Xaxaxe wrote:Looking in the lower-left corner of the splash page, I see that the Acaeum forums are now home to 50,000-plus posts. At first I thought it was just Al's post-count, but then I figured it out ...Anyway, I love useless trivia of this sort, so here's some facts and figures to celebrate our half-a-hundred-thousand milestone (I'm using the exact figure of 50,000 for all the math):1. Assuming Scott's post of Oct. 23, 2002 was the very first forums post, we've been in business for 1,279 days ... so that's 39.09 posts per day.2. Our top poster has accounted for 6.38% of all posts.3. Our top four posters have combined for 11,579 posts, or 23.1% of the total.4. Giving David credit for both of his accounts changes the above figures to 12,328 and 24.6%.5. Of our 750 members, 181 have not made a single post. I'm not sure I see the point of even bothering to register, but, for the record, that's 24.1%.6. A further 132 visitors have posted exactly once (these are probably the folks that Brian or Frank or someone scared off). So, looking at point 5 above, that means that 41.7% of our members have posted fewer than two times.7. A total of 63 folks are listed as never having even visited the forums. I'm assuming this means that one's initial registration does not actually count as a visit.8. Our "average" member has posted 66.66 times (a figure massively skewed by our frequent posters). Our median poster is "tdewey10," who has made 3 posts. I'm going to assume that 0 is our mode, since it occurs 181 times.9. Using the 66.66 figure for our "average" visitor, only 105 of 750 members (or 14%) have actually posted that many items.10. Of our top 50 posters:* 9 registered in 2002;* 14 registered in 2003;* 16 registered in 2004;* and 11 registered in 200511. Of our top 50 posters who list a hometown (that I can interpret):* 4 are from the UK* 3 are from Italy* 3 are from Canada* 3 are from Australia* and 18 U.S. states are represented12. I have too much free time.
Blackmoor wrote:Average 66.66! Is that not an evil number. I guess my parents were right! D&D is EVIL
FoulFoot wrote:P.S. Thanks very much to this whole community, and a big congratulations on reaching the 50,000-message milestone. Here's to the next 50,000, and hopefully we do it in half the time!
MShipley88 wrote:Let's see....to get to our second 50,000 posts mark....we need either 50 1000 post people....or four Killjoys. Mark
b_stedman wrote:Is this a good way to get my number of posts up?I'm looking slightly under average ATM.BJS(Was tempted to create a screen full of one-word posts, buyt I think I'd upset ppl)
Badmike wrote:Some suggestions:1. Lots of Draco "LOL's" after a funny post2. Hang around the "New Members" thread greeting people "Welcome to the forum, dude!"3. Start your own opinion thread and post there often4. Start lots of polls "What is the greatest B-series module of all time?" and offer your ideas often5. Find new items and post in the "Interesting items" thead at least once a day.6. Resolve to post at least three times a day for a year, you'll have 1000 by the end of the year.Not that I've done any of these, of course..... Mike B.