April 13th. 2011 Update
The daily forums posting/new members stats here are taken by me each day at different times. I decided to start doing this as late March-early April is when motorcycle forums start to get busier. I know you might think they should be less busy because we will all be out riding after the Winter, but that isn't so. Motorcycle forums get busier around now and peak during the Summer months as bikers use their spare non-riding time time to interact more on the web, looking for technical help and arranging meets. Forum activity and posting tails off around October-November during cabin fever season, when many riders store their motorcycles up for the Winter.
There may be a 20 hour gap between each days stats here, or 27 hours or whatever depending on when I have time to check them.
There may be a 20 hour gap between each days stats here, or 27 hours or whatever depending on when I have time to check them.
The GWRRA forum membership now stands at 5,242, up by 2,242 since last year. Total posts are 88,800. That's about 4,000 posts per month since I started this blog over a year ago, down from the initial 5,000 per month in spite of the extra members.
Things haven't all been rosy on the GWRRA forum recently, with moderators deleting many posts and a complete part of the forum for apparently no good reason, and with no explanation. They have been deleting any posts questioning why the GWRRA forum is closed to non-members. Some members have been banned for questioning the current forum strategy, and some of the members banned have 10 years GWRRA forum membership and were established posters in very good standing. Any mention or questioning of the bans or deleted posts also get deleted.
This heavy handed treatment of loyal GWRRA forum members is IMHO nothing short of a disgrace and smacks of arrogance of the highest level. Shame on the GWRRA forum management for stooping to this level. Some members have canceled their GWRRA membership over this issue. These GWRRA exiles now have their own forum, "The Exile's Board" at http://gwrra.info/index.php which I will review at a later date.
This heavy handed treatment of loyal GWRRA forum members is IMHO nothing short of a disgrace and smacks of arrogance of the highest level. Shame on the GWRRA forum management for stooping to this level. Some members have canceled their GWRRA membership over this issue. These GWRRA exiles now have their own forum, "The Exile's Board" at http://gwrra.info/index.php which I will review at a later date.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 362 new posts, 18 new members.
April 12th, 219 new posts, 10 new members.
April 11th, 287 new posts, 7 new members.
April 10th, 187 new posts, 10 new members.
April 9th, 319 new posts, 6 new members.
April 8th, 169 new posts, 2 new members.
April 7th, 249 new posts, 13 new members.
April 6th, 188 new posts, 5 new members.
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The GL1800 Riders forum membership now stands at 29,471 which is up 3,700 since I wrote this review early last year. Total posts are 1,845,310, up a whopping 340,000 in the same period. The monthly post has stayed healthy at around 32,000 a month.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 1216 new posts, 10 new members.
April 12th, 1239 new posts, 8 new members.
April 11th, 1276 new posts, 12 new members.
April 10th, 896 new posts, 11 new members.
April 9th, 946 new posts, 9 new members.
April 8th, 1,275 new posts, 15 new members.
April 7th, 1,336 new posts, 6 new members.
April 6th, 1,198 new posts, 17 new members.
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Goldwingfacts.com forum membership now stands at 34,593 which is up 6,355 since I wrote this review early last year and the largest membership increase of any Goldwing forum. Total posts are 1,272,444 which is a massive increase of 270,000 posts in the same period of time. The monthly post count now averages around 26,000. Still no sign of advertising banners here, which is very commendable. But with this forum growing so fast and using up ever more server space and bandwidth, it could be risky continuing to rely solely on donations to pay the hosting fees.
Goldwingfacts.com continues to be the fastest growing Goldwing forum on the web.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 1237 new posts, 25 new members.
April 12th, 1165 new posts, 22 new members.
April 11th, 1128 new posts, 18 new members.
April 10th, 776 new posts, 14 new members.
April 9th, 939 new posts, 28 new members.
April 8th, 989 new posts, 25 new members.
April 7th, 1,118 new posts, 23 new members.
April 6th, 1,002 new posts, 31 new members.
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RidersRally forum membership now stands at 4,852 which is up a mere 102 since I wrote this review early last year. Total posts are 140,008, up by only 3,000 in the last year. The monthly post rate has dropped to around 250 a month and still sliding. This forum has become very stale indeed and continues to die a slow death.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 19 new posts, 0 new members.
April 12th, 5 new posts, 0 new members.
April 11th, 2 new posts, 0 new members.
