong to the Team ECF usergroup. Bear in mind, the list and what we do here with the title are two totally separate things. We have absolutely no control over the actual team list displayed by Folding@Home.