[CharlotteTheHarlot]

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

This post has been edited by CharlotteTheHarlot: 03 February 2013 - 05:52 PM

[submix8c]

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).

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

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 ...

Spoiler

[img]http://web.archive.org/web/20110101134533im_/http://www.msfn.org/board/public/style_images/clean/logo.png[/img]
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

This post has been edited by CharlotteTheHarlot: 04 February 2013 - 01:34 AM

[Tripredacus]

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:
http://www.msfn.org/...to-word-or-ppt/

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

Tripredacus, on 04 February 2013 - 10:03 AM, said:

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:
http://www.msfn.org/...to-word-or-ppt/

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?

[Tripredacus]

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.

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

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