Query on boards activity

The_Conductor

Just curious- has the number of postings on Boards gone way down?
Most of the forums I frequent have very diminished numbers of postings recently. I don't think I'm imagining things.

S.

Gordon

School's back I think.

The_Conductor

I meant over the two/three months or a bit longer- not just the Christmas period- though if anything its massively amplified over Christmas.

E.g. the shop threads only have one or two people logged in a lot of the time- back Sept/Oct it would be normal during the daytime to have 8-10

"Shrugs"

daveirl

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DeVore

Week 38 (September 2004)  17236 
Week 39 (October 2004)  17505 
Week 40 (October 2004)  17121 
Week 41 (October 2004)  16675 
Week 42 (October 2004)  16677 
Week 43 (October 2004)  19658 
Week 44 (November 2004)  23281 
Week 45 (November 2004)  24178 
Week 46 (November 2004)  24799 
Week 47 (November 2004)  24900 
Week 48 (December 2004)  24725 
Week 49 (December 2004)  25229 
Week 50 (December 2004)  22727 
Week 51 (December 2004)  19130 
Week 52 (December 2004)  12482 
Week 00 (January 2005)  1790 
Week 01 (January 2005)  24349 
Week 02 (January 2005)  22549 

Week 52 and Week 00 seem weird as a result of the flick over of the dates I am guessing but other then that there seems to be a resonably steady trend week on week towards increasing post-frequency.

Dev.

DeVore

DeVore wrote:

Week 52 (December 2004)  12482 
Week 00 (January 2005)  1790 
Week 01 (January 2005)  24349 
Week 02 (January 2005)  22549 

Week 52 and Week 00 seem weird as a result of the flick over of the dates I am guessing but other then that there seems to be a resonably steady trend week on week towards increasing post-frequency.

Dev.

Remember there was an issue around that time, where by threads were displaying number of views equals number of posts in the thread plus one.

Would that have impacted on week 52 and week 00? althoughthat should have followed into the next week and it didnt.
Thread about it here .

marco murphy

smccarrick wrote:

I meant over the two/three months or a bit longer- not just the Christmas period- though if anything its massively amplified over Christmas.

E.g. the shop threads only have one or two people logged in a lot of the time- back Sept/Oct it would be normal during the daytime to have 8-10

"Shrugs"

Yep i notice that,normally FS threads do be very busy.

CuLT

Remember there was an issue around that time, where by threads were displaying number of views equals number of posts in the thread plus one.

DeV has posted an account of the posts though, not thread views.

I haven't noticed any downturn, certainly.

DeVore

Weekly New Members Signup Stats:
Week 34 (August 2004)  297 
Week 35 (September 2004)  291 
Week 36 (September 2004)  341 
Week 37 (September 2004)  307 
Week 38 (September 2004)  305 
Week 39 (October 2004)  310 
Week 40 (October 2004)  287 
Week 41 (October 2004)  261 
Week 42 (October 2004)  270 
Week 43 (October 2004)  302 
Week 44 (November 2004)  345 
Week 45 (November 2004)  357 
Week 46 (November 2004)  338 
Week 47 (November 2004)  432 
Week 48 (December 2004)  350 
Week 49 (December 2004)  375 
Week 50 (December 2004)  304 
Week 51 (December 2004)  245 
Week 52 (December 2004)  189 
Week 00 (January 2005)  17 
Week 01 (January 2005)  361 
Week 02 (January 2005)  396 

Again some glitch at new year. Not too concerned about it though.

