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sr_erick
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USA
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brujo
Average Member
USA
602 Posts |
 Posted - 07 October 2003 : 02:53:12
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seems like that hunting one is still going strong....
just popped onto it via that old thread and there were 30 users online right now and these were the stats :
50624 Registered users have made 385166 posts in 36 forums. There are currently 42520 topics.
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brujo
Average Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 02:57:59
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....note :
just rechecked it - and the user "lancepr" must have transferred it into another forum.... this no longer seems to be a snitz site.
too bad - they were good stats.
you have me searching around for monster sntitzers too now
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20584 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 04:22:56
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botNET
Starting Member
33 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 05:00:57
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The most intresting part is:
All forums that had "havey snitzforum" has been changed to other forum-software.
The question all developers should ask is, WHY!
Maybe it´s performence. Just this page took took 10.33 seconds to load ...
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Edited by - botNET on 07 October 2003 05:02:03 |
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brujo
Average Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 05:48:49
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many people change forum types for many different reasons....
I have several sites now running snitz but I also have a php forum too - just because that suits that site and server.
I think if you weighed it up though - your point is completely invalid Botnet
The amount of people who change TO snitz would in my opinion far outweigh the other. Only my opinion - but I have yet to find a more flexible, easy to implement and user friendly discussion board package anywhere.
Anyway - this is getting off topic.
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work mule
Senior Member
USA
1358 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 13:40:32
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Going back to that old topic, I thought the MCA Records forum was very active, but I can't find a current link. Maybe they took it down? I don't know.
Anyways, here's a couple of stats on the boards we're running.
All are heavily modified versions of Snitz (all to varying degrees).
Astronomy.com
http://www.astronomy.com/community/forum/
Registered Members: 121,346
Total Posts: 4,891
Most Active Users: 40 (5 min. period)
The forum was imported from a custom 3rd party solution and "relaunched" on Sep 19th, 2003 (last month). The decision was made to blow away all the old posts and start new. The above post count has all been made in the past 19 days.
Trains.com
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/
Registered Members: 130,828
Total Posts: 54,512
Most Active Users: 332 (may have been 15 min. period at that time)
When we relaunched this forum (once again imported from a custom 3rd party solution) in July of this year, we sent out a message to everyone and the response killed the forum and uncovered some issues regarding using Snitz with a large userbase. Unfortunately we haven't had that same kind of traffic since.
Note about the two aforementioned sites. The members list is pretty clean. Before the forum relaunches, the lists were cleaned/validated with the mailing list package we use for newsletters.
Other sites where Snitz was the only solution used:
FineScale Modeler
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/
Registered Members: 22,466
Total Posts: 62,948
Most Active Users: 98 (15 min. period)
Forum & registration launched Dec 2002
Bead&Button & BeadStyle
http://www.beadandbutton.com/bnb/community/forum/
http://www.beadstylemag.com/bds/community/forum/
Registered Members: 5,626
Total Posts: 2,604
Most Active Users: 33 (15 min. period)
While the numbers aren't significant, what's worth noting is we recently launched BeadStyle and it uses the same forum and registration system as Bead&Button. The challenge with this is that some people don't realize they're already registered for both. They register on one, then try the other and they receive the message, "email and/or username are already in use". Then we have to explain the situation.
The Writer
http://www.writermag.com/wrt/community/forum/
Dollhouse Miniatures
http://www.dhminiatures.com/nsn/community/forum/
Birder's World
http://www.birdersworld.com/brd/community/forum/
There's another forum in use but it's invitation only. So I'm can't share the name/url here.
In the coming future there are possibly two more sites which may be using Snitz for forums/registration.
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work mule
Senior Member
USA
1358 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 13:47:41
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This came up in the archived thread...
While we don't come anywhere close to that one site's largest thread, the largest one I've seen so far (on our sites) is 567 replies -- and it's still active. It was started on 8/11 and still going strong.
You'll find it stickied at the top.
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=3 |
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Faizan
Average Member
United Kingdom
592 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 14:36:05
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www.BigBlueBall.com/forums is very active now a days... 
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20584 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 14:56:29
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quote:
Originally posted by botNET
Maybe it´s performence. Just this page took took 10.33 seconds to load ...
/botNET
it takes 0.48 seconds for me |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 15:59:32
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took 0.8 seconds for me
The only reason I can think of why people are reluctant to switch to Snitz from other forums is that there are no conversion scripts available (either never made, or not shared), or they're very old and won't work directly with the current version of the forums. Not sure about how it is the other way around though as I've never had to (or wanted to) look into it ... |
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botNET
Starting Member
33 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 16:11:46
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... and 0.78 for me ... at this time ...
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work mule
Senior Member
USA
1358 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 18:35:00
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Here's what I'm thinking...
Once most people have a forum setup that's working for them, why switch? Do the benefits outweigh the hassles? It's a lot of hassle to switch to the "cool forum" of the month.
Then there's probably one group of people who probably don't want to stick a lot of $$ into their site and are looking to make it as cheap as possible. The answer for a lot of people is mySQL and PHP. For that combination, there are a bunch of free and paid forums which are well done and work well.
I also notice that quite a few of the larger / really active boards I visit tend to be vBulletin and/or Invision boards (but that may be just me). The vBulletin boards seem to be popular and handle the traffic quite well.
Another advantage with vBulletin and Invision is the option to purchase support. Those of us familiar with Snitz will say the support here for Snitz has been exceptional. However, the sad truth is there are people who permit their judgement to become influenced by cost -- perception of the greater the cost, the better the product must be. There are also people who feel more comfortable when they have a contract guaranteeing support rather than having to place their trust in the generousity of others.
Ugh, there I go again...rambling on and on... 
BTW....58 for me.... |
Edited by - work mule on 07 October 2003 18:36:04 |
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redbrad0
Advanced Member
USA
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work mule
Senior Member
USA
1358 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 18:55:50
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altisdesign
Junior Member
United Kingdom
357 Posts |
Posted - 07 October 2003 : 18:56:44
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quote:
Originally posted by work mule
(some things just shouldn't be shared )
Lol!!!  |
Altis Design offers all manner of web design services to a variety of commercial and personal clients |
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