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Posted by: fatboytim Sat, 1 Apr 2006 - 23:05
Post #100919
Hope I haven't missed this elsewhere.
We have passed the 5000 user mark, I thought a word of thanks and congratulations to Mika, Fredd and the other Moderators was in order.
Thanks
fatboytim
Posted by: Brian's mate Sat, 1 Apr 2006 - 23:21
Post #100921
I second that with my first post.
Just joined up after lurking for a few months.
Great advice here many thanks to the originators.
( Remembers not to sign real name )
Posted by: andy_foster Sat, 1 Apr 2006 - 23:51
Post #100922
Anonymity is crucial
Posted by: firefly Mon, 3 Apr 2006 - 06:56
Post #101035
QUOTE (andy_foster @ Sun, 2 Apr 2006 - 00:51)
Anonymity is crucial
<Coughs>!
Posted by: cjm99 Mon, 3 Apr 2006 - 07:41
Post #101043
It is surprising that it has taken up till April 2006 to reach 5000.
I was confidently projecting this figure to be reached by Christmas 2005. For some reason, the flow of new members reduced substantially from August 2005 and in fact has not picked up again despite more publicity than ever before.
Very strange??
Posted by: Clear Skies Mon, 3 Apr 2006 - 10:24
Post #101063
QUOTE (Brian @ Sun, 2 Apr 2006 - 00:21)
( Remembers not to sign real name
)
b*gger .....
rgds
Bill , I mean Henry the 8 th..
Posted by: Blackbird Thu, 6 Apr 2006 - 15:45
Post #101620
QUOTE (chris)
It is surprising that it has taken up till April 2006 to reach 5000.
well be prepared to be baffled, today is the 6th April and the stats on the boards says
5049 registered members and yet http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=10397&view=findpost&p=101617
Do I assume that Mr yahoo.com (and similar) who always appears to be here doesn't count
Oh and the stats say 99,329 posts who is going to hit the 100,000
Edit.... anybody know why
QUOTE
Most users ever online was 81 on Yesterday, 14:46
Posted by: Fredd Thu, 6 Apr 2006 - 16:30
Post #101628
QUOTE (Blackbird @ Thu, 6 Apr 2006 - 16:45)
QUOTE (chris)
It is surprising that it has taken up till April 2006 to reach 5000.
well be prepared to be baffled, today is the 6th April and the stats on the boards says
5049 registered members and yet http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=10397&view=findpost&p=101617
Do I assume that Mr yahoo.com (and similar) who always appears to be here doesn't count
Not everyone who registers successfully follows thorugh with verifying and activating their account. If the account isn't activated within 5 days then it's deleted. The number of accounts is therefore always going to be greater than the number created.
QUOTE
Edit.... anybody know why
QUOTE
Most users ever online was 81 on Yesterday, 14:46
I think you probably spotted the reason yourself, http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=10373
Posted by: Blackbird Thu, 6 Apr 2006 - 17:12
Post #101637
Thanks Fredd
and the score is 5050
Posted by: Fredd Thu, 6 Apr 2006 - 17:45
Post #101641
QUOTE (Blackbird @ Thu, 6 Apr 2006 - 16:45)
Oh and the stats say 99,329 posts who is going to hit the 100,000
My crystal ball forsees that magic 100,000 being hit next Monday!
Posted by: andy_foster Thu, 6 Apr 2006 - 17:55
Post #101642
Fredd,
Your post is #101641. Other than waiting until the odometer hits 100,000 and seeing which was the latest post, is there any simple way to tell whose post made it 100,000?
Posted by: Fredd Fri, 7 Apr 2006 - 06:32
Post #101699
QUOTE (andy_foster @ Thu, 6 Apr 2006 - 18:55)
Fredd,
Your post is #101641. Other than waiting until the odometer hits 100,000 and seeing which was the latest post, is there any simple way to tell whose post made it 100,000?
Well, I guess you could argue that the 100,000th post has already been made - it's only because some have been deleted after they were written that the total in the database is lower
However the answer to your question is no, I won't be able to tell for sure which post it was, unless there are no deletions between checks before and after the magic number is reached. Looks like it could be an interesting race - let's hope we get into the critical zone around 99,995 at a civilised hour of the day!
Posted by: Blackbird Fri, 7 Apr 2006 - 06:38
Post #101700
QUOTE (Fredd)
let's hope we get into the critical zone around 99,995 at a civilised hour of the day!
not sure jeffreyarcher would agree if he wants to join in
Posted by: Blackbird Thu, 13 Apr 2006 - 06:41
Post #102633
QUOTE (Fredd)
Looks like it could be an interesting race - let's hope we get into the critical zone around 99,995 at a civilised hour of the day!
