Active cachers

[+Gill & Tony]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

[+Tatanka49]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

I consider an 'active cacher' as someone who has signed on to the Geocaching website in the last 6 months. I will also occasionally look to see if they have hunted for caches and recorded a found, DNF or attended or whatever in the last 9-12 months. Very often you see CO's who haven't signed on in over a year. sometimes people do sign in but just to look around but have not done an active search in some time.

Edited May 16, 2017 by Tatanka49

[+Gill & Tony]

That would be a reasonable definition, but not necessarily the one that Groundspeak uses when they say that there are x number of active cachers in the world or that y% of active cachers do (or don't do) something.

[+colleda]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

I consider an 'active cacher' as someone who has signed on to the Geocaching website in the last 6 months. I will also occasionally look to see if they have hunted for caches and recorded a found, DNF or attended or whatever in the last 9-12 months. Very often you see CO's who haven't signed on in over a year. sometimes people do sign in but just to look around but have not done an active search in some time.

They could be very active finding caches without signing due to using an app.

[+WearyTraveler]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

I consider an 'active cacher' as someone who has signed on to the Geocaching website in the last 6 months. I will also occasionally look to see if they have hunted for caches and recorded a found, DNF or attended or whatever in the last 9-12 months. Very often you see CO's who haven't signed on in over a year. sometimes people do sign in but just to look around but have not done an active search in some time.

They could be very active finding caches without signing due to using an app.

 

When looking, I check their stats page to see finds within the last year or so. No finds for years looks like inactive to me.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

I consider an 'active cacher' as someone who has signed on to the Geocaching website in the last 6 months. I will also occasionally look to see if they have hunted for caches and recorded a found, DNF or attended or whatever in the last 9-12 months. Very often you see CO's who haven't signed on in over a year. sometimes people do sign in but just to look around but have not done an active search in some time.

They could be very active finding caches without signing due to using an app.

 

When looking, I check their stats page to see finds within the last year or so. No finds for years looks like inactive to me.

 

Not necessarily. Some Geocachers use a different account for hiding than one for finding and some are out physically finding caches but just don't log their finds online.

 

 

[+WearyTraveler]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

I consider an 'active cacher' as someone who has signed on to the Geocaching website in the last 6 months. I will also occasionally look to see if they have hunted for caches and recorded a found, DNF or attended or whatever in the last 9-12 months. Very often you see CO's who haven't signed on in over a year. sometimes people do sign in but just to look around but have not done an active search in some time.

They could be very active finding caches without signing due to using an app.

 

When looking, I check their stats page to see finds within the last year or so. No finds for years looks like inactive to me.

 

Not necessarily. Some Geocachers use a different account for hiding than one for finding and some are out physically finding caches but just don't log their finds online.

True , but the other account isn't what we're talking about. If "cacher hider" hasn't logged in in a year and hasn't found a cache in years, cacher hider is not active. If his alter ego "cacher finder" has, then finder is active...

 

I would also opine that in your scenario, that if the actual person was logging in to log finds (app or web) that he's also receiving email on the hider account and isn't unaware of any NM on the hider account. So basically, if finder if finding caches but not reacting to NM mail sent to the CO account, he's an inactive CO ignoring NMs and should be treated as inactive, regardless of what his finder account does,,.

 

Hopefully that make sense...

Edited May 16, 2017 by WearyTraveler

[+noncentric]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

Good question.

I've often seen the phrase use in GS marketing/blog/announcements, but hard to understand what that really means without knowing GS's definition.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

I consider an 'active cacher' as someone who has signed on to the Geocaching website in the last 6 months. I will also occasionally look to see if they have hunted for caches and recorded a found, DNF or attended or whatever in the last 9-12 months. Very often you see CO's who haven't signed on in over a year. sometimes people do sign in but just to look around but have not done an active search in some time.

They could be very active finding caches without signing due to using an app.

 

When looking, I check their stats page to see finds within the last year or so. No finds for years looks like inactive to me.

 

Not necessarily. Some Geocachers use a different account for hiding than one for finding and some are out physically finding caches but just don't log their finds online.

True , but the other account isn't what we're talking about. If "cacher hider" hasn't logged in in a year and hasn't found a cache in years, cacher hider is not active. If his alter ego "cacher finder" has, then finder is active...

 

 

You realize that someone using two or more accounts is still the same person, right?

 

[+WearyTraveler]

I have seen references to the number of "active cachers" in various blog posts and forum threads, and I'm wondering how this is defined.

 

Could someone who knows what constitutes an "active cacher" please reply to this and explain exactly how it is defined.

 

Thanks

 

Tony

 

I consider an 'active cacher' as someone who has signed on to the Geocaching website in the last 6 months. I will also occasionally look to see if they have hunted for caches and recorded a found, DNF or attended or whatever in the last 9-12 months. Very often you see CO's who haven't signed on in over a year. sometimes people do sign in but just to look around but have not done an active search in some time.

They could be very active finding caches without signing due to using an app.

 

When looking, I check their stats page to see finds within the last year or so. No finds for years looks like inactive to me.

 

Not necessarily. Some Geocachers use a different account for hiding than one for finding and some are out physically finding caches but just don't log their finds online.

True , but the other account isn't what we're talking about. If "cacher hider" hasn't logged in in a year and hasn't found a cache in years, cacher hider is not active. If his alter ego "cacher finder" has, then finder is active...

 

 

You realize that someone using two or more accounts is still the same person, right?

 

Of course I do...

 

My point was that the hider account isn't active regardless of what that person does using the finder account.

 

If he's ignoring NMs etc then the hides owned by hider account are owned by an inactive account.

[+Gill & Tony]

Thanks to all who have given their thoughts on the subject, but it would be really nice if someone who knows HO's definition of an active cacher could respond.