Meta-discussion: What do you find interesting about fora statistics?

[apl68]

I really should be posting on the dogs thread, but I keep forgetting to look it up.

[mamselle]

Just re-opened it with a post I should have made in reply to a post when it was last open!!!

   http://thefora.org/index.php?topic=69.105

M.

[secundem_artem]

Adding up some of the numbers in my head, so a rough estimate:

~ 100,000 total posts

Posts by top 10 members ~30,000

~ 30% of posts from top 10 members, but that includes polly with 4000.

Mamselle ~ 6% of total & ~ Para 4% of total.

Some people need a hobby.

[mamselle]

Oh, I have hobbies, too.

You should see what I do with those!

;--}

M.

[marshwiggle]

Here are top 10 postings (as of today) by ratio of views to replies:

• 82- the "things you wish you could say" thread
• 71- The Venting Thread
• 68- Coronavirus
• 65- 2020 Elections
• 55- Herd your cats here
• 32- Colleges in Dire Financial Straits
• 27- Topic: Bang Your Head on Your Desk - the thread of teaching despair!
• 14- NYT Spelling Bee

Note you have to get down to 6 before it's specifically academic, and the games that were in the top 10 replies didn't show up in top 10 views. (Sort of makes sense; if you don't play you probably don't care to watch others play.)

[Hibush]

71- The Venting Thread[/li][/list]teaching despair!

I thought people would go there to vent, be done with it and leave feeling better. I had no idea that were that many vicarious consumers of venting.

Some people need a hobby.

Will you feel differently when you hit 500, or whatever takes to reach the next level?

[namazu]

Bear in mind also that non-members can view/read threads in the General Discussion subforum, but not in the academic areas.

[marshwiggle]

Bear in mind also that non-members can view/read threads in the General Discussion subforum, but not in the academic areas.

Good point. Do those actually show up as "views" though? Maybe eigen can clarify that.

[Harlow2]

71- The Venting Thread[/li][/list]teaching despair!

I thought people would go there to vent, be done with it and leave feeling better. I had no idea that were that many vicarious consumers of venting.

It's comforting to realize I'm not alone! 

[ergative]

71- The Venting Thread[/li][/list]teaching despair!

I thought people would go there to vent, be done with it and leave feeling better. I had no idea that were that many vicarious consumers of venting.

It's comforting to realize I'm not alone!

Yes, I always read all the Venting updates. And Teaching Despair.

[aside]

71- The Venting Thread[/li][/list]teaching despair!

I thought people would go there to vent, be done with it and leave feeling better. I had no idea that were that many vicarious consumers of venting.

It's comforting to realize I'm not alone!

Yes, I always read all the Venting updates. And Teaching Despair.

We forumites are not immune to schadenfreude.

[ab_grp]

I always go through the "Show new replies to your posts" when I come to the forum, and I have posted on the venting thread, so I view that one fairly often.  That kind of thing probably inflates view counts to some extent. 

[Myword]

 The statistics don't interest me, at all. I am mainly interested in the research scholarship and that moves very slowly
and mainly addresses problems of particular members (including me) rather than broader concerns about journals.

TheFora as a name doesn't help attract members. It could be about anything!