........so interesting I totally forgot it
Posted by: nemo Thu, 13 Apr 2006 - 06:46
Post #102635
QUOTE (Blackbird @ Thu, 13 Apr 2006 - 07:41)
QUOTE (Fredd)
Looks like it could be an interesting race - let's hope we get into the critical zone around 99,995 at a civilised hour of the day!
........so interesting I totally forgot it
I just stumbled upon the 99,999 post count by accident, honest..
Posted by: Insider Wed, 3 May 2006 - 18:59
Post #106251
Most users ever online was 89 on Today, 12:34
And another "surge" in memberships yesterday and today
Welcome MCN readers B)
Posted by: firefly Wed, 3 May 2006 - 20:29
Post #106268
With 314 paying members.
All money going to help the cause in the high court!
Thanks all.
Posted by: swede_success Thu, 11 May 2006 - 21:52
Post #107933
QUOTE (Insider @ Wed, 3 May 2006 - 19:59)
Most users ever online was 89 on Today, 12:34
And another "surge" in memberships yesterday and today
Welcome MCN readers B)
I found you by reading the MCN article even though I haven't ridden a bike for 20 odd years. My biker neighbour lent me a copy when I mentioned in conversation over the garden hedge, that I had been zapped in the town centre and was thoroughly p155ed off
and staring at points 7,8 & 9 on my licence. Paid up for membership immediately and currently going down the PACE route for starters!
Thanks for all the guidance to date!
Posted by: Wax-eater Sun, 21 May 2006 - 13:10
Post #109729
We have 5,555 registered members
The newest member is PaulD
Posted by: Blackbird Wed, 28 Jun 2006 - 08:41
Post #116303
It now appears to have topped the 6.000
Perhaps 'Fredd' would like to confirm.
Posted by: Clear Skies Wed, 5 Jul 2006 - 16:35
Post #117754
Most users ever online was 104 on Wed, 31 May 2006 - 21:08
rgds
Posted by: andy_foster Wed, 5 Jul 2006 - 17:42
Post #117769
What is it about Wednesdays...? (rhetorical)
Posted by: jimmy ferrari Thu, 6 Jul 2006 - 15:32
Post #117970
I was just checking last night and it seems we are getting between 10 and 20 new members every day
Posted by: jimmy ferrari Thu, 6 Jul 2006 - 22:33
Post #118064
It's getting better......... 22 today!!
Posted by: cjm99 Sat, 8 Jul 2006 - 07:55
Post #118337
QUOTE
Most users ever online was 264 on Yesterday, 04:14
This is at the botom of the forum page.
I don't believe it... Not at that time of day!!
Posted by: fatboytim Sat, 8 Jul 2006 - 09:52
Post #118355
Maybe I'm paranoid, but could 'they' have logged on en mass to copy all the posts, has Paul had a recent peak on SS, 200 more than the biggest MCN peak is suspiciuos to me.
Can Fredd or Mika find out what happened.
fatboytim
Posted by: Fredd Sun, 9 Jul 2006 - 10:49
Post #118541
QUOTE (cjm99 @ Sat, 8 Jul 2006 - 08:55)
QUOTE
Most users ever online was 264 on Yesterday, 04:14
This is at the botom of the forum page.
I don't believe it... Not at that time of day!!
I agree - that doubtless includes about 230 "bogus" users (unidentified spiders, spambots, etc).
QUOTE (fatboytim @ Sat, 8 Jul 2006 - 10:52)
Maybe I'm paranoid, but could 'they' have logged on en mass to copy all the posts
"They" can read any post in the public forums any time they like - just the same as anybody else - so why would they go to that kind of trouble?
We use a large list of known spiders and bots and exclude these from the statistics. There are many others, however, both legitimate and nefarious, that aren't in the list, and these appear as Guests. I'd observe also that we've had a few spam registrations recently, and doubtless for each one of these there are dozens of visits by a spambot (that won't identify itself as such for obvious reasons!). So basically:
- 264 is not real
- fatboytim is being a bit paranoid...
- ..however "they" are out to get you, so don't post anything in public that you wouldn't want them to read
Posted by: cjm99 Tue, 11 Jul 2006 - 16:46
Post #119054
We do seem to have had 240 new registered members in the last 14 days?
That would double our membership in a year if it continued!!!
