Christmas Forum Stats Updates

DvB · 01-04-2022 10:09am

Anyone elses formatting of the site gone a tad awry? Posts are filling the full width of my monitor (which is widescreen) making it more difficult to read. Page numbers & shortcuts are missing from the bottom too.

TRS30 · 01-04-2022 10:14am

Yep, my layout is all messed up.

DvB · 01-04-2022 11:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118864755#Comment_118864755

Think its back to normal now.

TRS30 · 01-04-2022 11:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118865083#Comment_118865083

Looks like it.

Loughc · 01-04-2022 8:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118864724#Comment_118864724

I would say boards pulled an April fools joke but it’s been going on since last July 😬😬

Posy · 01-04-2022 9:44pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118864420#Comment_118864420

It really has been.

For me, it's been a mixture of work, working, work and work! Hopefully things will calm down on that front soon.

At least it's the weekend! 🙂

Jude13 · 18-04-2022 12:21pm

Ditto for me, the newco is more than full time since August. Miss this place though

TRS30 · 04-05-2022 8:24am

Assume April's figures wouldn't be pretty reading?? @Loughc

DvB · 04-05-2022 8:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119013099#Comment_119013099

Worst in a long time I'd suspect. Traffic has fallen off a cliff. I'm as guilty as anyone though, barely have time to check in at all these days I'm that busy with work.

TRS30 · 04-05-2022 9:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119013125#Comment_119013125

I think a lot of us are in the same boat. It also becomes a vicious circle where people are too busy to post and then don't pop in as often as there isn't many posts.

I can see it being quiet for the summer and then hopefully picking back up when we start to get into the season.

Posy · 04-05-2022 11:33pm

Exactly, TRS- it's a vicious circle! I barely have time to look at my phone at work these days, very little downtime at all- it's all go, go, go. Must make a better effort to pop in at lunchtime. 🙂

Posy · 04-05-2022 11:36pm

Although, as I've said before posting dropping off around now means that life is returning to normal, and I'll never complain about that!!

DvB · 05-05-2022 7:58am

Yep, there's a lot to be said for life returning to more or less normal, shame its brought a tsunami of work though... I can genuinely say I cant remember being this busy all the time before. There's been individual projects with stressful deadlines etc. but the sheer volume of work at the moment is on the verge of being overwhelming. As i'm on site & in the office more I've definitely not been popping in here as much as I tend to do that more when I'm WFH, which I am today for the first time in what seems like weeks!!

I just copped that I needed to change the month on my countdown calendar too, so I've a few christmas themed nuggest of information to digest today too😀

TRS30 · 05-05-2022 8:33am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119017567#Comment_119017567

Agree. I think this is playing a large part and as you said, is a good thing that life is returning back to normal for the majority of people. We'll always have our core of posters in here and as i said hopefully volumes will pick back up again once the summer is over and we start into the Christmas season.

DvB · 05-05-2022 9:26am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119018031#Comment_119018031

yeah, I'd be confident as we get towards the end of the summer traffic will pick up in here, it always does to be fair.

DvB · 01-06-2022 11:22am

Have to say, with it now June, looking back May 2022 had to be one of the quietest months in here for many a while... other than the odd regular popping in its been incredibly slow. I know I was away for a few days here & there & expected to see loads of posts when I did pop back in but it never quite did, with just 1 or 2 threads lit up with new posts.

The positive I take from that is that with the summer here & better weather (allegedly) people have more things to be doing in the real world & have little time for Christmas chatter!

We can make up for it from September!!

TRS30 · 01-06-2022 11:53am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119143526#Comment_119143526

I'll be hiding behind the sofa when the May status come out!

I think you've hit the nail on the head. People are busier, getting back to pre COVID things and Christmas wouldn't be the first thing you would think of on a warm sunny May day.

Like you, I'm confident we'll be back on track as the summer ends and focus turns more towards winter.

Also, if you believe everything you hear/read, we wouldn't be able to afford anything next winter so will be lots of time to post online!!

Loughc · 28-06-2022 6:41pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119017558#Comment_119017558

Yep I'm in the same boat guys, everything is full on at the moment and any spare moment out of work is spent trying to do activities with the little man before the next global crisis hits.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 8:49am

Search function seems to be completely broken these days I can't calc the stats this makes me sad!! :(

DvB · 26-09-2022 9:04am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119665394#Comment_119665394

A shame that, still, its good to see life back in the forum in the last couple of weeks, a real sign we're coming to the most wonderful time of the year.

TRS30 · 26-09-2022 10:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119665394#Comment_119665394

Pity, guess we'll just have to go with our gut on the level of posts.

Definitely a great upswing in traffic the last while, which is great to see.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:01am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119665814#Comment_119665814

Never fear... It may have killed me and my work productivity but I did it haha.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:03am

So naturally enough the numbers are way down since everything has re-opened everyone has been alot busier than the covid days I know I am!!

