Metafilter stats are online.

November 1, 2001 3:03 PM

Metafilter stats are online. Traffic dropped only slightly from September's unbelievable growth, and the jump in user signups was minimal compared to the previous month. Days from September and October dominate the top 20 charts.
posted by waxpancake to Bugs at 3:03 PM (8 comments total)

waxpancake, sir, forgive me for saying how guilty I feel about all the trouble you've gone to but - yet! - how interesting and encouraging - not the most desirable effect for me, admittedly - your presentation of the stats always is. Now off to find what was so special about September 20... Thanks!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 3:27 PM on November 1, 2001

I think he was saying "Thanks for nothing, asshole. I love it! Not. Not not." Which I guess is good.
posted by sylloge at 3:45 PM on November 1, 2001

http://junk.metafilter.com/10-01.html

Here are the MetaFilter traffic stats for the month. 1.7 million pageviews (higher than September).
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:56 PM on November 1, 2001

It looks like a bunch of August's threads/comments have been mis-classified as September's in that first link. Maybe there's another reason, but the sum of those two months fits the trend a lot better than each alone. Bug?
posted by andrew cooke at 1:01 AM on November 2, 2001

I don't think so... September's traffic was insane because of the WTC bombing, which attracted a lot of attention to us. Most of those people apparently stuck around and kept posting. If you can pinpoint any mistake, I'll take a look at it.
posted by waxpancake at 7:04 AM on November 2, 2001

wasn't August also when mathowie went away (and put MeFi into Sleep mode)?
posted by mattpfeff at 8:00 AM on November 2, 2001

Duh - yes, of course. Sorry! (unless, of course, cause and effect have been misunderstood for decades and there was some huge wavefunction that, on measuring these results, collapsed reality into a self consistent history - maybe a Schroedinbug).
posted by andrew cooke at 8:33 AM on November 2, 2001

i think we all know who to blame for the 103 search engine requests for bukkake.
posted by lotsofno at 9:13 AM on November 2, 2001