Posted by: fatboytim Fri, 14 Jul 2006 - 17:46
Post #119689
14-07-06
"Most users ever online was 493 on Today, 17:44"
and no connections problems.
weird
fbt
Posted by: Insider Fri, 4 Aug 2006 - 16:59
Post #124048
Membership past the 6,500 mark... In just over a month
I reckon we've been fully indexed now
about 2,390 for forums.pepipoo.com and 3,150 for pepipoo.com
Posted by: jimmy ferrari Mon, 21 Aug 2006 - 22:25
Post #127692
Yeh the members are flocking in which is great, and we had a legitimate 77 users online today!
Posted by: redloner Wed, 23 Aug 2006 - 10:55
Post #128000
Hello.
I registered on 9 Aug, fully expecting to be sharing an NIP with you for a scamera offence on 5 Aug. I'm happy to say I've received nothing so far and as it's my car and I've owned it and my current home for over two years, I reckon I'm in the clear...
Having spent those two weeks reading threads and preparing for my NIP, I decided I'd join properly and say what a fine job you're doing in the face of the advance of mechanised law enforcement.
Regards,
Ian
Posted by: Blackbird Thu, 24 Aug 2006 - 06:17
Post #128102
QUOTE (redloner @ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 - 11:55)
Hello.
I registered on 9 July, fully expecting to be sharing an NIP with you for a scamera offence on 5 July. I'm happy to say I've received nothing so far and as it's my car and I've owned it and my current home for over two years, I reckon I'm in the clear...
Having spent those two weeks reading threads and preparing for my NIP, I decided I'd join properly and say what a fine job you're doing in the face of the advance of mechanised law enforcement.
Regards,
Ian
Welcome
Posted by: Clear Skies Thu, 24 Aug 2006 - 14:04
Post #128247
QUOTE (redloner @ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 - 11:55)
Hello.
I registered on 9 Aug, fully expecting to be sharing an NIP with you for a scamera offence on 5 Aug. I'm happy to say I've received nothing so far and as it's my car and I've owned it and my current home for over two years, I reckon I'm in the clear...
Having spent those two weeks reading threads and preparing for my NIP, I decided I'd join properly and say what a fine job you're doing in the face of the advance of mechanised law enforcement.
Regards,
Ian
Pepipoo need people like you, who are not just here to take, but will give.. Maybe you can only give support, but others can give expertise..
well done you..
rgds
bill
Posted by: Bluedart Thu, 24 Aug 2006 - 16:46
Post #128268
This is the best vehicle I have ever had the pleasure to be associated with. Well done the mods for pulling us all together.
And may there be plenty more newbies to come.
Posted by: thamesvalley Thu, 14 Sep 2006 - 12:49
Post #132487
Just had a look today (14 Sept 2006), There is about 20 users joining each day ... I only went back 5 days but thats over 100 a week !?!!?
Posted by: blackdouglas Thu, 14 Sep 2006 - 14:30
Post #132513
As the word spreads, one would expect membership numbers to rise even faster. Lets hope the servers can cope!
Have we got enough money to fund an LTI 20.20 class action in the High Court yet?
Posted by: Insider Thu, 14 Sep 2006 - 16:24
Post #132534
QUOTE (blackdouglas @ Thu, 14 Sep 2006 - 15:30)
As the word spreads, one would expect membership numbers to rise even faster. Lets hope the servers can cope!
Oh trust me, the servers can more than cope
Posted by: cjm99 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 - 07:38
Post #133176
QUOTE
I think it is called critical mass
No, it is called erroneous math
Posted by: thamesvalley Wed, 27 Sep 2006 - 12:30
Post #135453
87 user(s) active in the past 15 minutes
50 guests, 37 members 0 anonymous members
thamesvalley, andrewsheldon17181, progbloke, Rob52, Ocelot, chadders, dave99, Peter_D, trig_boy321, keycare, Andy L, patdavies, peterb, Tam1, mick turate, AlfieNoakes, RedMist, prop forward, avonne, Haddaway And Shite, durden, A48, CXG, Badcompany, oliverr, popdog28, Steve L, ktron, HSN, Fingers, dodgydog, sgl, OU812, GeeBee, designer, BaggieBoy, kinell
Show detailed by: Last Click, Member Name
Board Statistics
Our members have made a total of 132,767 posts
We have 7,327 registered members
The newest member is Steve L
CODE
Most users ever online was 90 on Today, 13:25
I wonder why !?!?
