So, I was curious as to the expansion of ResetEra, specifically the rate at which accounts have been created. Unsurprisingly, there is a huge skew towards the first 2 weeks of the site's history:
Member 1 joined October 23rd, 2017
Member 10,000 joined October 27th, 2017
Member 20,000 joined October 28th, 2017
Member 30,000 joined November 2nd, 2017
Member 40,000 joined February 16th, 2018
We have still yet to reach member 50,000. So, as you can see by the numbers, it took 4 days to reach 10k, 1 day for 20k, 5 days for 30k and 106 days for 40k. It's been 162 days since then. So, as you can see, we've dramatically slowed down since the start of the site's history. This is of course pretty understandable: in the first few weeks there was an influx of people coming here from GAF, and there hasn't been any other event that would facilitate such another migration here.
So, accepting that it cannot feasibly, or rather reasonably, reach such a high rate of expansion, the question is if the current situation is enough to keep the forums healthy. I would say that as of now, the forums are definitely very healthy and lively. However, on the other hand, most posters are those who were part of the first 30,000; those who joined afterwards don't seem to make up nearly as many posts. I'm not sure what exactly the reasons are; maybe it's because there's just not as many of them (which is probably the most likely reason) or maybe it's because they have trouble adjusting/getting to know everybody; I'm not entirely sure.
However, what I can say is that I definitely don't mind more people joining! I was just interested in doing the crunch numbers and seeing what had happened since then.
Member 1 joined October 23rd, 2017
Member 10,000 joined October 27th, 2017
Member 20,000 joined October 28th, 2017
Member 30,000 joined November 2nd, 2017
Member 40,000 joined February 16th, 2018
We have still yet to reach member 50,000. So, as you can see by the numbers, it took 4 days to reach 10k, 1 day for 20k, 5 days for 30k and 106 days for 40k. It's been 162 days since then. So, as you can see, we've dramatically slowed down since the start of the site's history. This is of course pretty understandable: in the first few weeks there was an influx of people coming here from GAF, and there hasn't been any other event that would facilitate such another migration here.
So, accepting that it cannot feasibly, or rather reasonably, reach such a high rate of expansion, the question is if the current situation is enough to keep the forums healthy. I would say that as of now, the forums are definitely very healthy and lively. However, on the other hand, most posters are those who were part of the first 30,000; those who joined afterwards don't seem to make up nearly as many posts. I'm not sure what exactly the reasons are; maybe it's because there's just not as many of them (which is probably the most likely reason) or maybe it's because they have trouble adjusting/getting to know everybody; I'm not entirely sure.
However, what I can say is that I definitely don't mind more people joining! I was just interested in doing the crunch numbers and seeing what had happened since then.