Sharing Statistics on Mellophant

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10 Sep 2009 11:08 AM
What Exit?

Sharing Statistics on Mellophant

http://www.mellophant.com/images/Posts per Day.JPG
Posts:
February 26, 2009 108
February 27, 2009 499
February 28, 2009 527
March 01, 2009 1291
March 02, 2009 1684
March 03, 2009 1720
March 04, 2009 1754
March 05, 2009 1325
March 06, 2009 1273
March 07, 2009 1120
March 08, 2009 1102
March 09, 2009 1444
March 10, 2009 1370
March 11, 2009 1315
March 12, 2009 1281
March 13, 2009 1267
March 14, 2009 918
March 15, 2009 905
March 16, 2009 1490
March 17, 2009 1064
March 18, 2009 967
March 19, 2009 1243
March 20, 2009 1230
March 21, 2009 625
March 22, 2009 581
March 23, 2009 801
March 24, 2009 920
March 25, 2009 1111
March 26, 2009 1001
March 27, 2009 898
March 28, 2009 577
March 29, 2009 633
March 30, 2009 829
March 31, 2009 1106
April 01, 2009 888
April 02, 2009 995
April 03, 2009 1193
April 04, 2009 861
April 05, 2009 855
April 06, 2009 1046
April 07, 2009 899
April 08, 2009 988
April 09, 2009 877
April 10, 2009 837
April 11, 2009 440
April 12, 2009 427
April 13, 2009 719
April 14, 2009 787
April 15, 2009 858
April 16, 2009 728
April 17, 2009 747
April 18, 2009 555
April 19, 2009 466
April 20, 2009 964
April 21, 2009 884
April 22, 2009 797
April 23, 2009 810
April 24, 2009 821
April 25, 2009 430
April 26, 2009 341
April 27, 2009 743
April 28, 2009 615
April 29, 2009 653
April 30, 2009 559
May 01, 2009 579
May 02, 2009 467
May 03, 2009 371
May 04, 2009 604
May 05, 2009 734
May 06, 2009 699
May 07, 2009 534
May 08, 2009 608
May 09, 2009 306
May 10, 2009 259
May 11, 2009 734
May 12, 2009 515
May 13, 2009 443
May 14, 2009 481
May 15, 2009 629
May 16, 2009 410
May 17, 2009 423
May 18, 2009 529
May 19, 2009 706
May 20, 2009 680
May 21, 2009 620
May 22, 2009 510
May 23, 2009 253
May 24, 2009 223
May 25, 2009 337
May 26, 2009 523
May 27, 2009 418
May 28, 2009 427
May 29, 2009 421
May 30, 2009 195
May 31, 2009 202
June 01, 2009 486
June 02, 2009 559
June 03, 2009 578
June 04, 2009 507
June 05, 2009 436
June 06, 2009 196
June 07, 2009 234
June 08, 2009 422
June 09, 2009 426
June 10, 2009 425
June 11, 2009 444
June 12, 2009 268
June 13, 2009 278
June 14, 2009 269
June 15, 2009 372
June 16, 2009 449
June 17, 2009 448
June 18, 2009 400
June 19, 2009 322
June 20, 2009 158
June 21, 2009 203
June 22, 2009 408
June 23, 2009 410
June 24, 2009 344
June 25, 2009 235
June 26, 2009 346
June 27, 2009 111
June 28, 2009 165
June 29, 2009 240
June 30, 2009 229
July 01, 2009 294
July 02, 2009 264
July 03, 2009 238
July 04, 2009 266
July 05, 2009 123
July 06, 2009 243
July 07, 2009 280
July 08, 2009 263
July 09, 2009 432
July 10, 2009 335
July 11, 2009 123
July 12, 2009 161
July 13, 2009 403
July 14, 2009 473
July 15, 2009 323
July 16, 2009 316
July 17, 2009 188
July 18, 2009 65
July 19, 2009 95
July 20, 2009 271
July 21, 2009 227
July 22, 2009 194
July 23, 2009 208
July 24, 2009 274
July 25, 2009 74
July 26, 2009 64
July 27, 2009 176
July 28, 2009 116
July 29, 2009 202
July 30, 2009 156
July 31, 2009 218
August 01, 2009 112
August 02, 2009 78
August 03, 2009 146
August 04, 2009 176
August 05, 2009 117
August 06, 2009 120
August 07, 2009 159
August 08, 2009 70
August 09, 2009 56
August 10, 2009 147
August 11, 2009 209
August 12, 2009 158
August 13, 2009 236
August 14, 2009 143
August 15, 2009 88
August 16, 2009 77
August 17, 2009 198
August 18, 2009 410
August 19, 2009 266
August 20, 2009 296
August 21, 2009 298
August 22, 2009 286
August 23, 2009 139
August 24, 2009 347
August 25, 2009 329
August 26, 2009 200
August 27, 2009 122
August 28, 2009 93
August 29, 2009 112
August 30, 2009 100
August 31, 2009 136
September 01, 2009 225
September 02, 2009 273
September 03, 2009 99
September 04, 2009 175
September 05, 2009 311
September 06, 2009 261
September 07, 2009 323
September 08, 2009 501
September 09, 2009 501

