[Corsair]

That's a rather impressive graph.

[Taristin]

I call bull****.

[Dark RevenantX]

It is accurate.  An active user is a user with 2 or more posts.  You become inactive when you stop posting.  Thank god for advanced member searches!

If you think active is 100 posts, then I could make a new graph.  Wonder what that leads to.

[Grey Wolf]

Of course, you also have to remember that quite a few people here have lost hundreds of posts. Me, for example, with the deletion of the Node Wars and GTD Wolf forums.

[Rictor]

You have too much time on your hands.

As for fixing forum attendance, I keep saying that hardcore pornography would do the trick, but no one ever listens to me.

[Setekh]

Ummm, cool. I think. But yeah, I reckon I'd lean towards having more than 2 posts as being active. Like a member who comes in and posts asking for help, then leaves; that's active in a sense of the word, but I'd be more looking towards consistent posters for a sustained amount of time. Try drawing it up with activity = 50 posts or so... but not if it's taking up all your free time.

[Dark RevenantX]

That would only matter in the tens, so it would only shift the graph by an unnoticabally small degree.  Not many people post solely in one sub forum.

Also, your being active is removed the next month unless you keep posting.

[mikhael]

Jebuz. Do I have to start posting ~30-50 posts a day again, just to make this place look alive to the youngsters?

And yes. I'm still reading the boards and posting occasionally. Its okay. Don't bother pointing it out, m'kay?

[Setekh]

Well, no one's making demands on you Mik, but I know I miss your distinctive voice around the place. But that's the way things are, sometimes. It's good that you still hang about; an older voice (and eye) is much appreciated, trust me.

[mikhael]

Nah. Can't get too involved, Steak. Most of my posts are arguing politics and I'm not going to argue politics any more. Last time I even discussed politics, I lost respect for people I liked. I'd rather not have that happen again.

Besides, do you know the last time I actually touched Freespace (or Iwar2!) or Lightwave? I don't have anything to contribute anymore except "WOW. ALDO IS TEH WINNAR!*"





* Note: Aldo really IS the winner.

[Setekh]

It's funny because it's all true. You've made your point, I understand it.

I feel like a bit of dead weight here, too. I itch to render again... but the time just isn't there. Not to say that I totally regret that, because the time is spent on worthwhile things - mainly family and church. And besides, as you notice, when we have winners like Aldo around it's not so bad that we're so useless.

[Grey Wolf]

I have a sudden urge to play IW2 again due to your post, Mik.

[Dark RevenantX]

The graph doesn't change much if the active value is 50 posts.

[Sandwich]

Mickey-poo!!

[Knight Templar]

Where the hell are you getting these graphs?

And I heart Mik.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Dark RevenantX
The graph doesn't change much if the active value is 50 posts.

We stopped spamming.

[Ulala]

And I'm not about to start...

[Dark RevenantX]

Originally posted by Knight Templar
Where the hell are you getting these graphs?

I'm making them.

And, I don't see how the spamming rate of people and the length of active membership has any coorelation.

[Fineus]

There's also the "active age range" to take into consideration. Although there's always exceptions to the rule - most active members are in their teens. As we hit that older age range, the weight of life such as jobs, love, money and what have you take their toll and the forum visiting goes out of the window... as does work on projects, modding and such.

[Flipside]

I think Me, Mik and Whitelight are then oldest three around here....