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Is FOFC Slowing down?
I've just noticed that even on the weekdays, we aren't coming close to the amount of posts we used to. I'm probably just overreacting, but it seems different.
If FOFC is slowing down, what is the reason?
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09-23-2008, 06:32 PM | #2 | |
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I've had the same impression.
I have my opinions on why it's happened, but who knows.
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09-23-2008, 06:38 PM | #3 |
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School starting, end of summer things, I think this is just a busy time.
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09-23-2008, 06:38 PM | #4 |
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Or maybe we've just run out of things to talk about.
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09-23-2008, 06:40 PM | #5 |
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Or maybe this is just a repeat of a thread that happens once a year or so.
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09-23-2008, 06:41 PM | #6 | |
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09-23-2008, 06:43 PM | #7 |
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Dola.
I think we thrive on drama, as much as everyone hates it. I hate the drama, but I like to see people go insane.
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09-23-2008, 06:46 PM | #8 |
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It's all in your heads - August had the most posts of any August since '05. This July was the busiest July ever, and was the busiest month in two years. (Assuming these forum stats are accurate)
Post Counts Per Month 09/2008 19,879 08/2008 23,308 07/2008 31,510 06/2008 27,243 05/2008 19,513 04/2008 22,133 03/2008 23,549 02/2008 24,439 01/2008 22,299 12/2007 21,050 11/2007 20,087 10/2007 25,031 09/2007 22,920 08/2007 20,490 07/2007 23,748 06/2007 16,245 05/2007 20,042 04/2007 22,808 03/2007 25,430 02/2007 30,255 01/2007 30,729 12/2006 23,383 11/2006 29,486 10/2006 29,552 09/2006 26,588 08/2006 22,798 07/2006 25,230 06/2006 32,225 05/2006 26,590 04/2006 25,277 03/2006 33,984 02/2006 30,778 01/2006 35,012 12/2005 28,818 11/2005 26,513 10/2005 29,063 09/2005 32,167 08/2005 31,020 07/2005 28,363 06/2005 25,608 05/2005 23,170 04/2005 25,791 03/2005 30,620 02/2005 24,718 01/2005 33,578 12/2004 30,118 11/2004 25,476 10/2004 7,000 09/2004 28,077 08/2004 28,579 07/2004 26,448 06/2004 30,294 05/2004 24,482 04/2004 29,502 03/2004 30,713 02/2004 28,961 01/2004 31,450 12/2003 30,955 11/2003 29,212 10/2003 29,375 09/2003 24,337 08/2003 24,440 07/2003 27,595 06/2003 23,462 05/2003 25,649 04/2003 27,801 03/2003 23,103 02/2003 22,482 01/2003 6,202 Last edited by molson : 09-23-2008 at 06:48 PM. |
09-23-2008, 06:51 PM | #9 | |
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Yeah, but wasn't the whole post count thing happened (which I support)? It's almost October now. Maybe the post whores have retreated.
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09-23-2008, 06:52 PM | #10 |
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You need to be more selective on the forums you check. We've had two leagues set up shop here, and I daresay they account for a sizable chunk of that traffic. Throw in Hattrick and Werewolf, and that's a lot of posts. The real question is, how much traffic do GD and the text sim threads get compared to a few years ago when that was pretty much it?
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09-23-2008, 06:53 PM | #11 | |
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Yes. I think FOFC has become too balkanized. |
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09-23-2008, 07:06 PM | #12 |
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End. Of. The. World.
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09-23-2008, 07:15 PM | #13 | |
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Speaking of someone who's been posting in the 'aetheism' thread which has accumulated over 300 posts in a few days I think there's life in the old forum yet (but I personally think some of the cause is the myriad of sub forums which have sprung up for werewolf, fm etc. - it distributes the posts and makes things look less active) Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 09-23-2008 at 07:15 PM. |
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09-23-2008, 07:15 PM | #14 |
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Looks to me like it is definitely a downturn compared to 2006, but 2007 was the worst* year so far. * worst: fewest posts
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09-23-2008, 07:21 PM | #15 |
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Our love of numbers and graphs haven't retreated.
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09-23-2008, 07:21 PM | #16 |
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I think most of the posts now just occur in forums or topics that I just don't care to visit as often. There seem to be less topics showing up, but more posts within topics.. Of course that is just my eyeballing it. I'm sure someone has some cool graph that can either prove me correct or wrong.
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09-23-2008, 07:23 PM | #17 |
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Never will. I would like to correlate the numbers to product releases, though, if anyone has that information.
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09-23-2008, 07:25 PM | #18 |
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I believe the WW games used to count in 2006. What about the other segregated forums?
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09-23-2008, 07:27 PM | #19 |
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Do the total numbers get excluded from the count? Or only user posts (as far as WW). It is possible the total numbers for WW are counted even if they do not go to an individual.
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09-23-2008, 07:31 PM | #20 |
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Ah, October 2004. The month the forums were down. Hardtimes.
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09-23-2008, 07:33 PM | #21 |
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It does seem like the overall trend is that things move a lot slower these days. It used to be if you didn't show up for a couple days, there was a lot of stuff to catch up on.
Now, not really.
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09-23-2008, 07:34 PM | #22 |
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Well, rkmsuf and Ksyrup haven't been here for a while. Coincidence? I think not.
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09-23-2008, 07:34 PM | #23 |
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The numbers breakdown in here is going to go on for days, if not weeks. Is that not evidence enough people that it is just fine?
I do have a list of people to get rid of which would help slow things down in a good way, but that is for another day.
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09-23-2008, 07:35 PM | #24 |
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I think an analysis of APPM* and ATPM** would bear this out.
* Average Posts Per Month ** Average Topics Per Month
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09-23-2008, 07:39 PM | #25 |
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Has anybody figured out which sub-forum has the highest VORP?
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09-23-2008, 07:40 PM | #26 |
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FOFC is pretty slow for me at work, but at home it's fine. It's weird, since no other sites get this lagged at work, just this one. Glad to hear it's not just me.
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09-23-2008, 07:49 PM | #27 |
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It looks like Molson's numbers are only for Off Topic.
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09-23-2008, 07:51 PM | #28 | |
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It appears that all posts are included in the total numbers (the query doesn't add up user posts, but subforum posts). |
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09-23-2008, 07:54 PM | #29 | |
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I was pretty sure it would be you to answer this way. |
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09-23-2008, 07:57 PM | #30 | |
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I thought this thread would be about that too. It's kinda slow here at home. I open up the thread, and I see a graph. Nice. |
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09-23-2008, 08:04 PM | #31 | |
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I don't think that data is available.
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09-23-2008, 08:25 PM | #32 |
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How is FOFC's VORP this year? What about it's ERA+?
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09-23-2008, 08:27 PM | #33 |
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09-23-2008, 08:27 PM | #34 |
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It's because people no longer have an individual post count.
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09-23-2008, 08:32 PM | #35 |
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I think the effects of TCYJ are just coming to light. He was one funny guy back in June. I love saying things like that and lame jokes. There is nothing better than a well organized disaster.
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09-23-2008, 08:50 PM | #36 |
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Effective moderation.
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09-23-2008, 09:04 PM | #37 | |
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09-23-2008, 09:22 PM | #38 |
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2006: Great year, or the greatest year.
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09-24-2008, 06:09 AM | #39 |
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At first I thought it might be because we're all older and probably are busier in our real lives with kids, etc. How many "I'm a new Dad (or Mom)" threads have there been?
Looking at the new user registrations, it seems as if we're pretty constant at people registering. Code:
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09-24-2008, 06:10 AM | #40 |
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Dola,
What's funny is you can tell when Jim released a new game and we haven't had a bump in new members since 2006. |
09-24-2008, 06:57 AM | #41 |
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Some people have a tad too much time on thier hands
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09-24-2008, 07:18 AM | #42 |
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I've also noticed the slow down. Due to Gustav, I still don't have work access and can only check the board once a day most week days. It used to be that there was always at least a full page of GD new posts when that happened in the past. Now, it might be half of a page most days. Maybe the post numbers are the same, but it seems like there are less topics.
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09-24-2008, 07:34 AM | #43 |
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I guess I need to start bumping more threads or just responding to everything with "+1".
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09-24-2008, 07:43 AM | #44 |
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I had nothing to do with it.
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09-24-2008, 07:53 AM | #45 |
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+1
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09-24-2008, 07:58 AM | #46 |
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bump
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09-24-2008, 08:21 AM | #47 |
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I believe FOFC's problem is a low on base percentage. Clearly FOFC is over-valued.
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09-24-2008, 08:39 AM | #48 |
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I like the amount of posts here compared to other forums I have posted on. Sometimes there are just TOO many forums and too many people/posts at one site. Here, I feel I could actually contribute to all the different conversations going on if I wanted to.
Plus I am sure the quality of posts far outweighs any other forum out there
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09-24-2008, 08:42 AM | #49 |
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09-24-2008, 09:14 AM | #50 |
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Thus, the asterisk. From a statistical standpoint it is the easiest measurement.
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