Posted by: Blackbird Thu, 28 Sep 2006 - 14:47
Post #135844
QUOTE (board)
Most users ever online was 105 on Today, 13:10
Posted by: cjm99 Sun, 8 Oct 2006 - 12:19
Post #138309
QUOTE
It now appears to have topped the 6.000
Perhaps 'Fredd' would like to confirm.
28th June 2006
Today 8th Oct. Just over three months, 7500
Virtually a 25% increase in three months.... WoW we must be upsetting a few people?
Posted by: Clear Skies Mon, 9 Oct 2006 - 13:41
Post #138591
QUOTE (cjm99 @ Sun, 8 Oct 2006 - 13:19)
WoW we must be upsetting a few people?
simply to bad..
not that any of us are intersted in upsetting the p*ss heads that thought up this dreadfull
scam.... We just want a fair way of life, without these meddling nazi bar stewards..
rgds
bill
I was tempted to say
we just want justice, but then they can change the law, and take away the justice anytime they like cant they..
Posted by: cjm99 Thu, 12 Oct 2006 - 12:47
Post #139502
QUOTE
Most users ever online was 230 on Today, 10:35
Are we being 'spammed' again?
Posted by: Insider Fri, 20 Oct 2006 - 18:17
Post #141649
217 newbies in 10 days
total 7,719
Posted by: Falcon_II Fri, 20 Oct 2006 - 18:23
Post #141652
Well I just joined up an hour ago
Posted by: Insider Fri, 20 Oct 2006 - 21:51
Post #141718
QUOTE (Falcon_II @ Fri, 20 Oct 2006 - 19:23)
Well I just joined up an hour ago
You had me confused then
you "Joined" on the 3rd October
But became a member today - Congratulations by the way
Posted by: Falcon_II Fri, 20 Oct 2006 - 22:07
Post #141719
Thanks
Posted by: fatboytim Sat, 4 Nov 2006 - 18:15
Post #145502
8000 members, 4/11/06 18:02 (flash5513)
3000 new members in 7 months
fatboytim
Posted by: Clear Skies Sun, 5 Nov 2006 - 11:01
Post #145562
QUOTE (fatboytim @ Sat, 4 Nov 2006 - 18:15)
8000 members, 4/11/06 18:02 (flash5513)
3000 new members in 7 months
fatboytim
bearing in mind we dont have the 18 million pounds spent each year by the scamerratti on propoganda and our existance is mainly word of mouth, It is therefore a magnificent indication of how p*ssed people are.
There is no stronger form or advertising than recomendation or word of mouth.
happy daze.
bill
Posted by: fatboytim Sun, 5 Nov 2006 - 14:26
Post #145593
QUOTE (Clear Skies @ Sun, 5 Nov 2006 - 11:01)
There is no stronger form or advertising than recomendation or word of mouth.
happy daze.
bill
The MCN may have helped, one of the wierd things is, Paul at safespeed gets more publicity, but we get more members !!
fatboytim
Posted by: Falcon_II Wed, 8 Nov 2006 - 01:47
Post #146206
I think there are a lot of people who watch the tele in here now.
And I was Member No.: 8,032
Posted by: Blackbird Fri, 5 Jan 2007 - 16:45
Post #158447
Today
Our members have made a total of 155,691 posts
We have 8,957 registered members
The newest member is da born supremacy
da born supremacy
New Member
Group: Members
Posts: 1
Joined: Today, 16:12
Member No.: 9,918
Now I know the reasons why the numbers do not always tie up but a difference of 961 appears a little too large
Posted by: andy_foster Fri, 5 Jan 2007 - 17:18
Post #158461
Just under 10% of registrations to a free forum that were started were either not completed (verified) or have been banned (dwarf pr0n spammers)?
Someone happens upon the site, thinks "ooh, this seems vaguely interesting", starts the registration process, but in between that and responding to the verification email opens a dwarf pr0n spam email and doesn't bother completing the process.
If you look at the proportion of registered members that are "active" - e.g. have visied the site in the last month, 10% uncompleted regsitrations (and dwarf pr0n spammers) doesn't sound unrealistic to me.
Posted by: Fredd Fri, 5 Jan 2007 - 17:33
Post #158469
In the last few months there's been a dramatic increase in the number of spam registrations; in fact around November I would say there were as many spam registrations as there were genuine ones. While these were all weeded out either before (mostly) or after they managed to make their first and last pathetic post, they clearly have a substantial impact on the genuine registered user numbers (which don't contain spammers) compared with the user ID count (which does).
