So I've done a couple of threads tracking the decline of the forums. Here are the recent statistics of post and thread creation over the course of a week. From Tuesday, February 13 to Tuesday, February 20:
Gaming Discussion
17 new threads
507 new posts
Off Topic
11 new threads
427 new posts
Wild West
3 new threads
189 new posts
Edit:
Religion and Politics
4 new threads
354 new posts
/Edit
Actually I'm kind of surprised. GD and OT are down a bit from last time, but not as much as I was expecting, honestly. The only real casualty was the WW which is at around 1/4 the activity it was last year. And spam threads haven't interfered with these numbers. I checked, there really have been 17 legit threads made in GD last week. Deleted threads must be removed from the count.
For fun let's compare OT and GD to the July 2011 high point I found in my other thread.
Gaming Discussion
Topic creation is at 3.0% of what it was
Posting is at 2.8%
Off Topic
Topic creation is at 2.4%
Posting is at 1.7%
So please stick around and keep posting, because we really need you!
Gaming Discussion
17 new threads
507 new posts
Off Topic
11 new threads
427 new posts
Wild West
3 new threads
189 new posts
Edit:
Religion and Politics
4 new threads
354 new posts
/Edit
Tuesday, February 13
Tuesday, February 20
Tuesday, February 20
Actually I'm kind of surprised. GD and OT are down a bit from last time, but not as much as I was expecting, honestly. The only real casualty was the WW which is at around 1/4 the activity it was last year. And spam threads haven't interfered with these numbers. I checked, there really have been 17 legit threads made in GD last week. Deleted threads must be removed from the count.
For fun let's compare OT and GD to the July 2011 high point I found in my other thread.
Gaming Discussion
Topic creation is at 3.0% of what it was
Posting is at 2.8%
Off Topic
Topic creation is at 2.4%
Posting is at 1.7%
So please stick around and keep posting, because we really need you!