OK, so I started moderating 6.5 years ago ....about time we had a 'regular' update news/thingie on what we 'do' and what we're seeing in the queues....
One section I look at is screensavers. [I personally never use them....my screen goes blank after ten minutes of disuse....[like my brain], so there's no 'point'].
What intrigues me is how one saver can be a simple 'scr' file of half a meg....and look good with it....whilst others are 36 meg installers [exes] and to use the cute English word - simply look a little naff.
My DSL isn't the world's fastest.....probably closer to the slowest...so downloading 36 meg to check out is a little 'War and Peace'....
But, we do it so we get the chance to be attacked by evil virii FIRST before releasing the executables to the wild...
I like Bootskins.
They download fast.
8 minutes to go on that s'saver d/l.... keep typing.
There's currently about 30 items in the various Queues.....[I just cleared another 20 or so].... relatively 'quiet'.... though that depends on who else has bumped some through before my checking.
There's still the odd upload that goes wrong....generally previews do not work ... but that's always been an issue at times.
The busiest section is still the wallpapers [always was] and it's probably still the most contentious. I personally rarely find anything of interest, though am still bemused by those who imagine they won't be 'found out' when submitting a Digital Blasphemy wall....
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Anyway....this is the first of a weekly 'update' on the intricacies of 'behind the scenes'....
[one day I aim to make it actually interesting, too....]....
Ah....saver d/l finished....now to 'get infected'....or not...