April came in at 315, down 447 on last year.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:03am

May came in at 374, 625 down on last year!

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:04am

June came in at 435, 353 down on last year

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:04am

July came in at 331 , 144 down on last year

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:04am

August came in at 812, 123 down on last year

Jude13 · 26-09-2022 11:04am

Let's use our own metric, Christmas movie metric. We are currently at planes trains and automobiles level of forum activity, which will lead to a home alone 2 level by October. Then home alone 1 level by November, with the Toy Show culminating in the highest rating of Die Hard.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:05am

September is on course to drop below August and well below last year.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:08am

The trends are in line with previous years... increase each month from April-June, dip in July and surge in August onwards.

We are ahead of all previous years except 2021 and have already passed out 2007-2014 totals for the full year. Closing in on 2016/2017 next.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:11am

Monday is still the busiest day of the week, followed by Tuesday then Thursday.

Saturday is the quietest day of the week by a large margin. With Sunday following it, then Friday.

Wednesday is the hump day in the middle.

Autosport · 26-09-2022 11:19am

We’ll have to fix that so 👍🎅🤶

Jude13 · 26-09-2022 11:26am

If there was a good boards app I would check at the weekends but its probably best that I am offline a bit. The game threads are great, we just need a few more this year. The one year there was a boards member at the toy show was great.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 11:38am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119666035#Comment_119666035

That was 2015 would you believe!!

Jude13 · 26-09-2022 12:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119666080#Comment_119666080

What! No, it can't be. I feel old, and also reflective of all the good craic I have had on here.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 12:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119666180#Comment_119666180

Sure time flies when you’re having fun!!

DvB · 26-09-2022 12:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119665950#Comment_119665950

Mad that we're ahead of all years but one, maybe that one year (2021) is a false benchmark in reality, that & the fact it was so recent is skewing the perception that this year has been quiet when in fact its been anything but. I'm genuinely surprised we're higher than every other year.

Fair play on the counting btw!!!

Loughc · 26-09-2022 12:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119666303#Comment_119666303

Yeah we started off well in Jan-Feb but all the other months were either on par or slightly ahead of previous years. 2021 was a return to lockdown so I think people used this place as a community outreach more. It definitely is skewing the stats, as is 2020 to an extent in the later months. Overall we are ahead of where we should be at this stage and the traditional lull between Mar-Jul was back in force this year which was to be expected as life returned full hog.

Below are the stats for Jan-Aug over the years.

TRS30 · 26-09-2022 1:14pm

Firstly, great work @Loughc, never doubted that you'd pull it out of the bag!

Agree, that 2021, as we have discussed previously, is most likely an outlier and probably not the best to compare to. Would never have guessed we are ahead of every other year for the first 8 months and 800 odd posts ahead of 2020.

Loughc · 26-09-2022 1:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119666545#Comment_119666545

Sep-Dec 2020 was a beast tho, even 2021 couldn't compete with that, while we are ahead of 2020 now it will no doubt pull away over the next couple of months.

Outside of the COVID years we should be there or there abouts by New Years Eve. I think we will need to astrix 2020/2021 going forward haha. At least next year the comparison will be better.

Loughc · 27-09-2022 2:53pm

So yesterday was the busiest day on the forum since 15th of Feb!

TRS30 · 27-09-2022 4:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119671410#Comment_119671410

Monday blues and lack of work motivation was my reason for posting so much!

Loughc · 03-10-2022 11:05am

Stats are in for September.

We ended the month 33 posts ahead of August 2022 but 230 behind Sept 2021.

We are in 3rd place over-all for Jan-Sept. 2021 still well ahead and 2020 will pull ahead from here out as well as 2020 Sept-Dec was MASSIVE.

Loughc · 02-11-2022 4:52pm

The stats are in for October and no surprise we were behind Oct 2021 by 237.

Oct was ahead of Sept by 54 posts tho so that's good and November is off to a good start as well. Shaping up to be a very busy end of the year.

Jan-Oct 2022 ranks 3rd out of all the years, behind the 2 COVID years which makes sense really.

TRS30 · 02-11-2022 5:40pm

We are well ahead of all the 'normal' years so making nice progress IMO. Over doubled our output from 5 years ago!

Loughc · 07-11-2022 9:04am

So after 6 days in November the number of posts have passed out the total number of posts for the entire month of April 2022. 🙈🙈

TRS30 · 07-11-2022 9:43am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119843822#Comment_119843822

That can be interpreted two different way 😂

Andrew93 · 07-11-2022 9:46am

Amazing to log on at any point in the day and have numerous threads to read with new content! This is only the beginning of the run in too!

Loughc · 21-11-2022 9:38am

November is now the second busiest month this year with 9 days still to go!

TRS30 · 21-11-2022 12:46pm

Is crazy in here at the minute! Was away for a few days and couldn't believe the number of bold threads. That werewolf game had 160 odd posts!!

Christmas Forum Stats Updates

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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens