Miscellaneous Bonkers 3 months of Cafe stats

[Pete Thomas]

Our forum stats for the last 3 months is a bit all over the place. This is stats for posts nos.

 

[LostCircuits]

One giveth, one taketh.

I didn't do it!
😎

 

[Targa]

Is the drop around July/August so summer holidays might affect it?
Is there a similar pattern previous years?

 

[Pete Thomas]

Is the drop around July/August so summer holidays might affect it?
Is there a similar pattern previous years?

Previous year:

 

[mizmar]

The problem with posts statistics is autocorrelation.
Obviously, post don't just arrive completely randomly but are in response to what happened beforehand... Bla Bla... But that's what's behind chaos theory and (some) fractal patterns. I wouldn't expect nice smooth daily averages.

 

[Wade Cornell]

Would be interesting to compare several other stats overlaid. Last year's looks a lot like most posts are in Northern Hemisphere winter/cold. Holidays, disruptive news, and other factors can also play a part.

Nothing better to do or a distraction needed from life... go look at what's happening on the web and interact.

I doubt that anything requires blame/fixing on the part of the Cafe or that instigating rage or raves is required. One could also overlay visitor numbers instead of posts as many members are more interested in reading/learning rather than giving advice or opinions.

 

[LostCircuits]

I think it would be interesting to drill a bit deeper and see what threads get more visitors.