Blonde Stats Page

[BorntoBubble]

Tikay,

I also found interesting the "most online" stat. It was at a year high in Feb, soley down to updates in my opinion.

The New members stat is down, i thought the update would increase that and it hasent. I joined here because of updates and it took me about 3/4 that i followed before i signed up.

If we can pull some strings and bring them back it would be a great help!

[RED-DOG]

Wasn't it fabulous to see the updates back again though?

I haven't played live poker since last August, but after following the updates I'm bursting for a game.

When is the next DTD deepie?

[TightEnd]

this weekend

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=64954.0

[BorntoBubble]

this weekend

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=64954.0

I'm only going to consider it if tighty is there

[TightEnd]

this weekend

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=64954.0

I'm only going to consider it if tighty is there

lol i am not

(it doesn't need to be me doing them anyway, but there are a variety of issues to sort)

[sonour]

Hi Tikay,

You mentioned recently that the Blonde server costs are £220 per month paid by yourself. I have a friend who hosts websites free for me. I'm not sure if he could host Blonde for free because I'm not sure of the capacity required, but would you like me to ask him ?
I understand you might be reluctant to move because of reliability issues.

xx

[tikay]

Hi Tikay,

You mentioned recently that the Blonde server costs are £220 per month paid by yourself. I have a friend who hosts websites free for me. I'm not sure if he could host Blonde for free because I'm not sure of the capacity required, but would you like me to ask him ?
I understand you might be reluctant to move because of reliability issues.

xx

Ugh, sorry Lisa, only just seen that Post.

Yes, we'd certainly be interested.

How come he can do it for free?

Have to say, the blonde forum software is very rickety & fragile, it badly needs upgrading, but we don't have the internal resource really.

We can't just give it to someone to upgrade, either, as they would need Admin passwords, & that gives them access to the Mods Board, which has all sorts of delicate stuff in it - when Members write to the Mods, alleging malpractice by others, or to have a chunter about one of the Mods, or another blonde (we get a ton of that sort of thing) the Posts all go on the Mod Boards, so that's a bit delicate. In theory, I think they may have access to Members PM's, too, if they have Admin rights, so that is unthinkable.

DTD offered to do the upgrade for us, free of charge, which was extremely kind of them, but after much hand-wringing, we had to decline, as some stuff needs to stay private.

Anyway, yes, I'd be interested in what your man has to say. Tighty is probably the best man to discuss it with.

Thank you very much for the offer, much appreciated. 

[tikay]

Quick mid-month update on the stats so far this month.

So far, we've been very busy, which may be unsustainable, but as it stands, at the mid point of the month, we are averaging....

Posts per day - 340.5

New Threads per day = 7.4

If we continued at that rate, it would be blonde's busiest month since June. 

People really seem to have been making an effort. We can't force it, but at least we are trying.

December was the worst month for almost 10 years, January was much better, February was pretty bad again, March looks like being a great deal better. Soon as we take our eye off the ball, it'll slump again.

[BorntoBubble]

Quick mid-month update on the stats so far this month.

So far, we've been very busy, which may be unsustainable, but as it stands, at the mid point of the month, we are averaging....

Posts per day - 340.5

New Threads per day = 7.4

If we continued at that rate, it would be blonde's busiest month since June. 

People really seem to have been making an effort. We can't force it, but at least we are trying.

December was the worst month for almost 10 years, January was much better, February was pretty bad again, March looks like being a great deal better. Soon as we take our eye off the ball, it'll slump again.

was just about to update the other day but dithered and did not get around to it.I think i check the stats page more than the boards but hey ho thats me!

The feel about the place has been better, almost like a little break and then a kick up the backside has done us well.

[tikay]

Quick mid-month update on the stats so far this month.

So far, we've been very busy, which may be unsustainable, but as it stands, at the mid point of the month, we are averaging....

Posts per day - 340.5

New Threads per day = 7.4

If we continued at that rate, it would be blonde's busiest month since June. 

People really seem to have been making an effort. We can't force it, but at least we are trying.

December was the worst month for almost 10 years, January was much better, February was pretty bad again, March looks like being a great deal better. Soon as we take our eye off the ball, it'll slump again.

was just about to update the other day but dithered and did not get around to it.I think i check the stats page more than the boards but hey ho thats me!

The feel about the place has been better, almost like a little break and then a kick up the backside has done us well.

You may well be right, Callum.

Some latest stats to follow.

It's pretty boring stuff, be warned, but to those who want blonde to continue, it's important that we know where we are & what each of us can do to help, assuming we are so inclined. The numbers we dropped to in December are just not sustainable.

Beware, your eyes may bleed at how boring this may seem, but stats to follow. 

[tikay]

March - Topics 207, or 6.7 per day (Feb 4.8 per day)

Posts 9747 or 314.4 per day (Feb 258.7 per day)

December, our lowest month since June 2005 had 2.9 threads per day & 216 posts per day.

So quite a bounce-back.

Before we get carried away though, our busiest ever month was January 2006, when we had 1,325 new threads (42.7 per day) & 27,720 posts (894 per day). In fact on January 25th, 2006 alone, we had 63 new threads, compared with 90 for the whole of December 2014.

[tikay]

Why the increase in March?

I think much of it came down to....


1) More new Threads - many of us made a bit of effort to kick-start convos, so to speak. I'm convinced that a regular diet of new threads is the key. If everyone could manage a new thread per week - without forcing it too much - it would make a huge difference.

2) We just seem to be interacting more at the moment.

3) Diaries. There was criticism that the Diaries detract from blonde as a whole. That may have been true. For my part, I've addressed that, & tried to post my "interesting" stuff elsewhere.

Fred is, in a way, a problem too - the same criticism was levelled at Fred as the Diaries.

For a variety of reasons though, Fred was responsible for much of the March increase - it had 1,005 posts in February (36 per day) & a whopping 2,580 in March (83.2 per day).  

We have tried to mitigate that - a good example was a new F1 thread - but that lay dormant for a month, with not a single reply.

Quite a conundrum, that, both good & bad.  

If anyone has any suggestions, please let us know.

Be good to see 10,000 posts this month, but we won't achieve it without a bit of effort.  

We don't make any profit, effectively it is a Community, so we all share the responsibility.

[BorntoBubble]

Cheers for the update and I agree about the new Threads will endeavour to help the people out a bit more that are making a real effort!

[Claw75]

on January 25th, 2006 alone, we had 63 new threads

2 days before i joined the forum - the fact it's been downhill since then is purely coincidental

[tikay]

March - Topics 207, or 6.7 per day (Feb 4.8 per day)

Posts 9747 or 314.4 per day (Feb 258.7 per day)

December, our lowest month since June 2005 had 2.9 threads per day & 216 posts per day.

So quite a bounce-back.

Before we get carried away though, our busiest ever month was January 2006, when we had 1,325 new threads (42.7 per day) & 27,720 posts (894 per day). In fact on January 25th, 2006 alone, we had 63 new threads, compared with 90 for the whole of December 2014.

Quick mid-month update, if anyone is interested.

Based on the first 15 days of April, & doubling the numbers to get a month-ised view.


Posts 8,200, or 273.3 per day

New Threads, 156, or 5.2 per day.

So, a good bit down on March, though that was our best month for a year, but still well up on December & February.

Everyone seems to be making an effort, it's almost as if we are managing a gentle decline.

I'm not sure what else we can do really.