April 10th, 3 new posts, 0 new members.
April 9th, 9 new posts, 0 new members.
April 8th, 1 new posts, 0 new members.
April 7th, 5 new posts, 0 new members.
April 6th, 2 new posts, 0 new members.
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Naked Goldwings forum membership now stands at 7,405 which is up 535 since I wrote this review last year. Total posts are 318,417, up by around 70,000 in the same period. The monthly post rate now averages a healthy 6,000 per month. The niggle I had about a couple of vendors hijacking threads with "I can sell you that" has been addressed and that makes the forum more pleasant to be a part of. Clearly the change of forum management last year saw some positive changes at NGW.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 349 new posts, 10 new members.
April 12th, 239 new posts, 5 new members.
April 11th, 305 new posts, 7 new members.
April 10th, 219 new posts, 8 new members.
April 9th, 315 new posts, 5 new members.
April 8th, 319 new posts, 3 new members.
April 7th, 265 new posts, 13 new members.
April 6th, 324 new posts, 9 new members.
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Not very much has changed here in the last year. About 50 new posts and only a handful of new members in the last year makes providing stats embarrassing. I don't even remember why I added this forum to the review.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 0 new posts, 0 new members.
April 12th, 0 new posts, 0 new members.
April 11th, 0 new posts, 0 new members.
April 10th, 0 new posts, 0 new members.
April 9th, 0 new posts, 0 new members.
April 8th, 0 new posts, 0 new members.
April 7th, 0 new posts, 0 new members.
April 6th, 0 new posts, 0 new members.
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Goldwingowners forum membership now stands at 6,591 which is up a nice 2,991 since I wrote this review last year. Total posts are 46,927, up by around 27,000 in the last year. The monthly post rate now averages about 2,500 month.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 89 new posts, 9 new members.
April 12th, 56 new posts, 9 new members.
April 11th, 56 new posts, 8 new members.
April 10th, 62 new posts, 7 new members.
April 9th, 37 new posts, 7 new members.
April 8th, 46 new posts, 8 new members.
April 7th, 38 new posts, 6 new members.
April 6th, 48 new posts, 6 new members.
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North American Goldwings forum membership now stands at 2,616 which is up a healthy 1,048 since I wrote this review last year. Total posts are 114,833 up by around 30,000 in the last year and down by about a third on the two previous years from 2008. The monthly post rate, while lower than last year still averages about 2,500 and the majority of posting is still done by the same ten or so members, admins and forum sponsors.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 192 new posts, 5 new members.
April 12th, 78 new posts, 1 new members.
April 11th, 121 new posts, 6 new members.
April 10th, 101 new posts, 3 new members.
April 9th, 99 new posts, 3 new members.
April 8th, 97 new posts, 5 new members.
April 7th, 109 new posts, 1 new members.
April 6th, 102 new posts, 5 new members.
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Goldwingdocs forum membership now stands at 27,099 which is up 12,000 since I wrote this review last year. But as the majority of these are fake accounts, the real number is far less. Total posts are 24,247, up by around 15,747 in the last year. The monthly post rate now averages about 2,500.
Recent daily post count/new members:
April 13th, 93 new posts, *58 new members.
April 12th, 58 new posts, *51 new members.
April 11th, 65 new posts, *58 new members.
April 10th, 48 new posts, *40 new members.
April 9th, 57 new posts, *42 new members.
April 8th, 93 new posts, *54 new members.
April 7th, 90 new posts, *42 new members.
April 6th, 90 new posts, *44 new members.
* Member stats for this forum are not to be trusted, as fake members continue to be added to the database at a rate of at least 40 each day. Even casual visitors will see they are fake as they don't appear in the "who's online" panel at any time when they are registered or afterwards.
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GL1200 Goldwings forum membership now stands at 2,257 which is up 648 since I wrote this review last year. Total posts are 64,913, up by a disappointingly low 1,913 in the last year and indicating a quite big slowdown in posting. The monthly post rate now averages about 200.
Recent daily post count/new members:
new members.
April 13th, 54 new posts, 4 new members.
April 11th, 18 new posts, 1 new members.
April 10th, 14 new posts, 1 new members.
April 9th, 27 new posts, 0 new members.
April 8th, 19 new posts, 1 new members.
April 7th, 52 new posts, 0 new members.
April 6th, 28 new posts, 1 new members.
To be continued, Classic Goldwings reviewed next...
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