They're up, and they're crazy: MetaFilter statistics October 1, 2001 8:21 AM Subscribe
Metafilter stats are up, and they're crazy. We've never seen growth like this in a single month. Users, threads and comments all increased dramatically on 9/11 and every day since.
here are the traffic stats. 1.2 million pageviews last month.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:10 AM on October 1, 2001
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:10 AM on October 1, 2001
A little ethical-mathematical puzzle: Posts are at around 11,000. Members at around 12,200.
Will the two numbers ever meet? When? If they do, which one will overtake the other?
And why? And what does it mean?
*Pulls out old dusty ledger and prepares to start taking bets*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:14 AM on October 1, 2001
Will the two numbers ever meet? When? If they do, which one will overtake the other?
And why? And what does it mean?
*Pulls out old dusty ledger and prepares to start taking bets*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 9:14 AM on October 1, 2001
I just redid the stats. I noticed I wasn't accounting for the index page of MetaFilter all this time (since I started analyzing stats). So the traffic looks to be actually 1.6 million pageviews, and the bandwidth almost doubled by including the root page in the stats.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:36 AM on October 1, 2001
posted by mathowie (staff) at 9:36 AM on October 1, 2001
A lot of the spike may have been pent-up(sp?) demand from when Mefi was off-line. Due to 9/11/01, many people may have checked back at Mefi to see if it was back.
posted by ParisParamus at 10:32 AM on October 1, 2001
posted by ParisParamus at 10:32 AM on October 1, 2001
A little ethical-mathematical puzzle: Posts are at around 11,000. Members at around 12,200. Will the two numbers ever meet?
Yes! (see graph)
When?
The first time was sometime in 1999. However, I don't have exact dates joined for members who joined in 1999, so I can't tell which day.
The second time was on April 22nd, 2001. (comments 7164-7186; users 7156-7193).
If they do, which one will overtake the other?
Both. Threads overtook users in 1999, users overtook threads in April of 2001. It looks like users will be staying ahead for the time being.
And why?
The first equality was probably due to low growth and steady posting. The second equality was probably due to the jump in users generated by interest in the 5k contest, which shares a user base with MeFi.
And what does it mean?
This means that you shouldn't wager on trends when you only have a single data point for each variable, since a single data point says exactly nothing about the shape of the curve on which it lies.
*Pulls out old dusty ledger and prepares to start taking bets*
*Lays a retroactive bet on April 22nd, 2001.*
posted by iceberg273 at 11:48 AM on October 1, 2001
Yes! (see graph)
When?
The first time was sometime in 1999. However, I don't have exact dates joined for members who joined in 1999, so I can't tell which day.
The second time was on April 22nd, 2001. (comments 7164-7186; users 7156-7193).
If they do, which one will overtake the other?
Both. Threads overtook users in 1999, users overtook threads in April of 2001. It looks like users will be staying ahead for the time being.
And why?
The first equality was probably due to low growth and steady posting. The second equality was probably due to the jump in users generated by interest in the 5k contest, which shares a user base with MeFi.
And what does it mean?
This means that you shouldn't wager on trends when you only have a single data point for each variable, since a single data point says exactly nothing about the shape of the curve on which it lies.
*Pulls out old dusty ledger and prepares to start taking bets*
*Lays a retroactive bet on April 22nd, 2001.*
posted by iceberg273 at 11:48 AM on October 1, 2001
iceberg273:
Talk about impressed...
I'm putting my money on April 22nd, 2001, retroactively, whatever you might say. As my old Uncle Harold used to say: "you shouldn't wager on trends when you only have a single data point for each variable, since a single data point says exactly nothing about the shape of the curve on which it lies."
P.S.
What a lesson, Mr Bailey!
P.S.S.
May I just be permitted a single Wow!?
Thank you.
Wow!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 12:16 PM on October 1, 2001
Talk about impressed...
I'm putting my money on April 22nd, 2001, retroactively, whatever you might say. As my old Uncle Harold used to say: "you shouldn't wager on trends when you only have a single data point for each variable, since a single data point says exactly nothing about the shape of the curve on which it lies."
P.S.
What a lesson, Mr Bailey!
P.S.S.
May I just be permitted a single Wow!?
Thank you.
Wow!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 12:16 PM on October 1, 2001
so. who wants to be a princess?
I refuse to answer that question, on the grounds that if Miguel gets his way, everyone here will know exactly who I am.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:20 PM on October 1, 2001
I refuse to answer that question, on the grounds that if Miguel gets his way, everyone here will know exactly who I am.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:20 PM on October 1, 2001
*creases up, collapses, reaches for his complimentary copy of This American Life, concluding there is nothing either better or worse than the Fowl Princess - for it is he - on a good night :)*
posted by MiguelCardoso at 11:14 PM on October 1, 2001
posted by MiguelCardoso at 11:14 PM on October 1, 2001
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posted by rodii at 8:24 AM on October 1, 2001