Now that is good sarcasmI have no problem with the changes, and I welcome the new content. Change is good.
Now that is good sarcasmI have no problem with the changes, and I welcome the new content. Change is good.
Lone wolf doesn't follow sheep.Now that is good sarcasm
Need to look at year/year numbers just before the change and just after the change.I'm seeing in the XF admin panel that June 2014 had 1099 new members. We are at 1877 so far this month. The re-design plays a large part because there is a "Sign-up" button now on the main site, which gets 2/3rds of the site's traffic.
Of course, half a month's data is statistically irrelevant.
June 1-16, 2014Need to look at year/year numbers just before the change and just after the change.
Is that before or after the change?
How many of them are existing members that had to sign in again when the change over happened? I know I did.
Did you create a brand new registration?How many of them are existing members that had to sign in again when the change over happened? I know I did.
Hope this helps...Thanks. So what are the numbers for either the first half or the last half of May (2014 and 2015)?
The way I see forum numbers is more like a scene of an accident.
How many are just lookers and how many are actual participants?
Lots of lookers does not mean there was a substantial increase in participation when an event occurred.
You (as in any member) use to be able to get those numbers from the Members pages. Sadly you can't any more.So as the admin do you have any breakdown statistics that show the overall ratios of members to post count?
Say how many members there are in the 1 - 10 posts and those in the 10 - 50 and 50 - 100 groupings or the like?
To me that would give a fairly accurate breakdown of the overall real membership numbers and relevant overall participation.
While I'm guessing that the top 100 posters likely account for 1/2 to maybe even 2/3 of all posts, that is only part of the story. Much of vibrant content is driven by the people that post once or twice and the follow-up discussions that results among the regular posters. They provide the seeds that the rest of us nurture.
These two quotes reveal the delicate balance a forum administration must hold, in order to have a healthy and vibrant online community.So basically that says that when one or two big gun poster members here decides to leave they in fact carry far more post count and activity value than what the raw members numbers would imply.
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