User Activity:
August 11, 2009 13
August 12, 2009 7
August 13, 2009 7
August 14, 2009 13
August 15, 2009 16
August 16, 2009 3
August 17, 2009 17
August 18, 2009 26
August 19, 2009 32
August 20, 2009 12
August 21, 2009 48
August 22, 2009 54
August 23, 2009 22
August 24, 2009 37
August 25, 2009 45
August 26, 2009 52
August 27, 2009 20
August 28, 2009 25
August 29, 2009 29
August 30, 2009 66
August 31, 2009 80
September 01, 2009 227
September 02, 2009 49
September 03, 2009 39
September 04, 2009 79
September 05, 2009 103
September 06, 2009 105
September 07, 2009 108
September 08, 2009 112
September 09, 2009 130
10 Sep 2009 11:24 AM
Zuul

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this. We've nearly tripled our daily posting since Friday. Let us make the upward trend continue!
10 Sep 2009 11:38 AM
The Original An Gadaí

Let's do this!
10 Sep 2009 11:43 AM
Sarahfeena

Yay! Looking good.

What's the "user activity" stat?
10 Sep 2009 12:22 PM
Feirefiz

I turned your numbers into two simple charts. We'll have to do something about the long-term trend, but there is hope that things are getting better.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/443/dailye.png

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3792/totalhg.png
10 Sep 2009 12:27 PM
OneCentStamp

Small steps. I'm just happy to be here, and excited to keep posting with my pachyfriends.
10 Sep 2009 12:29 PM
Cluricaun

Cool graphs. I like the current activity and am avoiding getting sucked into a chat hole as much as possible so as to contribute to the upward trend.
10 Sep 2009 12:31 PM
Myrnalene

Quote:

Originally posted by OneCentStamp

Small steps. I'm just happy to be here, and excited to keep posting with my pachyfriends.

This. We will probably never see the kind of activity had when this place opened, but even if we can just keep up the volume of the past few days I will be happy.
10 Sep 2009 12:36 PM
OneCentStamp

Quote:

Originally posted by Myrnalene

This. We will probably never see the kind of activity had when this place opened,

I agree. Even when the SDMB finally croaks, we probably won't get more than a handful of refugees. If we grow from here, it will be because of new people, and because we find our own niche/voice. It will happen organically (if it happens at all), not out of any conscious decision to say "Hey, we're Mellophant, and now we're going to be all about ________." We'll just realize one day that we talk mostly about cooking. Or old movies. Or bow hunting.

Quote:

Originally posted by Myrnalene

but even if we can just keep up the volume of the past few days I will be happy.

As long as I'm in four or five interesting conversations at any one time, that works for me, and that's pretty much what the board traffic is at right now.
10 Sep 2009 12:39 PM
Sarahfeena

I love getting folks here who AREN'T from the SDMB! If anyone has a friend or family member who might enjoy being Mello, invite them to join! :)
10 Sep 2009 12:40 PM
Zuul

I agree with Myrna and OneCentStamp. Right now, this is pretty good, comfortable traffic for me. If all of the conversations were hit-or-miss I might be hurting for a few more threads, but as it is now I've been consistently able to find threads I wanted to post in just about every time I've looked at new posts.

