2008, Year in Review!

Bob Hubbard

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Some stats to amuse you with. Some might surprise you.

January 2008 to December 2008
Total Posts: 188,943
Total Threads: 12,227
Total Registrations: 3,543

Top Poster 2000-2008 : terryl965 34,268
Top Poster 2008 : terryl965 13,551
Top Thread Starter 2000-2008 : Bob Hubbard 3,631
Top Thread Starter 2008 : Bob Hubbard 581


Top 20 Posters 2000-2008
terryl965 34,268
arnisador 32,278
Bob Hubbard 30,081
shesulsa 23,181
MJS 20,589
Drac 20,332
Brian R. VanCise 19,869
Kacey 16,339
Rich Parsons 14,011
Lisa 13,557
Jade Tigress 11,148
Carol Kaur 11,116
tshadowchaser 10,472
KenpoTess 10,444
MA-Caver 10,323
exile 9,886
Xue Sheng 9,496
SFC JeffJ 8,553
Seig 8,403
maunakumu 8,363


Top 20 Posters 2008
terryl965 13,551
arnisador 7,386
Bob Hubbard 5,231
Brian R. VanCise 4,899
14 Kempo 4,504
shesulsa 4,382
MJS 4,033
Kacey 3,907
Drac 3,760
exile 3,513
Sukerkin 3,513
Xue Sheng 3,374
MA-Caver 3,325
theletch1 3,139
morph4me 2,915
jks9199 2,621
KempoGuy06 2,347
Tez3 2,306
tshadowchaser 2,295
MBuzzy 2,193


Top 20 Thread Starters 2000-2008
Bob Hubbard 3,631
Clark Kent 2,548 -BOT-
shesulsa 1,376
arnisador 1,319
MJS 1,190
MA-Caver 1,169
terryl965 1,119
Brian R. VanCise 1,012
Kacey 907
Jade Tigress 818
Lisa 808
Andrew Green 801
maunakumu 720
Rich Parsons 719
Carol Kaur 699
Cryozombie 582
KenpoTess 563
Grenadier 542
Xue Sheng 528
tshadowchaser 477

Top 10 Thread Starters 2008
Clark Kent 1,236 -BOT-
Bob Hubbard 581
MA-Caver 501
Brian R. VanCise 365
shesulsa 353
MJS 327
terryl965 273
Big Don 255
theletch1 240
Kacey 224
Xue Sheng 202
Grenadier 180
Jade Tigress 157
jks9199 153
exile 136
maunakumu 103
MBuzzy 101
IcemanSK 99
tshadowchaser 85
tellner 83



Top 10 Most Active Forums 2008
Posts
Game Room 25,821
General Martial Arts Talk 15,587
Tae-Kwon-Do 14,951
The Study 14,500
Meet & Greet 6,840
The Urusai Bar & Grill 5,902
The Locker Room 5,386
US Election 2008 4,,764
General Self Defense 4717
Wing Chun 4,241

Threads
General Martial Arts Talk 765
Tae-Kwon-Do 684
The Study 665
FMA From Around the Web 651
Meet & Greet 426
The Urusai Bar & Grill 407
The Locker Room 368
US Election 2008 356
The Rec Room (Sports and Entertainment) 271
MMA 265


Staff Activity in 2008

  • In 2008 MT Staff received 1,257 Reported posts, and fielded 8,437 incoming emails, and several thousand PM's.
  • Over 500 hours were spent between staff and staff, and staff and members on the phone regarding board issues.
  • Staff made over 50,000 posts and 3,100 threads as well as took over 6,000 "moderator actions" (including moving threads and approving imported articles).
  • MT received several threats of legal action regarding members posts in 2008, resulting in 1 threatener reported for impropriety.
  • 154 users were banned in 2008:
    • 54 banned for trolling, threats, rudeness to staff and members, and multiple account registrations and other rules violations.
    • 100 banned for spamming
    • Several ISP's were contacted regarding illegal and unethical actions by banned users including issuance of threats as well as attempts to reregister and continue misbehavior.
    • Law enforcement was consulted in a few cases.
 

stickarts

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Thanks for the stats! Very interesting! Looking forward to an even more awesome 2009!!
 

MA-Caver

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:eek: Wow the numbers are amazing. I didn't realize how much I've contributed until just now reading the list(s).

The banned numbers are interesting as well.

500 hours on the phone... wow. Hate to see the phone bill(s).

Way to go Terry... Post-Whore Supreme! :bow:
 
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Bob Hubbard

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I log an average of 3-4 hours a week on the phone on board matters, but thankfully have free LD to US and Canada so it doesn't cost me a fortune.

Most of the bans, are spam bots that we boot asap.
Of the 54 'normal' bans, the majority of those were multiple account violators. There were probably only 5-6 real "Problem" bans last year where people forgot they were guests and tried to throw around their "importance".
 

Rich Parsons

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Thank you Bob and also for the staff for your support and work behind the curtain so the rest of us can post in peace and not see what is required to keep the machine working. :) :asian:


I noticed that I was in the totals for posts and threads for the history of this site, but not for last year.

This is actually a good thing. It means that new members are encouraged to post and feel free to post and express their opinions and the long time members opinions are not just repeated.

This is a good balance from my point of view.



Thank you
 

Tez3

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Thank you Bob and also for the staff for your support and work behind the curtain so the rest of us can post in peace and not see what is required to keep the machine working. :) :asian:





Thank you


I second that! Thank you from me too.
 

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