Christmas Forum Stats Updates

tscul32

Also have an assignment due Sunday and another the following Sunday so will be up to my eyes for the next week and a half and them my diploma is done. Just the 2 year masters then 😂😂😭😭

But the mid term break is coming up soon and easter not far behind.

tscul32

There we go, another 4 posts 😁😁

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121709034#Comment_121709034

I remember doing a part time masters in Trinity a few years ago, the twins were only 5 or 6 at the time and I was in the middle of a huge project in work too, I still to this day have no idea where I got the energy to get through it all. Its incredibly tough studying on top of working full time, I admire anyone taking it on. Fingers crossed you get the rewards now.

pigtail33

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121709324#Comment_121709324

I don't know how anyone does it and hats off to people who can work and study with young children. When I finished my degree, I said I'd take a year or two off studying and go back and do a post-grad. That was 20+ years ago and I never went back! I don't think I would know how to study anymore.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121709359#Comment_121709359

Completely agree, hats off to anyone who can do study with 2 small kids, I'm exhausted just working and being a dad!

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121704610#Comment_121704610

5% actually haha

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121709733#Comment_121709733

Darned work & training getting in the way!!!

tscul32

Always said I wouldn't go back. But then I realised what I wanted to do with the rest of my life and unfortunately it requires the masters.

Thankfully the youngest is 12 and will be in secondary school in September when I start back. No more lifts needed to and from school as it's much closer to home.

Andrew93

Tried doing my ACCA exams while working full time and having a toddler just about to be 3. Failed one exam in 3 separate sittings all by less than 5 marks each time. SOUL DESTROYING! Hats off to anyone that can do it and be successful because I couldn't. Have to reevaluate later in the year my next steps.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121745830#Comment_121745830

Wouldn't be too hard on yourself, its a terribly difficult thing to juggle. And I remember my wife telling me how bloody difficult those ACCA exams are too.

DvB

@Loughc how'd we do on the weekly posts count... by my perception it seemed a little lower than last week. I know I haven't been around as much this week though, but when I did log in there wasn't that many posts I'd missed each day so seems less than last week.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121746900#Comment_121746900

I actually don’t do week on week comparisons. All I know is yesterday was a bumper day and we are only 1% off last years total at this stage of the month.

So while it does seem quiet it’s the same as last year.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121746994#Comment_121746994

1% is practically negligible so thats maintaining a decent amount of posting.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121747016#Comment_121747016

For me it’s not even about the numbers it’s all about the chats. Since having a second newborn you realise how little interaction you have with your other half or other adults so I’m well invested in the convos on here haha

Loughc

Stats for Feb are in.... 163 posts behind on last Feb and 540 posts behind on January.

3rd Quietest Feb on record.

CheerLouth

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121836131#Comment_121836131

It definitely got quieter towards the end of the month I think!

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121836181#Comment_121836181

Yeah big time, picked up in the last couple of days but we definitely went through a dry spell haha

DvB

I'd suggest another tournament or suchlike but are there enough people popping in day on day now to actually run one?

pigtail33

I had definitely been posting a lot less the last month or so.

However, once I saw there was snow in the country, I checked in and the Christmas forum had come alive again!

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121836345#Comment_121836345

Out of interest, what was March 2023 like in terms of posts?

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121847883#Comment_121847883

778 posts last March more than last Feb 23.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121848193#Comment_121848193

Interesting that March had more than Feb. You'd assume the numbers would fall further as we came into spring.

Loughc

To the surprise of no one we are behind on last March.

We ended up 324 posts behind on last year and 60 posts behind on last month.

April started strongly, last year we had a massive drop off from March to April, looks like we will remain flat this year.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121964874#Comment_121964874

Certainly looking (& feeling) like a quiet spell on here, even allowing for the natural fall off at this time of year. Definitely seeing less interaction on here since Christmas ended, less than any other recent year anyway.

BK5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121991609#Comment_121991609

There's a thread on the main page asking is Boards dying or something to that effect, sure hope not.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121994633#Comment_121994633

It's definitely at its lowest ebb since I joined back in the day.

The Change of platform was the single biggest factor imo.

Posy

Yeah, unfortunately Vanilla killed off a lot of smaller forums, it has been nothing but a mess since they changed over.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121994633#Comment_121994633

in fairness a “is boards dying” thread pops up as often as “is Christmas getting earlier”? Thread in after hours.

The switch over in vanilla didn’t help but there’s a big community here will keep us all going and if it ever goes we wil have to keep our own community going somewhere.

Posy

Oh definitely. We were one of the very few 'smaller' forums/fora that flourished after (in spite of) vanilla!

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122002800#Comment_122002800

The funny thing is, its the same people starting the threads & contributing too.