If we can keep this, with the interesting content we've been generating these past few days, I'll be quite happy.
10 Sep 2009 12:41 PM
Cluricaun

Quote:

Originally posted by OneCentStamp

We'll just realize one day that we talk mostly about cooking. Or old movies. Or bow hunting.

C'mon bowhunting.........:LOL:
10 Sep 2009 12:42 PM
Zuul

Quote:

Originally posted by Sarahfeena

I love getting folks here who AREN'T from the SDMB! If anyone has a friend or family member who might enjoy being Mello, invite them to join! :)

I'm sending an invitation to my brother today, in fact. He's sixteen and doesn't have a lot of message board experience, so everybody had better be nice to him!
10 Sep 2009 01:35 PM
What Exit?

So far today: New Posts 191 so we are behind the past two days pace. Hopefully it picks up later.
10 Sep 2009 01:51 PM
Zuul

Quote:

Originally posted by What Exit?

So far today: New Posts 191 so we are behind the past two days pace. Hopefully it picks up later.

IIRC, we picked up quite a bit in the afternoon on both of those days. I know yesterday I was gone all morning and was dismayed at how few new posts there were when I got on, and then we caught up.

It appears we've got people who don't post while at work. Tsk.
10 Sep 2009 02:07 PM
Sarahfeena

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

I'm sending an invitation to my brother today, in fact. He's sixteen and doesn't have a lot of message board experience, so everybody had better be nice to him!

Awesome! I hope he likes it here. :dumbo:
10 Sep 2009 08:59 PM
Glazer

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

It appears we've got people who don't post while at work. Tsk.

It would be very hard for me to post at work.

Quote:

Originally posted by Glazer @ Work

Excuse me Ma'am, mind if I log on to your internet and make a few post on this message board, I'll finish installing your mirror in a little wile.

Yep I can see that going over real well.
10 Sep 2009 09:07 PM
Hatshepsut

Quote:

Originally posted by Glazer

It would be very hard for me to post at work.

Yep I can see that going over real well.

Well, heck, you never know til you try, do you? :D
10 Sep 2009 09:18 PM
Glazer

Quote:

Originally posted by CairoCarol

Well, heck, you never know til you try, do you? :D

I could see some of my customers not having a problem. But I remember a thread from the Dope where a worker asked to use the restroom. OMG. In my neighborhood I get a lot of people who would freak right the fuck out.
10 Sep 2009 10:03 PM
Zuul

Ha! I remember that thread.

You could try posting from a phone, though! But I imagine they'd tend to be very short, misspelled posts as you were trying to do your job one-handed.
11 Sep 2009 12:57 PM
Myrnalene

I think we had like 700 posts yesterday? Granted they weren't all Pulitzer Prize winners, but that's the busiest day we have had in months.
11 Sep 2009 01:01 PM
What Exit?

Quote:

Originally posted by Myrnalene

I think we had like 700 posts yesterday? Granted they weren't all Pulitzer Prize winners, but that's the busiest day we have had in months.

Exactly 700 yesterday and New Posts Today are 151 so far.

Fridays are often slow, so we'll see what happens.
11 Sep 2009 01:08 PM
Zuul

Yesterday at about this time we had 191 posts. So.
11 Sep 2009 03:34 PM
Myrnalene

Quote:

Originally posted by What Exit?

