2 years of deskthority (UPDATE: 3 years of deskthority)

[webwit]

Today is deskthority's second birthday. Still a young forum!

We currently have over 3000 members and nearing 100000 posts and 5000 topics. We have around 2000 "returning" visits each day, over 2000 unique visitors each day, 1000 "unique returning" visits each day, around 22000 visits of which 13000 returning visits last week, with 120000 page views per week. Although we don't strive to be super big, we have a strong community for which I like to thank everybody!

The first post:
http://deskthority.net/news-reviews-f4/ ... ty-t6.html

Best viewed topic (78809 views) and most replies (3212):
http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/ ... t1376.html

[damorgue]

Congrats

Way to dominate both the forums and the wiki, 7bit.

[Ascaii]

Wow, this is awesome! Bring out the cake and where is the celebratory giveaway?

[7bit]

Congrats!


I'm still angry about the fact that sixty did not inform me about the launch of DT,
so I'am listed on the 2nd page of the mebers list.

[rodtang]

I really thought the forum was older...
Oh and I hit 666 posts today, I should get some price for that.

[Ascaii]

Congrats!


I'm still angry about the fact that sixty did not inform me about the launch of DT,
so I'am listed on the 2nd page of the mebers list.

I still regret not registering immediately when Sixty invited me, I would have been the the first non admin to join. Oh well, shit happens xD

[7bit]

Congrats

Way to dominate both the forums and the wiki, 7bit.

The funny thing is even though I've left GH behind me for quite some time, the Round 4 thread over there is still the largest thread in the Group buy section (if not largest of the forum).

[RC-1140]

hah, I didn't know Deskthority was comparedly so young when I joined. It's been a good home to me since then. But apparently I need to write more. I'm on page two of the members with the most posts.

Nah, I don't want to spam.

But I just want to say it as well: Thanks to you all for being such a great community!

[dirge]

Surprised too, thought it was much older.

Sorry to the 1000 unique visitors that read my dumb posts...

[Acanthophis]

Wow, I joined in April '11. Didn't know the forum was so young back then.
Looking forward to the next two years =)

[Charlie_Brown_MX]

Sorry to the 1000 unique visitors that read my dumb posts...

It’s okay. I’ve learned to blank them out pretty effectively.

Congratulations to the Deskthority team on reaching the two-year milestone with zero roll-backs and no hacking incidents.

[CeeSA]

children, such as the time goes by...

[7bit]

Congratulations to the Deskthority team on reaching the two-year milestone with zero roll-backs and no hacking incidents.

What do you mean "no hacking incidents"?

We successfully r00tw0rmed GH!

[matt3o]

Happy BDAY!

We successfully r00tw0rmed GH!

LOL!

[kbdfr]

Just realized DT wasn't even 2 months old when I joined

@webwit and co.: you have created a nice place and are making a great job - congratulations.
And best wishes to sixty.

[tlt]

Congratulations to Deskthority! Thanks everyone for a great site.

[damorgue]

Congrats!


I'm still angry about the fact that sixty did not inform me about the launch of DT,
so I'am listed on the 2nd page of the mebers list.

Meanwhile there are several on the first page with no posts. Do accounts get purged if there is no activity or logins?

[RC-1140]

well, I doubt it, otherwise these accounts probably would have been purged some time ago. I mean, even ripster is still listed there…

[fossala]

Nice work guys, I've enjoyed my stay.

[Jmneuv]

Congrats! seems a nice place so far.

[BimboBB]

Congrats guys!

Really nice forum with some awesome wiki!

[xbb]

Congrats and thanks everyone contributing!

[Findecanor]

Wow, already two years... Thanks, everybody!

[webwit]

well, I doubt it, otherwise these accounts probably would have been purged some time ago. I mean, even ripster is still listed there…

I checked and there is a manual pruning option in phpBB which takes criteria such as number of posts and last active date. But these members are not in the way in terms of resources and you never know if some will return. What's probably more useful is an active members metric. This might expose though it's just me and a couple of Germans, Brits and French guys.

[fossala]

How many active members are there, say one post a week over the last few months.

[webwit]

Not exactly the same, but this is an easier query

Code: Select all

mysql> SELECT count(*) FROM `phpbb_users` WHERE user_lastpost_time > unix_timestamp(subdate(now(), interval 7 day));
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|      269 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> SELECT count(*) FROM `phpbb_users` WHERE user_lastpost_time > unix_timestamp(subdate(now(), interval 31 day));
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|      469 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> SELECT count(*) FROM `phpbb_users` WHERE user_lastpost_time > unix_timestamp(subdate(now(), interval 60 day));
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|      653 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> SELECT count(*) FROM `phpbb_users` WHERE user_lastpost_time > unix_timestamp(subdate(now(), interval 100 day));
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|      857 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

Almost 500 unique posters last month. This is more than I imagined.

[hoggy]

Happy birthday!

Thanks for inviting me to the party. I love you, DT

[Kurk]

Congratulations, Glückwunsch, gefeliciteerd, félicitations, felicitación, gratulerar, etc. and that doesn't cover all the languages present on these forums. It's nice to have such a thriving, international place that's all about this weirdo hobby of ours. What's more, people here are generally friendly and mostly harmless.

[fossala]

Not exactly the same, but this is an easier query

Code: Select all

mysql> SELECT count(*) FROM `phpbb_users` WHERE user_lastpost_time > unix_timestamp(subdate(now(), interval 7 day));
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|      269 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

mysql> SELECT count(*) FROM `phpbb_users` WHERE user_lastpost_time > unix_timestamp(subdate(now(), interval 31 day));
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|      469 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> SELECT count(*) FROM `phpbb_users` WHERE user_lastpost_time > unix_timestamp(subdate(now(), interval 60 day));
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|      653 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

mysql> SELECT count(*) FROM `phpbb_users` WHERE user_lastpost_time > unix_timestamp(subdate(now(), interval 100 day));
+----------+
| count(*) |
+----------+
|      857 |
+----------+
1 row in set (0.02 sec)

Almost 500 unique posters last month. This is more than I imagined.

Looks good. I wonder how many of them 469 came, got their answer then left.

[rindorbrot]

Congratulations DT!