For the time being a combination of better Captcha screening used by the new software version and use of the custom "Verification Number" step during registration has drastically reduced successful spam registrations (to one in the past two months, in fact!). However already spammers are using cheap labour in developing countries to bypass anti-spam methods that try to distinguish between humans and automated registration tools.
This is a continuing battle, which unfortunately mostly inconveniences the genuine user.
Posted by: Insider Fri, 5 Jan 2007 - 19:39
Post #158499
QUOTE (Fredd @ Fri, 5 Jan 2007 - 17:33)
This is a continuing battle, which unfortunately mostly inconveniences the genuine user.
Aye, and the moderators and admins. I suspect 80% of the members never see the spam ones due to the collective just about 24 hour cover
One day, someone will pull the router plug on the "developing" world and let them "develop" their own "Internet" to spam.
Posted by: Blackbird Sat, 6 Jan 2007 - 06:24
Post #158572
It appears that I didn't appreciate the increasing 'grief' that has been going on............. which is perhaps testiment to the stirling work carried out by Fredd and the Mods.
Posted by: cjm99 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 - 17:37
Post #174456
Tomorrow, we will hit the 10,000 members figure. Wow!
Doubled in just under a year.
Posted by: jeffreyarcher Tue, 13 Mar 2007 - 02:14
Post #174591
71 updated threads in S&tJP today; does make it rather hard to keep up.
Posted by: anton Sat, 9 Jun 2007 - 05:36
Post #191164
11,096
Posted by: cjm99 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 - 14:27
Post #234294
QUOTE (jimmy ferrari @ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 - 09:39)
15000 by mid January 2008... 5000 additions in 10 months. the growth is gathering pace nicely.
Posted by: fireblade_rrw Sat, 3 Jan 2009 - 23:12
Post #322004
Literary the best web site on the planet ! I don't contribute that much, but read the posts regularly...
Posted by: anton Wed, 21 Jan 2009 - 22:49
Post #328263
23230!
Posted by: fatboytim Mon, 6 Apr 2009 - 17:56
Post #351668
Our members have made a total of 347,876 posts
We have 25,000 registered members
The newest member is ...
20000 new registrations in 3 years.
fatboytim
Posted by: fatboytim Fri, 23 Oct 2009 - 23:41
Post #408832
30,008
This count is now for RPO for site history.
fatboytim
ps anyone want to, or capable of, drawing a graph/barchart /histogram of the membership history and posting it up?
Posted by: Fredd Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 11:09
Post #408883
Here you are (up to 30 September):
Posted by: fatboytim Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 21:38
Post #409013
QUOTE (Fredd @ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 - 12:09)
Here you are (up to 30 September):
Thanks Fredd
Wow that is very impressive in graphic form, not quite exponetial but the message is obviously spreading fast.
fatboytim
Posted by: anton Sun, 25 Oct 2009 - 12:11
Post #409085
What cheers my heart is that when any one posts on digital spy forum about a speeding ticket or parking issue someone beats me to sugesting pepipoo.com
Posted by: fatboytim Sat, 3 Jul 2010 - 00:23
Post #482218
35,089
Posted by: andy_foster Sun, 5 Sep 2010 - 01:41
Post #504353
We now have 500,000 posts (500,000th was made by http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=54512&view=findpost&p=504352).
We also have 36,548 registered members.
N.B. When I post this, we will have 500,001 posts.
Posted by: desktop_demon Fri, 11 Feb 2011 - 09:44
Post #558918
40,002 registered members! Almost time to start offering road side assistance and break down recovery - as well as legal advice!
Posted by: fatboytim Sun, 18 Sep 2011 - 22:54
Post #626144
45,003
23:54 18/9/11
fatboytim
Posted by: fatboytim Sat, 2 Jun 2012 - 20:36
Post #705376
50,026
21:35
02/06/12
fatboytim
Posted by: fatboytim Sun, 24 Mar 2013 - 17:24
Post #800932
55002
17:20 24/03/2013
fatboytim
Posted by: desktop_demon Fri, 25 Oct 2013 - 09:36
Post #885030
And another milestone passed. Membership has almost tripled since I first joined - and a lot of law has been "clarified".
PPP now has 60,016 registered members who have made over three quarters of a million posts.
Floriat PePiPoo.
Posted by: desktop_demon Tue, 5 Aug 2014 - 13:42
Post #988830
65,000+ and still going strong....
Posted by: fatboytim Sat, 30 Jul 2016 - 20:41
Post #1197657
75,441 30/07/16
Still growing!
fbt
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