User Activity:
August 11, 2009 13
August 12, 2009 7
August 13, 2009 7
August 14, 2009 13
August 15, 2009 16
August 16, 2009 3
August 17, 2009 17
August 18, 2009 26
August 19, 2009 32
August 20, 2009 12
August 21, 2009 48
August 22, 2009 54
August 23, 2009 22
August 24, 2009 37
August 25, 2009 45
August 26, 2009 52
August 27, 2009 20
August 28, 2009 25
August 29, 2009 29
August 30, 2009 66
August 31, 2009 80
September 01, 2009 227
September 02, 2009 49
September 03, 2009 39
September 04, 2009 79
September 05, 2009 103
September 06, 2009 105
September 07, 2009 108
September 08, 2009 112
September 09, 2009 130

What does "user activity" mean here? I know we had 81 online on Wednesday but the figure here says 130. What's it referring to?
11 Sep 2009 03:48 PM
Sarahfeena

Quote:

Originally posted by Myrnalene

What does "user activity" mean here? I know we had 81 online on Wednesday but the figure here says 130. What's it referring to?

I asked that, too, and no one answered! :tongue: I THINK it means total number of different users who were on at any time during the day, but I'm not sure.
11 Sep 2009 03:56 PM
What Exit?

"user activity": I am not sure but believe you are correct Sarah. Sorry, I missed the question.
11 Sep 2009 04:15 PM
Sarahfeena

Quote:

Originally posted by What Exit?

"user activity": I am not sure but believe you are correct Sarah. Sorry, I missed the question.

No problem, Jim. Somehow if that's the case, though, the numbers don't look right. How could we have had a day where only 3 people were here all day? Even for dumbo I don't think that's possible! :dumbo:
11 Sep 2009 10:47 PM
What Exit?

Quote:

Originally posted by Sarahfeena

No problem, Jim. Somehow if that's the case, though, the numbers don't look right. How could we have had a day where only 3 people were here all day? Even for dumbo I don't think that's possible! :dumbo:

The data and stats are not going to be that accurate before we went live on vB but you are correct on what the stat is for.

Quote:

Originally posted by VB Board

It means how many users visited for the time frame you select.
12 Sep 2009 10:25 AM
What Exit?

Added Post per day chart to Op to be updated occasionally
12 Sep 2009 10:47 AM
Zuul

Awesome! I doubt we'll be getting anything like September 10th again until we get close to another milestone posting number, but I'd be pretty happy sticking in the 400-500 posts a day range.
12 Sep 2009 10:55 AM
What Exit?

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

Awesome! I doubt we'll be getting anything like September 10th again until we get close to another milestone posting number, but I'd be pretty happy sticking in the 400-500 posts a day range.

I'm greedy, I'm hoping we slowly build up to where 700 seems average and we spike to a 1000 on special days.
13 Sep 2009 07:50 AM
What Exit?

Good number for a Saturday: 455
14 Sep 2009 10:52 AM
What Exit?

No surprise, Sunday was slow: 287
30 Sep 2009 09:04 PM
What Exit?

Stats updated
01 Oct 2009 12:39 AM
Inner Stickler

I'm slacking. Bad Stickler!
01 Oct 2009 08:44 AM
Zuul

It's all your fault, Stickler. :mad:
01 Oct 2009 09:31 AM
The Original An Gadaí

Yeah.
01 Oct 2009 09:56 AM
Zuul

With vbDrupal set up now, it might be a good idea to keep track of how many visitors the front page gets. It could be helpful to see when we get a jump in traffic on the zine and which articles are getting read the most. I know the board keeps track of which articles are read through the forum, but if someone only hits the front page and doesn't go further it'd be nice to know, too.

At the very least, pepper and I would like to know. ;)
01 Oct 2009 10:13 AM
Feirefiz

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

With vbDrupal set up now, it might be a good idea to keep track of how many visitors the front page gets. It could be helpful to see when we get a jump in traffic on the zine and which articles are getting read the most. I know the board keeps track of which articles are read through the forum, but if someone only hits the front page and doesn't go further it'd be nice to know, too.

At the very least, pepper and I would like to know. ;)

Do you currently use the Statistics module? It's part of the standard drupal distribution but IIRC it's not activated by default.
That would be a good start. The major disadvantage is that it covers only a limited (but configurable) time span.

If you want fancier long term statistics there are third-party modules that might interest you. For example there is a nice one for integration with Google Analytics.

How are you coming along with drupal?
01 Oct 2009 10:14 AM
What Exit?

