By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions. We in turn value your personal details in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Please log in or register. Registered visitors get fewer ads.
Seeing as we have some moaning about how quiet it is now on the forum. Interestingly I spent the last 10 minutes looking at the stats
Since launch we have had almost 13000 posts on the forums - this is just about 500 posts per day on the forums. On average the old forums were averaging around 650 per day but the 500 per day is currently growing and closing in on that number.
So far this month we are at 2.71m page views recorded on the site. Only once this year (January) did the old site exceed 3m so overall there are more page impressions and visitors coming to the site at the moment. The argument will be that the site takes you back to index page etc but it used to take you to your post after giving a 'thanks for posting page' which is actually the same number.
New features are due to go live any day - there have been some teething issues with some of them hence the delay but they are many of the features people have asked for.
One of the reasons the forums feel quieter is we used to run with 16 topics per page, we now run with 25 so whilst there are less topics being posted on (given the reduction in post count) it also looks less as there are more topics and post per page.
The other thing we have now is far more guests viewing the forum. This was always going to be a factor in the new forum as people need to register and we get many people trying to log in using old names which keeps the guest count up.
We currently have 1930 registered members
The first ever recipient of a Planet Swans Lifetime Achievement Award.
Seeing as this site is so shit on 10:36 - Aug 26 by exiledclaseboy
I don't know who's who any more to be honest and don't really care. Lots of impressive stats in the OP of this thread though. Stats never lie.
I think you should care. Don't you miss the days of old? The friday night trips to invade other boards, the classic threads which have disappeared? The good natured and friendly threads which really did have you "lol" unlike the posts by people recently who add this to everything they post.
POSTER OF THE YEAR 2013.
PROUD RECIPIENT OF THE SECOND PLANET SWANS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
Seeing as this site is so shit on 11:16 - Aug 26 by stonedroller
why are all the usernames on the right hand side? wtf is that about?
Don't even start on that one. Apparently we will soon get used to it even though it is not what the users want and goes against everything that is intuitive in good website design.
0
Seeing as this site is so shit on 11:30 - Aug 26 with 1375 views
Seeing as this site is so shit on 16:26 - Aug 25 by Belfast
Is this ok ?
That is a very good question for that post and a lot of other stuff on this thread and this whole site. I am sure a lot will say pot and kettle to the above comment but it is all wrong and I don't exclude myself.
If we want to allow whole posts of OTT name calling lets at least have a separate board for it for those that like that kind of "banter".
Some of the stuff is hardly appropriate / acceptable and it is just plain childish / offensive. This is aside from any debate about who starts it. It just totally detracts from the website.
The Mods should mod and not initiate / fuel the catfights.
0
Seeing as this site is so shit on 11:49 - Aug 26 with 1351 views
Seeing as this site is so shit on 11:44 - Aug 26 by Spratty
That is a very good question for that post and a lot of other stuff on this thread and this whole site. I am sure a lot will say pot and kettle to the above comment but it is all wrong and I don't exclude myself.
If we want to allow whole posts of OTT name calling lets at least have a separate board for it for those that like that kind of "banter".
Some of the stuff is hardly appropriate / acceptable and it is just plain childish / offensive. This is aside from any debate about who starts it. It just totally detracts from the website.
The Mods should mod and not initiate / fuel the catfights.
this is where my site steps in, you can post whatever you want there
0
Seeing as this site is so shit on 12:20 - Aug 26 with 1329 views