The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8710   Message #712847
Posted By: Jon Freeman
18-May-02 - 08:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: How Many Mudcatters?
Subject: RE: BS: How Many Mudcatters?
Guest, I would imagine the only person who could do that is Max from the server logs and from what he posted earlier, I would guess it would be a major task.

The only figures we all have on record to work with are the number of posts made and number of threads created but even that does not give an indication of how the forum is used in terms of hits - each thread will get many viewings...

I would guess that the dt is the major "recruiting ground" for Mudcat, with far more members joining and guests stopping by and posting as a result of visiting the site in search of lyrics than by actively seeking out a music forum or by refferral in other ways, e.g. links from other sites, word of mouth, etc. but that is sheer speculation on my part.

I noticed that Pat Cookey who joined in the last couple of days was showing as member 11,300. I know that figure includes duplicate members and probably failed attempts in joining but I wouldn't have thought we have many more (in fact my guess would be lower) members coming in with any frequency at any time than Max's 1381 above. An intersting statistic could be the average "life span" of a member here.

Jon