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

With vbDrupal set up now, it might be a good idea to keep track of how many visitors the front page gets. It could be helpful to see when we get a jump in traffic on the zine and which articles are getting read the most. I know the board keeps track of which articles are read through the forum, but if someone only hits the front page and doesn't go further it'd be nice to know, too.

At the very least, pepper and I would like to know. ;)

I am sorry to say I have no clue how to do that. I will look into it, but that has to be on the network/server side and not vB of course.
01 Oct 2009 11:13 AM
Zuul

Quote:

Originally posted by Feirefiz

Do you currently use the Statistics module? It's part of the standard drupal distribution but IIRC it's not activated by default.
That would be a good start. The major disadvantage is that it covers only a limited (but configurable) time span.

No, it's not activated by default. I've got it set up now, though. I'm thinking Google Analytics would be good to add onto this, because it's great for charting long-term trends and I don't much care for the statistics module that comes with Drupal.

Quote:

How are you coming along with drupal?

I think I've got the general hang of it at this point. There's a bit of a learning curve to it at first, but it's also relatively straight-forward once you get into it. There's more that I could do at this point than I have done, but I'm trying not to step on pep's toes. :LOL:
01 Oct 2009 04:40 PM
elmwood

Quote:

Originally posted by What Exit?

I am sorry to say I have no clue how to do that. I will look into it, but that has to be on the network/server side and not vB of course.

Check out the "Statistics" section in cPanel. You might also want to consider adding Google Analytics.
10 Oct 2009 07:07 PM
What Exit?

My last Stats update is above.
05 Mar 2010 09:04 AM
Zuul

I've got a bunch of stuff going on today, but I'm going to be posting statistics for the board as soon as I have time. There'll be graphs and everything. :madsci:
05 Mar 2010 09:34 AM
Myrnalene

Like this?

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...photo/pepe.jpg
05 Mar 2010 09:36 AM
Zuul

And this:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/caerie/v-day.gif
05 Mar 2010 10:46 AM
pepperlandgirl

I won't reveal which one was me in Zuul's graph, but I will say it's a nightly activity.
05 Mar 2010 10:56 AM
OneCentStamp

Quote:

Originally posted by pepperlandgirl

I won't reveal which one was me in Zuul's graph, but I will say it's a nightly activity.

I thought you wrote erotica, not porn. ;)
05 Mar 2010 11:04 AM
Oliveloaf

I played with the numbers a little bit. I hope this helps:

http://www.arizonabeef.org/page-imag...cken-chart.jpg
05 Mar 2010 11:34 AM
pepperlandgirl

Quote:

Originally posted by OneCentStamp

I thought you wrote erotica, not porn. ;)

Lately it's pretty much been porn :D
05 Mar 2010 01:49 PM
Zuul

Fluctuations based on the day of the week have been common since this place started up. Clearly, we are not the types to sit around posting all weekend. But when you even out for those spikes and dips there's been an upward trend this month.

January was really, really bad. Now we're approaching averages closer to our post-Mello move jump in activity.

Each graph is to its own scale, with the busiest day in that month as its maximum:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...bots/09oct.gif
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...bots/09nov.gif
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...bots/09dec.gif
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...bots/10jan.gif
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...bots/10feb.gif

We're a small board and there's no hiding that, but yesterday we had our busiest day since September 12. Less than a week before that, we'd nearly hit the same peak. Not too shabby.
05 Mar 2010 01:56 PM
OneCentStamp

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

We're a small board and there's no hiding that, but yesterday we had our busiest day since September 12. Less than a week before that, we'd nearly hit the same peak. Not too shabby.

Not only is there no hiding that, there's no shame in that, I think. I enjoy the conversations I have here. I would post 8-10 posts per day whether this board racked up 20 posts a day or 20,000.
05 Mar 2010 03:02 PM
Zuul

Quote:

Originally posted by OneCentStamp

Not only is there no hiding that, there's no shame in that, I think. I enjoy the conversations I have here. I would post 8-10 posts per day whether this board racked up 20 posts a day or 20,000.