User Activity By Day

August 17, 2004  1987 
August 18, 2004  1983 
August 19, 2004  1989 
August 20, 2004  1880 
August 21, 2004  1423 
August 22, 2004  1507 
August 23, 2004  2096 
August 24, 2004  2059 
August 25, 2004  2055 
August 26, 2004  2040 
August 27, 2004  1885 
August 28, 2004  1425 
August 29, 2004  1484 
August 30, 2004  1992 
August 31, 2004  2007 
September 01, 2004  2064 
September 02, 2004  2039 
September 03, 2004  1948 
September 04, 2004  1376 
September 05, 2004  1469 
September 06, 2004  2034 
September 07, 2004  2011 
September 08, 2004  1967 
September 09, 2004  1989 
September 10, 2004  1981 
September 11, 2004  1421 
September 12, 2004  1309 
September 13, 2004  2011 
September 14, 2004  2077 
September 15, 2004  2026 
September 16, 2004  2053 
September 17, 2004  1968 
September 18, 2004  1223 
September 19, 2004  1515 
September 20, 2004  2086 
September 21, 2004  2106 
September 22, 2004  2059 
September 23, 2004  2035 
September 24, 2004  1987 
September 25, 2004  1439 
September 26, 2004  1544 
September 27, 2004  2148 
September 28, 2004  2160 
September 29, 2004  2139 
September 30, 2004  2118 
October 01, 2004  2086 
October 02, 2004  1490 
October 03, 2004  1534 
October 04, 2004  2221 
October 05, 2004  2216 
October 06, 2004  2195 
October 07, 2004  2166 
October 08, 2004  1905 
October 09, 2004  1450 
October 10, 2004  1452 
October 11, 2004  2205 
October 12, 2004  2200 
October 13, 2004  2066 
October 14, 2004  2134 
October 15, 2004  1950 
October 16, 2004  1369 
October 17, 2004  1471 
October 18, 2004  2009 
October 19, 2004  1912 
October 20, 2004  2129 
October 21, 2004  2110 
October 22, 2004  2019 
October 23, 2004  1361 
October 24, 2004  1472 
October 25, 2004  1664 
October 26, 2004  2250 
October 27, 2004  2230 
October 28, 2004  2235 
October 29, 2004  2111 
October 30, 2004  1489 
October 31, 2004  1579 
November 01, 2004  2272 
November 02, 2004  2295 
November 03, 2004  2291 
November 04, 2004  2306 
November 05, 2004  2181 
November 06, 2004  1552 
November 07, 2004  1633 
November 08, 2004  2488 
November 09, 2004  2498 
November 10, 2004  2403 
November 11, 2004  2358 
November 12, 2004  2257 
November 13, 2004  1595 
November 14, 2004  1676 
November 15, 2004  2429 
November 16, 2004  2478 
November 17, 2004  2471 
November 18, 2004  2482 
November 19, 2004  2341 
November 20, 2004  1679 
November 21, 2004  1805 
November 22, 2004  2541 
November 23, 2004  2562 
November 24, 2004  2574 
November 25, 2004  2484 
November 26, 2004  2410 
November 27, 2004  1674 
November 28, 2004  1812 
November 29, 2004  2542 
November 30, 2004  2604 
December 01, 2004  2569 
December 02, 2004  2494 
December 03, 2004  2441 
December 04, 2004  1707 
December 05, 2004  1796 
December 06, 2004  2631 
December 07, 2004  2543 
December 08, 2004  2576 
December 09, 2004  2560 
December 10, 2004  2411 
December 11, 2004  1695 
December 12, 2004  1828 
December 13, 2004  2563 
December 14, 2004  2283 
December 15, 2004  2546 
December 16, 2004  2422 
December 17, 2004  2380 
December 18, 2004  1745 
December 19, 2004  1760 
December 20, 2004  2473 
December 21, 2004  2446 
December 22, 2004  2251 
December 23, 2004  2160 
December 24, 2004  1676 
December 25, 2004  1213 
December 26, 2004  1457 
December 27, 2004  1578 
December 28, 2004  1660 
December 29, 2004  1715 
December 30, 2004  1884 
December 31, 2004  1681 
January 01, 2005  1515 
January 02, 2005  1794 
January 03, 2005  2029 
January 04, 2005  2512 
January 05, 2005  2496 
January 06, 2005  2550 
January 07, 2005  2537 
January 08, 2005  1811 
January 09, 2005  1993 
January 10, 2005  2715 
January 11, 2005  2742 
January 12, 2005  2667 
January 13, 2005  2675 
January 14, 2005  2621 

Steadily increasing...

New Threads By Week:

Week 33 (August 2004)  1157 
Week 34 (August 2004)  1558 
Week 35 (September 2004)  1571 
Week 36 (September 2004)  1505 
Week 37 (September 2004)  1482 
Week 38 (September 2004)  1560 
Week 39 (October 2004)  1579 
Week 40 (October 2004)  1448 
Week 41 (October 2004)  1488 
Week 42 (October 2004)  1465 
Week 43 (October 2004)  1664 
Week 44 (November 2004)  1849 
Week 45 (November 2004)  1943 
Week 46 (November 2004)  2176 
Week 47 (November 2004)  2079 
Week 48 (December 2004)  2074 
Week 49 (December 2004)  1990 
Week 50 (December 2004)  1765 
Week 51 (December 2004)  1406 
Week 52 (December 2004)  1038 
Week 00 (January 2005)  170 
Week 01 (January 2005)  1977 
Week 02 (January 2005)  2001

This shows a spike in November alright but Jan is showing equal numbers and I'd expect that its not su much a spike as just Xmas getting in the way, we're always quiet over xmas (you bunch of work-shy gits! )

and finally New Post Stats By Week

Week 33 (August 2004)  13605 
Week 34 (August 2004)  18016 
Week 35 (September 2004)  17219 
Week 36 (September 2004)  16875 
Week 37 (September 2004)  17638 
Week 38 (September 2004)  17236 
Week 39 (October 2004)  17505 
Week 40 (October 2004)  17121 
Week 41 (October 2004)  16675 
Week 42 (October 2004)  16677 
Week 43 (October 2004)  19658 
Week 44 (November 2004)  23281 
Week 45 (November 2004)  24178 
Week 46 (November 2004)  24799 
Week 47 (November 2004)  24900 
Week 48 (December 2004)  24725 
Week 49 (December 2004)  25229 
Week 50 (December 2004)  22727 
Week 51 (December 2004)  19130 
Week 52 (December 2004)  12482 
Week 00 (January 2005)  1790 
Week 01 (January 2005)  24349 
Week 02 (January 2005)  25033 

Again November was our busiest month but Jan looking like it will exceed it.

If anyone wants to plot these in graphs feel free!

DeV.

steveland?

Ya know 70% of all statistics are made up on the spot to prove a point and mean nothing...

CuLT

It's pretty clear.

John

hmm, maybe redo that graph using the logs of the values, if it's a straight line I'll believe it, if not, I don't know what I believe.


Good god, that was such a nerdy statment


EDIT: I just noticed I mispelt statement but I think statment suits the post better