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SlowDown?
« on: May 21, 2007, 11:22:12 am »
Hmm, I'm a little perplexed.

I think it's pretty obvious indyfluency has been slowing down in the past weeks. But I can't work out why. I've been examining the stats, and here is what I find:

Around April 25th, there was a big drop in hits. On average, it was half what the rest of April was (i.e. around 5000-6000 hits per day, from around 15000-17000 before). This was also around the time that indyfluency started to slow down activity-wise. Various users seemed to disappear.

On its own, that wouldn't be too strange. But this happened almost instantaneously. And it also coincided with three other events:

1. The apparition of the troll in the chatterbox.
2. The whole mother-war thing (which was pretty odd by itself, when you consider the people involved, you'll have to take my word for it here).
3. Me going away for a couple of days.

Hmm...
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2007, 11:59:17 am »
Mother_War thing?
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2007, 12:27:38 pm »
I have no idea what the mother-war thing is. Also, I've only seen the chatterbox troll once.
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2007, 12:39:57 pm »
I am also unaware of this foul beast but I though it better not to state my COMPLETE ignorance
pants, I just have...
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2007, 12:50:52 pm »
both incidents were unfortunate....not to bring it back up but the mother_war thing was someone mercilessly giving her negative votes for a series she posted all at once... search her piece page to see what happened, it should still be up...

but yes I have been noticing the same thing... and it is kinda discouraging...

do you think the decrease in hits has anything to do with adverts running out or something?

as to you going away, i dont think that had anything to do with it other than allowing the other 2 incidents to occur...

but i am definitely wondering why users have not been as active???

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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2007, 12:55:49 pm »
Exam periods poss?
And how was your final AE? (If you'v had it yet)
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2007, 01:07:39 pm »
That is definitely a possibility but everyones finals are at different times so that would mean some people would come and go, not a bunch disappear...

and I had it this morning and i did pretty good, made 2 stupid mistakes that i know of... whatever, over now...

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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2007, 01:23:14 pm »
hmm then maybe this site is like the BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF SITES *Thunderrolls*

and gdgdgdgd
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2007, 01:49:16 pm »
I know I've been working/at work a lot lately. And school has been a bitch.

Also, sometimes my internet likes to CRAP out for no reason.
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2007, 02:00:43 pm »
For a while I had made this site my life, I just constantly posted on the forums and posted pieces every day. But, around the middle of April, I just stopped and didn't do anything for around three weeks, and then I came back and now I'm just coming here moderately. Maybe I just had die hard fans that realized OOAP had stopped updating and committed mass suicide.

I bet the whole mother-war thing was just someone who hated My Chemical Romance, I'm not fond of 'em but, mother-wars writing was definitely good quality.
« Last Edit: May 21, 2007, 02:08:35 pm by TheMilkman »

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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2007, 04:11:31 pm »
I did pretty much the same as milk- I was reading the forums and posting every day, then in early May I went out of town for a week, and when I got back I was so far behind the times that I just couldn't be assed to keep giving the same effort. It really is odd that everyone decided to the same thing at once.
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #11 on: May 22, 2007, 06:10:47 am »
well I still think this place is the sex in tight jeans *nods*
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #12 on: May 22, 2007, 09:31:35 am »
exams

I have 0 time to write/read/post anything at the moment

the only reason im on now is that I've finished for about two weeks and im having a break
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #13 on: May 22, 2007, 10:32:43 am »
Yeh I still think its exams to
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Re: SlowDown?
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2008, 09:33:45 pm »
then what is it now?
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