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I see a difference in the Board Statistics that are seen on the bottom of the page loaded from this URL ...

http://www.msfn.org/board/

I just happened to have a couple of saved versions of that page from December and somehow the board has lost some numbers!

MSFN Board Statistics

---------- 2012-12-21 ----------

Total Posts ............. 924,257

Total Members ........... 103,099

Newest Member ........... galeksandr

Online At Once Record ... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 04:31 AM

---------- 2012-12-24 ----------

Total Posts ............. 924,705

Total Members ........... 103,362

Newest Member ........... insutsbix

Online At Once Record ... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 04:31 AM

---------- 2013-02-03 ----------

Total Posts ............. 918,397

Total Members ............ 98,117

Newest Member ........... bart

Online At Once Record ... 10,218 ... 22 January 2013 - 03:22 PM

Perhaps the software upgrade purged some records? Or maybe the New Year is involved and the stats reset each year? Strange!

EDIT: found another earlier copy of the page

Edited by CharlotteTheHarlot
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I believe there MIGHT have been a "Spambot" purge. I also checked about the "outage" and found that it MIGHT have had something (the outage) to do with "Disk Full" or something.

FWIW, I had noted that "Record" several days ago (before the "down" period).

Hmm... maybe the SQL DB got "reorg'ed" and/or "cleaned up" to "fix" some busted stuff (the "other" error that occurred).

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Okay, I found and added some statistics from the Wayback Machine.

NOTE: It does NOT appear to have been reset at previous year changes.

MSFN Board Statistics

---------- 2010-12-25 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 851,982

Total Members ............ 69,970

Newest Member ........... rawais1995

Online At Once Record .... 11,048 ... 30 November 2010 - 05:45 PM

---------- 2011-01-01 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 852,615

Total Members ............ 70,406

Newest Member ........... poople

Online At Once Record .... 11,048 ... 30 November 2010 - 05:45 PM

---------- 2011-12-24 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 886,682

Total Members ............ 81,080

Newest Member ........... ViekExege

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 03:31 AM

---------- 2012-01-02 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 887,366

Total Members ............ 81,653

Newest Member ........... clausco2

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 03:31 AM

---------- 2012-09-20 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 912,976

Total Members ............ 96,924

Newest Member ........... vijay1857

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 03:31 AM

---------- 2012-12-21 ----------

Total Posts ............. 924,257

Total Members ........... 103,099

Newest Member ........... galeksandr

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 04:31 AM

---------- 2012-12-24 ----------

Total Posts ............. 924,705

Total Members ........... 103,362

Newest Member ........... insutsbix

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 04:31 AM

---------- 2013-01-15 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 916,235

Total Members ............ 97,317

Newest Member ........... rio2k11

Online At Once Record ..... 9,333 ... 09 January 2013 - 10:58 PM

---------- 2013-02-03 ----------

Total Posts ............. 918,397

Total Members ............ 98,117

Newest Member ........... bart

Online At Once Record .... 10,218 ... 22 January 2013 - 03:22 PM

PS: also turned up this old logo! Hope it embeds ...

logo.png

Click Here: Logo

Rats, the board software won't display the Wayback Machine compund URL. But the link above will open fine in a browser tab.

EDIT: typos and stuff

Edited by CharlotteTheHarlot
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All the spammers accounts got deleted. Those users and posts stop being counted in those numbers. But some of those posts still exist. Here is a thread created by a spammer who got deleted:

That's quite a purge, larger than anything I ever saw. Looks like at least 6,000 accounts and 8,000 posts!

One thing though, that Online At Once Record shouldn't be related to it, right?

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I think the post difference is due to the "trash being emptied" when Xper came in to fix that spam issue. I'm not sure how the "online at once record" works with the forum internals. Anyways, I think those records really don't mean anything anymore. They used to be some cool stat, but most forums' records now show a period of spamming or some DoS attack. For example, the online at once record at reboot.pro is from one of those types of attacks.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Just adding the latest site stats to the bottom ...

MSFN Board Statistics

---------- 2010-12-25 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 851,982

Total Members ............ 69,970

Newest Member ........... rawais1995

Online At Once Record .... 11,048 ... 30 November 2010 - 05:45 PM

---------- 2011-01-01 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 852,615

Total Members ............ 70,406

Newest Member ........... poople

Online At Once Record .... 11,048 ... 30 November 2010 - 05:45 PM

---------- 2011-12-24 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 886,682

Total Members ............ 81,080

Newest Member ........... ViekExege

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 03:31 AM

---------- 2012-01-02 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 887,366

Total Members ............ 81,653

Newest Member ........... clausco2

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 03:31 AM

---------- 2012-09-20 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 912,976

Total Members ............ 96,924

Newest Member ........... vijay1857

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 03:31 AM

---------- 2012-12-21 ----------

Total Posts ............. 924,257

Total Members ........... 103,099

Newest Member ........... galeksandr

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 04:31 AM

---------- 2012-12-24 ----------

Total Posts ............. 924,705

Total Members ........... 103,362

Newest Member ........... insutsbix

Online At Once Record .... 23,998 ... 15 April 2011 - 04:31 AM

---------- 2013-01-15 ---------- Wayback Machine URL

Total Posts ............. 916,235

Total Members ............ 97,317

Newest Member ........... rio2k11

Online At Once Record ..... 9,333 ... 09 January 2013 - 10:58 PM

---------- 2013-02-03 ----------

Total Posts ............. 918,397

Total Members ............ 98,117

Newest Member ........... bart

Online At Once Record .... 10,218 ... 22 January 2013 - 03:22 PM

---------- 2013-02-23 ----------

Total Posts ............. 920,379

Total Members ............ 98,907

Newest Member ........... mimirou

Online At Once Record .... 13,783 ... Yesterday, 12:58 PM

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