This is true. In spite of what the penis enlargement ads tell us, being small doesn't require self-loathing.
05 Mar 2010 03:11 PM
What Exit?

Holy crap, we were nearly flatlined in late January. Good to see the patient has recovered to its normal robust levels.

Thanks for posting these Zuul.
05 Mar 2010 03:18 PM
Zuul

Yeah, to be honest I was cringing every time I looked at the stats in January. I didn't think we'd be able to limp through and then February just sort of exploded in comparison.
05 Mar 2010 03:22 PM
The Original An Gadaí

I think the board would be great if it were just a tad busier but I've been enjoying it. Thanks for everything Zuul.
05 Mar 2010 03:28 PM
What Exit?

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

Yeah, to be honest I was cringing every time I looked at the stats in January. I didn't think we'd be able to limp through and then February just sort of exploded in comparison.

How are we finacially and as far as hosting? We clearly don't need more juice, but is Elmwood still fine with hosting us? If not, do we have the piggy bank for the move?

BTW: Can't say it enough, thanks for hosting us Elmwood.
BTW2: And thank you Zuul and the rest of the staff for keeping it going even through the dry spells and crazy spells.
05 Mar 2010 03:31 PM
Zuul

Quote:

Originally posted by What Exit?

How are we finacially and as far as hosting? We clearly don't need more juice, but is Elmwood still fine with hosting us? If not, do we have the piggy bank for the move?

We will need to move because chat is a big drain on memory and we've got enough money to handle that for a few months, at least. After that, I'll have to figure something out for longterm funding.

And, yes, elmwood is freakin' awesome and we are lucky he's been so gracious.
05 Mar 2010 06:58 PM
Hatshepsut

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

In spite of what the penis enlargement ads tell us, being small doesn't require self-loathing.

My next sig-line!
05 Mar 2010 08:15 PM
elmwood

Thanks all!

A few things:

1) Yesterday night, I installed xcache (http://xcache.lighttpd.net/) in an attempt to decrease the server load. It seems to be working, even though the configuration isn't entirely tweaked yet. (The Mellophant admins have access to the Cyburbia server load average graphs, so they should be able to see the difference.)

xcache should dramatically reduce or eliminate the server burps you've been through. (Oddly, this past week the server was running smoothly despite high loads and unusually high traffic on the Cyburbia side.) When Mello moves to a new VPS, I highly recommend installing xcache.

2) I know some of you are a bit disappointed about the level of posting activity. When you consider chat activity -- really, the main feature of the site -- I think the overall picture will look a bit brighter. You can't go back in time and change the past, and the mistakes made by former board leaders won't soon be forgotten. However, I think there's a future for Mellophant, just as there is for the other smaller SDMB spinoff or offshoot boards. Maybe, instead of seeing yourself as a rival to Giraffe Boards, you can position Mellophant's shoutbox as a gathering place for the larger SDMB community?

3) You've all been great when I've got to reboot the server, or when it burps for a few minutes. :)
06 Mar 2010 03:59 AM
Feirefiz

Quote:

Originally posted by Zuul

We will need to move because chat is a big drain on memory and we've got enough money to handle that for a few months, at least. After that, I'll have to figure something out for longterm funding.

Btw. what about the vBulletin license? Is that a subscription? That's something that has to be figured into our real long-term costs.

Do you have a specific hoster in mind? If not it might be a good idea to start comparing offers sooner rather than later.
06 Mar 2010 07:49 AM
Zuul

Quote:

Originally posted by Feirefiz

Btw. what about the vBulletin license? Is that a subscription? That's something that has to be figured into our real long-term costs.

Do you have a specific hoster in mind? If not it might be a good idea to start comparing offers sooner rather than later.

vBulletin has changed their licensing agreements, so that we can use this version indefinitely without further payment. When we're ready to upgrade, we'll pay again. So for now, we're fine. Obviously we will want to upgrade eventually, though.

I do have a specific hoster I'm planning on using. I did some shopping around and asked some questions and found a package that will have everything we need right now without being prohibitively expensive.