Who Is Susan?

I don't think this entity is "looking at" Notices & Announcements. It logs in and then (for some reason) opens up the first group that's listed at the top...then it likely goes off and does other stuff in other places in either the virtual or the real world.

It would be less of a mystery if it just logged in and took no action. But why why go into any group at all?

I only noticed the name because MacFarland is the same surname of a girl I went to high school with 50 years ago...she was Chris.

 

My thoughts also, @John Brunner . Whatever it/she is doing, I do not think it is some senior lady browsing the forum. I thought maybe @Ken Anderson could tell if she was some kind of a bot (or something of that nature); but he said he can’t tell anything more about what is happening.
I think it/she logs in for some reason, and then goes somewhere else; but I have no clue what good it does to be logged into the forum.

As long as it is not putting any of us in some kind of danger, or harming the forum in some way, I suppose it does not matter……..but it still worries me.
There are so many ways of getting someone’s private information online nowadays.

 

It's possible that she has the forum in a tab that opens automatically when she loads her browser. For example, although I think the forum software counts me as being logged out when I haven't been active for a period of time, I don't usually have to log into the forum as the forum is in a tab that preloads whenever I boot the browser, and it would show me in whichever part of the forum I was at the last time I was there. I don't know that that's the case, though. I'm just guessing.

 

Most forums permit non-members to read text comments, but they can't see pictures or videos or perform Searches for threads and content. As Ken has mentioned from time-to-time, there are "robots" that go everywhere on the web gathering info from websites so as to make the stuff available for searches. If people "Google" for things that have been discussed here, then our threads will be part of those search results. Such robots do not have member accounts or even the capability to log in, but--like any other visitor--they are able to read content.

I log out every night, but it's because I close Firefox and shut the lid to my laptop, causing it to "sleep." Each morning I have to log back in to my computer and then open Firefox again. I rarely shut down or restart my computer unless there's a problem or an upgrade that needs to install.

 

Since Susan is not participating in the Susan thread, I guess all topics are fair game.

I remember your talking about that. I had no idea that Husqvarna made sewing machines (I hope I've not already said all this in your other thread.) They've been the dirt bike manufacturer of choice for the longest time (at least 50 years) and make high quality chain saws, weed eaters, etc. Every kid wanted a Husky.

I bet it's a nice machine that would put Singer to shame. There's absolutely no reason you can't keep chugging along with that XP machine for your sewing. (And to think of all those McCall's and Simplicity patterns my mother had to store back in the day.)

I've never owned an Apple/Mac computer. I recall the original ones back in the 80s...they looked like toys but all the people who did User Manuals and graphics loved them. Those folks laughed as the rest of us had to learn DOS as though we were mini programmers. It was years before IBM/Microsoft computers could even use a mouse, much less have graphics or even icons...everything was done with keyboard shortcuts. In fact, there were lawsuits when Microsoft stole Apple's "look & feel." Apple lost.

So back on topic...I wonder if Susan uses an Apple. I wonder if she (I assume it's 'she') embroiders? I wonder if she's ever ridden a dirt bike

 

Given the lack of activity, you overlooked "Lazy."