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That is the funniest thing I have seen all day.
IJ. makes me LOL.
LOL @ SF
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That is the funniest thing I have seen all day.
IJ. makes me LOL.
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Matce
european inside!
uhm
Threads: 53,128
Posts: 755,261
Members: 6,873
Active Members: 5,800
vs.
Threads: 248,975
Posts: 3,129,706
Members: 40,968
Active Members: 12,103
any more questions? LOL
Threads: 53,128
Posts: 755,261
Members: 6,873
Active Members: 5,800
vs.
Threads: 248,975
Posts: 3,129,706
Members: 40,968
Active Members: 12,103
any more questions? LOL
Poodles said:
I have offered MULTIPLE times to host that forum. And I know these guys, on a personal and business level.
I obviously know what I'm doing... I know how to make these sites perform.
I have been ignored every time.
I also have been a member of, as well as an administrator at larger websites running vB that run totally fine. The issue is their server/setup.
They need to take some time and optimize things (like the database and search tables), and get the server up to snuff for that size forum.
vBulletin (especially 3.x) is very robust and can handle very large forums. The issues at hand are more than the number of users/posts/threads.
They need to take some time and optimize things (like the database and search tables), and get the server up to snuff for that size forum.
vBulletin (especially 3.x) is very robust and can handle very large forums. The issues at hand are more than the number of users/posts/threads.
Matce said:
Yes. Why does a forum with 5 times the amount of registered users of this place only have twice the amount of active members?
Because it blows and the ~6,000 that make up the difference are ALL ASSHOLES.
(no resentment either)
(no resentment either)
Supramania was rebuilt on 03-30-2005. We lost the server due to shitty freeware BBS code and a hacker. At that point we purchased the commerical software we run today (the very same software that SF runs on). All content prior to that date was lost.
Supraforums has been up and running since 02-11-2001 on it's current database and software. That database has 4 years of growth on us...
Also, the numbers you discuss don't take into account the quality of the postings, nor the posters. I believe a far higher percentage of our members are here for information about the car. I believe a far higher percentage of the members at SF are MKIV fanboy's who have never seen a Supra in person.
Additionally, I believe our moderators over here do a much more thorough (and more even handed) job than the one that is done at SF. We've got a higher percentage of members who are happy with the site, it's staff and the service that we provide.
We also provide premium level services, like user photo galleries, custom userpages and an integrated chat server. SF is struggling to serve up a basic forum. We're far beyond that. Also our search engine never goes down, our server never goes down and our performance levels are fairly high.
As for the 5x members. SF never purges user accounts. For example:
User #10 at SF created his account on 02-11-2001 - the first day the site was up.
http://www.supraforums.com/forum/member.php?u=10
He has never made a post.
He has never logged in again after that date.
That user account has been inactive for six years! We start purging user accounts at six months.
We purge user accounts on a regular basis. This is why 85% of our user accounts are considered active and only 29% of SF's are.
But when you are marketing your site to advertisers, post counts and numbers of members are great selling points.
We don't worry about that here, so we operate our database for performance and reliability, not meaningless statistics for advertisers...
Supraforums has been up and running since 02-11-2001 on it's current database and software. That database has 4 years of growth on us...
Also, the numbers you discuss don't take into account the quality of the postings, nor the posters. I believe a far higher percentage of our members are here for information about the car. I believe a far higher percentage of the members at SF are MKIV fanboy's who have never seen a Supra in person.
Additionally, I believe our moderators over here do a much more thorough (and more even handed) job than the one that is done at SF. We've got a higher percentage of members who are happy with the site, it's staff and the service that we provide.
We also provide premium level services, like user photo galleries, custom userpages and an integrated chat server. SF is struggling to serve up a basic forum. We're far beyond that. Also our search engine never goes down, our server never goes down and our performance levels are fairly high.
As for the 5x members. SF never purges user accounts. For example:
User #10 at SF created his account on 02-11-2001 - the first day the site was up.
http://www.supraforums.com/forum/member.php?u=10
He has never made a post.
He has never logged in again after that date.
That user account has been inactive for six years! We start purging user accounts at six months.
We purge user accounts on a regular basis. This is why 85% of our user accounts are considered active and only 29% of SF's are.
But when you are marketing your site to advertisers, post counts and numbers of members are great selling points.
We don't worry about that here, so we operate our database for performance and reliability, not meaningless statistics for advertisers...
Btw, new stats installed (this is on the main page where you can all see it - just scroll down).
Total members that have visited the forum in the last 24 hours: 1,030
Total members that have visited the forum in the last 24 hours: 1,030
i dont even go to SF anymore its just a waste of time IMO.
i sit there for 5 min tryin to figure out if its me or SF thats fuckin up and not loadin and normally i just say fuck it anyways so why waste the time and even go there i rather come here knowing its gonna work.
edit: plus this search works.
i sit there for 5 min tryin to figure out if its me or SF thats fuckin up and not loadin and normally i just say fuck it anyways so why waste the time and even go there i rather come here knowing its gonna work.
edit: plus this search works.
Our local city car forum has over 40,000 members, and never has problems. The ONLY time it was ever slow was when it was featured on digg, and in the local newspaper the same day. And even then, they fixed it within a few hours.Matce said:
Plus, it has a search.
I would really like to know how the hell the SF admins continually fail at making a properly working site. I used to love that site. I haven't gone to it in months as a result of their poor upkeep.