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  1. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    We've passed 900,00 forum posts and 23,800 valid members!

    It is 1,923 days (just over 63 months) since we launched.

    Total user registrations (including invalid and banned members): 28,727

    It took us:
    • 149 days to reach 100,000 posts, and then another
    • 166 days to reach 200,000 posts, and then another
    • 201 days to reach 300,000 posts, and then another
    • 190 days to reach 400,000 posts, and then another
    • 209 days to reach 500,000 posts, and then another
    • 243 days to reach 600,000 posts, and then another
    • 317 days to reach 700,000 posts, and then another
    • 290 days to reach 800,000 posts, and then only
    • 149 days to reach 900,000 posts!
    Our 9th 100,000 was just as fast as our 1st 100,000!!

    Overall, we've averaged 213 days per 100,000 - so if we maintain our average, we should hit 1 million posts by the end of April 2021!
     
    Simon Hampel, 22nd Sep, 2020
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  2. Baker

    Baker Well-Known Member

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    *makes calendar reminder to watch post # in April and snipe the 1,000,000 post*
     
    Baker, 22nd Sep, 2020
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  3. Kent Cliffe

    Kent Cliffe Well-Known Member

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  4. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    What you want to try and get is the post with the ID 1000000 - which is kind of technically the 1 millionth post - but not really because the post ID gets incremented for every post - even if posts are deleted.

    If you hover over the Like button on a post (or click on the #<post number> next to the like button) you can see the post ID - for example, your post is # 925115 ... even though we're only just over 900,000 posts overall (which means that over 25,000 posts have been deleted :eek: )

    So either way, it's kinda difficult to know exactly which post is number 1,000,000
     
    Simon Hampel, 23rd Sep, 2020
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  5. wylie

    wylie Moderator Staff Member

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    Is there a prize for the 1,000,000th post? :D
     
    wylie, 23rd Sep, 2020
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  6. Educated Purchase

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    How do I use this website to ask a question? I've signed up. I cant see how to make a post.
     
    Educated Purchase, 29th Nov, 2020
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  7. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    You just did!
     
    Terry_w, 29th Nov, 2020
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  8. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    @Simon Hampel - not sure what's going on with membership but I've noticed that several have joined in 2005/6 (including yourself) - not sure How that works unless that's when these people have joined Somersoft :confused:
     
    Scott No Mates, 29th Nov, 2020
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  9. wombat777

    wombat777 Well-Known Member

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    If the algorithm for counting posts is correct, I have added two posts to the count.

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    wombat777, 29th Nov, 2020
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  10. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    Someone posted that before :confused:
     
    Scott No Mates, 29th Nov, 2020
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  11. wombat777

    wombat777 Well-Known Member

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    The post is recycled.
     
    wombat777, 29th Nov, 2020
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  12. Simon Hampel

    Simon Hampel Founder Staff Member

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    That's a quirk as a result of merging the InvestChat website in with PropertyChat - anyone with an account on InvestChat/InvestEd created before their PropertyChat account now has an earlier join date based on when they joined the other site.
     
    Simon Hampel, 29th Nov, 2020
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  13. CowPat

    CowPat Well-Known Member

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    From those stats , it looks like your site is dying a slow and painful death .
    The kindest thing you could do Hample , is put it out of its misery and change the name to CovidChat .
     
    CowPat, 2nd Dec, 2020
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  14. spludgey

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    It may have looked like it from 100,000 to 700,000, but the trend has reversed (now that people have more time). According to the last data point, it's as popular as ever.

    Personally, I don't mind if it's a bit quieter and mainly frequented by regulars and with significantly fewer "Mayfly Users" that ask the same questions in three threads only to disappear a week later (I'm not saying that about all new users obviously, but they definitely exist).
     
    spludgey, 2nd Dec, 2020
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  15. Simon Hampel

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    Yeah, that's not what the stats are showing at all.

    Indeed, our 9th hundred thousand posts were as fast as our first hundred thousands - and those first ones were when the site was all new and everyone was really excited.

    What's more - we're regularly setting new peaks for monthly visitors to the site, so dying is not the word I'd use.

    I do note that this is the 2nd time you've had a go at me about the COVID discussions. If you don't like it, you aren't obliged to visit the site. Plenty of other useful things you could find to do with your time.
     
    Simon Hampel, 2nd Dec, 2020
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  16. Paul@PAS

    Paul@PAS Tax, Accounting + SMSF + All things Property Tax Business Plus Member

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    One of those side effects of covid - Slower brain function ?
    See how I mentioned COVID :)
     
    Paul@PAS, 3rd Dec, 2020
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  17. Jamie Moore

    Jamie Moore MORTGAGE BROKER - AUSTRALIA WIDE Business Member

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    Terry W is the real MVP here.....responsible for 3% of those 900k posts. That's a **** load of tax tips!

    Cheers

    Jamie
     
    Jamie Moore, 3rd Dec, 2020
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  18. Trainee

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    The bears are more verbose than the newbies?
     
    Trainee, 3rd Dec, 2020
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  19. Momentum

    Momentum Well-Known Member

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    Most hard core long term members seem to hide their profiles so you can't search their profile, posts or threads. Not sure why, what are they trying to hide? I've noticed some business members who pay $1k+ a year also do the same which makes me distrustful of them
     
    Momentum, 3rd Dec, 2020
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  20. Terry_w

    Terry_w Lawyer, Tax Adviser and Mortgage broker in Sydney Business Member

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    I didn't know you could do that. Are you sure you are not searching incorrectly?
     
    Terry_w, 3rd Dec, 2020
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