Wmcmanus
President treasurer secretary and sole member of the Cayman Islands Head-Fi Club.
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Ok, so I'm idle again. My mind just wandered to the numbers game.
It wasn't hard to find the old threads. See below for reference (if you're really bored) after reading a little further (but please post in this thread rather than reviving those dusty jewels):
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f11/he...numbers-95707/
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f11/he...isited-146913/
Essentially, the idea was to track on an annual basis how many people have posted how many posts. The purpose (such that there was one) was to help gauge the annual growth at Head-Fi. Of course, it hasn't worked out that way since I haven't bothered to revise the figures since 2005.
So here we go:
I've just updated the numbers with the results as of 31-3-08 (shown in bold) which can then be compared to 26-11-05 (shown next) and the results as of 16-12-04 (shown last and in brackets) for comparison.
Number of members with at least X number of posts:
X = 1 post or more, 35,505 17,380 (10,625)
2+ posts, 29,310 14,510 (9,025)
3+ posts, 25,187 12,560 (7,900)
5+ posts, 20,465 10,250 (6,500)
10+ posts, 15,160 7,557 (4,825)
25+ posts, 9,990 4,892 (3,205)
50+ posts, 7,125 3,367 (2,125)
100+ posts, 4,673 2,245 (1,425)
200+ posts, 2,923 1,370 (900)
500+ posts, 1,433 678 (437)
1000+ posts, 751 342 (231)
1500+ posts, 494 231 (146)
2000+ posts, 346 155 (103)
3000+ posts, 184 83 (53)
4000+ posts, 113 50 (26)
5000+ posts, 67 33 (16)
10000+ posts, 10 2 (0)
20000+ posts, 1 0 (0)
Note that the general pattern has held. Note also the as compared to just 2 years and 4 months ago (the middle column) each of the current figures shown in bold have more than doubled! Likewise, as compared to 3 years and 3 months ago, each of the current figures have more than tripled!
Some further observations:
At 12-16-04, a total of 8,644 members or 45% of the 19,269 registered users had never posted, not even once! At 26-11-05, a total of 16,213 members or 48% of the 33,593 registered users have never posted. At 31-3-08, a total of 32,380 members or 48% of the 67,885 registered users had never posted.
Only 30% of all registered users have posted 5 times or more, as compared to 30% in 2005 and 34% in 2004, respectively.
Less than 10,000 members have posted 25 times or more and a large number of them are no longer active. Of course there will always be new members who will quickly become involved, but to be talking about our nearly 70,000 members is a little silly, IMO.
What is most encouraging about the consistency as exhibited in these numbers over time is that, in my opinion, they suggest that the site hasn't lost any of its "stickiness". What I mean is that when someone stumbles across Head-Fi for the first time in 2008, they are every bit as likely to become involved (by making that first post) and to stay involved (by making that 1,500th post) as they were in years past.
In other words, what I think these patterns suggest is that our growth has not come at a loss of relevancy. There is still every bit as much of a sense of community as there ever was. We're now having our 3rd "international" Head-Fi meet and the core group of highly active members continue to help and encourage new members as they discover Head-Fi for the first time and show that initial enthusiasm.
At times, it may seem frustrating for long standing members who don't seem to know many of the new people (and visa versa), but (on average) our members are every bit as active as they've ever been -- there are just more of them now! At this pace, we'll probably have 100,000 registered users by about this time next year (i.e., Spring of 2009). Amazing!
It wasn't hard to find the old threads. See below for reference (if you're really bored) after reading a little further (but please post in this thread rather than reviving those dusty jewels):
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f11/he...numbers-95707/
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f11/he...isited-146913/
Essentially, the idea was to track on an annual basis how many people have posted how many posts. The purpose (such that there was one) was to help gauge the annual growth at Head-Fi. Of course, it hasn't worked out that way since I haven't bothered to revise the figures since 2005.
So here we go:
I've just updated the numbers with the results as of 31-3-08 (shown in bold) which can then be compared to 26-11-05 (shown next) and the results as of 16-12-04 (shown last and in brackets) for comparison.
Number of members with at least X number of posts:
X = 1 post or more, 35,505 17,380 (10,625)
2+ posts, 29,310 14,510 (9,025)
3+ posts, 25,187 12,560 (7,900)
5+ posts, 20,465 10,250 (6,500)
10+ posts, 15,160 7,557 (4,825)
25+ posts, 9,990 4,892 (3,205)
50+ posts, 7,125 3,367 (2,125)
100+ posts, 4,673 2,245 (1,425)
200+ posts, 2,923 1,370 (900)
500+ posts, 1,433 678 (437)
1000+ posts, 751 342 (231)
1500+ posts, 494 231 (146)
2000+ posts, 346 155 (103)
3000+ posts, 184 83 (53)
4000+ posts, 113 50 (26)
5000+ posts, 67 33 (16)
10000+ posts, 10 2 (0)
20000+ posts, 1 0 (0)
Note that the general pattern has held. Note also the as compared to just 2 years and 4 months ago (the middle column) each of the current figures shown in bold have more than doubled! Likewise, as compared to 3 years and 3 months ago, each of the current figures have more than tripled!
Some further observations:
At 12-16-04, a total of 8,644 members or 45% of the 19,269 registered users had never posted, not even once! At 26-11-05, a total of 16,213 members or 48% of the 33,593 registered users have never posted. At 31-3-08, a total of 32,380 members or 48% of the 67,885 registered users had never posted.
Only 30% of all registered users have posted 5 times or more, as compared to 30% in 2005 and 34% in 2004, respectively.
Less than 10,000 members have posted 25 times or more and a large number of them are no longer active. Of course there will always be new members who will quickly become involved, but to be talking about our nearly 70,000 members is a little silly, IMO.
What is most encouraging about the consistency as exhibited in these numbers over time is that, in my opinion, they suggest that the site hasn't lost any of its "stickiness". What I mean is that when someone stumbles across Head-Fi for the first time in 2008, they are every bit as likely to become involved (by making that first post) and to stay involved (by making that 1,500th post) as they were in years past.
In other words, what I think these patterns suggest is that our growth has not come at a loss of relevancy. There is still every bit as much of a sense of community as there ever was. We're now having our 3rd "international" Head-Fi meet and the core group of highly active members continue to help and encourage new members as they discover Head-Fi for the first time and show that initial enthusiasm.
At times, it may seem frustrating for long standing members who don't seem to know many of the new people (and visa versa), but (on average) our members are every bit as active as they've ever been -- there are just more of them now! At this pace, we'll probably have 100,000 registered users by about this time next year (i.e., Spring of 2009). Amazing!