Battle of the Boards 2009!

[Karma]

Thats what she said.

 

[TOE]

Sideshow Freaks sux. No one wants to buy my ^^^^ in the commerce section




ps...i voted for SSFreaks

 

[Adoptedscot]

....and my vote puts us in the lead. C'mon peeps get voting for us
x

 

[gabberjawa]

For the time will soon come when freaks, will shape the fortunes of all

 

[DinoLast]

I voted for the Freaks, even though it's full of Whiners

 

[Adoptedscot]

For the time will soon come when freaks, will shape the fortunes of all

You know it
x

 

[Kabukiman]

F voting, let's kill! :maul

 

[devlinboy]

F voting, let's kill! :maul

I like your style

 

[gabberjawa]

Rebelscum surges ahead again to lead by 10

Ride out with me. Ride out and meet them.

For death and glory.

For Freaks. For your people.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Rebelscum surges ahead again to lead by 10

Ride out with me. Ride out and meet them.

For death and glory.

For Freaks. For your people.

I'll bring the keg!

Death and Glory makes me thirsty.

 

[NASEDO]

voted for the Freaks....

 

[The Ween]

I assume you are asking about "Growth"

That is figured comparing the stats from the last "BTOB" two years ago.

To put it plainly, it's "Growth in the last 2 years", however that's a bit long to put in the table.

If a board existed for longer than another one, wouldn't some of the numbers and averages be naturally higher?

 

[The Ween]

I haven't culled inactive members, I deleted old threads. I seem to remember seeing a number like 60k members at rebelscum at one point.

And the Sandbox posts don't count either! There's another 1,000 posts for me alone!

 

[The Ween]

I voted for the Freaks, even though it's full of Whiners

Shhhhhuuuuuudddddduuuuuupppppppp, Dino! I'm not a whiner!

I'm tellin' Dave!

Oh, and the Wolverine figure still doesn't look enough like Hugh.

Waaaa Waaaaa!

 

[karamazov80]

If a board existed for longer than another one, wouldn't some of the numbers and averages be naturally higher?

You might actually expect a negative relationship between the length of time that a board existed and percentage growth. It is easier to grow, percentage-wise, the lower your initial number. Plus, when a board is first created, a bunch of people may join up immediately, leading to a spike in membership that you wouldn't expect from a board that had been around ages. However, there are also potential familiarity and "bandwagon" effects, where higher membership and duration of existence leads to more members joining, which could balance this out a bit.

You would of course expect the number of posts and members to be positively correlated with length of board existence, though, holding all other factors constant. Not to get too geeky about it, but if you really wanted to compare sites in a scientific way, you would probably want to add some control variables that you guys have talked about, like duration of board existence, narrowness or broadness of the board's focus, degree of board cleanup (member and thread removal), etc., and run a regression analysis.

Jesus I apologize about posting this one. BUT, gotta do something to avoid work. . .

 

[gabberjawa]

If a board existed for longer than another one, wouldn't some of the numbers and averages be naturally higher?

It depends on how each individual board does, really. There could of course be a whole slew of stats relating to how long the board's been active.

I included "Year Started" on the previous "BOTB" but I thought growth was much more interesting, and relevant on a more recent level.


Also, what karamazov80 said

 

[creecher]

Oh, and the Wolverine figure still doesn't look enough like Hugh.

Waaaa Waaaaa!

I used to enjoy coming here and reading the comments.

 

[gabberjawa]

Bonus Stat: Top Posters!
Forum name / Username / Posts / Staff Member of board?

Sideshow Freaks / The Josh / 40,476 / No
Statue Forum / Alex655321 / 71,525 / Yes
The Shadow and Flame / LOTR Fan / 21,852 / No
Rebelscum / GNT / 51,569 / Yes
Gentlegiantcollector / Cirielle / 12,352 / Yes

I could not see the posting stats for the rest

Interesting at least to see that Rebelscum didn't win this one

 

[barryo]

looks like josh needs to step up his game.............



edit: dancing banana replaced with angel monkey icon.......

 

[tylerdurden]

sideshow freaks all the way!