Will you hit 400 this holiday weekend?

[Jakko]

Online: 36 users
(2 members - 34 guests)

Is this common? How do we convert the guests into members? Hehe Some of them might already be members but too lazy to sign in??

 

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[6.0_bull]

Defiantly growing by leaps and bounds ....however better quality over quality like some other member i believe had stated ...

MJ -congrats on the sites progress!

Just seen my number #170

 

[Diane Kennedy]

We seemed to hang at 498 forever this weekend...and this morning (1/14/08) we're at 529! Amazing.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

We seemed to hang at 498 forever this weekend...and this morning (1/14/08) we're at 529! Amazing.

I think we can give credit to Andrew's blog about the "20 Websites that Can Change Your Life" .... its probably being Digged and syndicated hence the boost in traffic/registrants. Im honored that we are included in quite a remarkable list. Thx Andrew!

 

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[Luke12321]

Edited because I was wondering myself if it was due to Andrew's page! Way to go Andrew! Congrats to MJ on the site making the list!

 

[Runum]

Something is definitely happening. This is so cool to actually see the growth of this place.:cheers:

 

[Redshft]

Just seen my number #170

How do you find what member number you are?

Also, do we have a link to Andrew's blog??

 

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[Runum]

Just put your cursor over your name in this thread and at the bottom of the screen it will show your number. Yours is 369.

 

[aptohosting]

I think new users are afraid of Apto and Bear...at least I would :smilielol:

Lol, that wasn't to be mean!!!! I was just joshing with him.

Tom
www.aptohosting.com

 

[Redshft]

Just put your cursor over your name in this thread and at the bottom of the screen it will show your number. Yours is 369.

Ahhhh, thank you! 6.0_Bull, I think you may have had your cursor of Diane's name :bgh:

 

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[AndrewG]

I think we can give credit to Andrew's blog about the "20 Websites that Can Change Your Life" .... its probably being Digged and syndicated hence the boost in traffic/registrants. Im honored that we are included in quite a remarkable list. Thx Andrew!

Hey no problem. I'm very surprised that I'm driving this much traffic here.

How do you find what member number you are?

Also, do we have a link to Andrew's blog??

You can check out my blog here: http://www.lyved.com/ or the exact post here: http://www.lyved.com/life/20-websites-that-can-change-your-life/

-Andrew

 

[Yankees338]

Almost at 600 already...wow. The growth here recently has been absolutely crazyyyyyyyy

 

[AndrewG]

It's pretty cool, you can "feel" the forum growing. Posts are appearing more frequently than ever before.

 

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[AndrewG]

I just noticed that the most users on at one time was yesterday. From the bottom of the forum: "Most users ever online was 109, Yesterday at 02:05 PM."

What was the record before that? I never noticed.

-Andrew

 

[MJ DeMarco]

89 on 12/27/07 ... I have no idea what was going on that day as I was out of town.

 

[Jorge]

89 on 12/27/07 ... I have no idea what was going on that day as I was out of town.

While you were out we were having a Party at your forum

 

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[andviv]

89 on 12/27/07 ... I have no idea what was going on that day as I was out of town.

There were like 30 or 35 registered users plus a bunch of 'guests'... lots of people reviewing the site, and then many more new users registered after that. I guess they liked what they saw. Andrew, your site DOES move traffic. Yesterday your page had 98 diggs when I checked it out.

 

[andviv]

Unfortunately, it appears we've already surpassed "Dunbar's number" of active users...

For reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number

I'm OK with it. The same 30 or so people are the ones that keep the forum moving anyway. If I can maintain 'stable social relationships" with that group, I'll be fine.

And thanks for the reference, I just learned something else today!

 

[AndrewG]

There were like 30 or 35 registered users plus a bunch of 'guests'... lots of people reviewing the site, and then many more new users registered after that. I guess they liked what they saw. Andrew, your site DOES move traffic. Yesterday your page had 98 diggs when I checked it out.

Yeah, I think it's at 101 diggs but it never made it to the homepage, but that's okay. I've received more traffic from Stumble Upon and Del.icio.us than digg.

 

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[Diane Kennedy]

Unfortunately, it appears we've already surpassed "Dunbar's number" of active users...

For reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar's_number

JScott, you never cease to amaze me.

This "magic number" was used in "The Tipping Point" and to be honest I thought it originated with the author.

Based on The Tipping Point, I really try to limit organization size/meetings to 150 people. It does start fragmenting after that.

I'm not sure how that works virtually though.

 

[Diane Kennedy]

600 at 7:30 AZ time.

 

[AndrewG]

That's great!

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Just to give everyone a little FYI about how things have gotten a wee-bit ridiculous. The last 10 users that have joined, 6 are suspected spammers and 4 have been banned immediately. This is not encouraging.

 

[Runum]

Sorry to hear this. Is this a normal part of growth in this business? I am sure it takes the fun out of seeing it grow.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Sorry to hear this. Is this a normal part of growth in this business? I am sure it takes the fun out of seeing it grow.

Its like having a party at your house and everyone that comes tries to steal from you. I'm constantly throwing people out of the party "Here's the exit". As I write this, another user joined, another ban.

 

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[Diane Kennedy]

I'm sure it's very frustrating for you MJ.

But, to be honest, it's a learning experience for me (and I think others on the site). Why do you think this has started to happen? How can you tell a spammer from someone else?

 

[Allthingznew]

Other than keeping our eyes open for spam threads/posts, is there anything we can do?

 

[Yankees338]

JScott, good idea.

Could you put some sort of strict clause in the User Agreement for posting banned material (especially when it's the first post) that is agreed upon by all users when they sign up? Unfortunately, people don't really read them much, though.

 

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[andviv]

we just passed the 800 mark. Congrats MJ.