Another most users online record!

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Wayne Hingley

As far as Facebook and perhaps the other "social media" type sites go, yes there are groups with some interesting content, but there is no organization to the content and it is essentially un-searchable. There are some legitimate knowledgeable contributors, but there is a large number who have no idea what they are talking about (but like to sound in on every subject with their misinformed beliefs), and you also have a lot of pure trash posts that are not relevant or contributing to anything. Facebook is a nice place to go to look at photos, but if you read too much of the content your head will spin. However as mentioned, there are some knowledgeable people in some of those groups... you just need to learn who they are.

For me there is no substitute for the high quality information and guidance one can find on MLU, and from trustworthy sources who usually have data/evidence to back things up.

I hope MLU continues to maintain its role in this hobby well into the future. Thank you Hanno for your efforts in keeping things running smoothly. I realize it has been a while since I have contributed to the forum, so I will be sending some funds today to help keep the lights on. Thanks!

I'd agree with the bulk of that. I have only come across a few pages on Facebook that are very good. Apps make picture searching easy. Even key word searching easy, as long as the page users put the effort into describing what they upload. But that is rare.
I still pop into MLU from time to time, but not nearly enough. And that's a reflection in changes in my life. I think there is a certain 'social media' fatigue that can grow and that sees me return to various forums at times. MLU is more relaxed. More adult.
My only gripe with MLU, and that predates social media, is the enforced gap between searches.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Update on MLU FORUM Statistics:

Most users ever online was 7,133, 16-06-21 at 10:12.

MLU FORUM Statistics:
Threads: 30,062, Posts: 273,914, Members: 4,990, Active Members: 759

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Update on MLU FORUM Statistics:

Most users ever online was 7,133, 16-06-21 at 10:12.

MLU FORUM Statistics:
Threads: 30,362, Posts: 276,341, Members: 4,996, Active Members: 611

Changes compared to stats of 4 months ago:
Threads: +300, Posts: +2,427, Members: +6 (due to temporary suspension), Active Members: -148

[David Dunlop]

I notice for the last while, the active user numbers have been in the 6,000 to 8,000 range fairly consistently, but today it has almost doubled that amount. At the same time, new comments/contributions on the various threads has kept its usual range.

Any idea what is going on, Hanno? Has the MLU Forum suddenly been discovered as a trove of valuable information? Does the website data give you any indication of where all these users are looking on the forum?


David

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

I notice for the last while, the active user numbers have been in the 6,000 to 8,000 range fairly consistently, but today it has almost doubled that amount. At the same time, new comments/contributions on the various threads has kept its usual range.

Any idea what is going on, Hanno? Has the MLU Forum suddenly been discovered as a trove of valuable information? Does the website data give you any indication of where all these users are looking on the forum?

Hello David,

If you go to "Who's Online" - http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/online.php - you can see there are lot of "webcrawlers" visiting our site. These are Internet bots which systematically browse the World Wide Web. It is typically operated by search engines for the purpose of Web indexing. Read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_crawler

This makes it very easy to search the contents of the Forum using e.g. Google. If you add "site:mapleleafup.net" to your search on Google, it shows only the search results found on our Forum.

Hope this helps,