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Title: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: PaulineMRoss on September 25, 2018, 05:11:04 AM
This place is growing. :dance:
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Lexi Revellian on September 25, 2018, 05:28:04 AM
Congratulations to the person/people who set it up. Whoever you are, well done!


(Can we have a smiley with a dragon?)
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Mark Gardner on September 25, 2018, 05:29:11 AM
Congratulations to the person/people who set it up. Whoever you are, well done!


(Can we have a smiley with a dragon?)
Lexi! welcome to the future! All time rats welcome.
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Lexi Revellian on September 25, 2018, 05:32:19 AM
Hi Mark! Hey, you made me realize we need a rat smiley too.
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Maggie Ann on September 25, 2018, 06:22:08 AM
Hi, Lexi! Good to see you here.

Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Lexi Revellian on September 25, 2018, 06:27:42 AM
Hi, Lexi! Good to see you here.


Hi Maggie, or should I say woof!


(We really need a dog smiley...)
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Virginia McClain on September 25, 2018, 06:54:02 AM
It is! Hi, Pauline! Glad to see you here!
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on September 25, 2018, 07:09:57 AM
Raminar Dixon just joined as member #521.

Hey, Ram!   :mhk9U91:
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: LSMay on September 25, 2018, 08:11:47 PM
I know where the member list is, but how do you tell how many posts there are on the whole forum?
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on September 25, 2018, 09:15:55 PM
I know where the member list is, but how do you tell how many posts there are on the whole forum?

Bottom of the main page.


(Can we have a smiley with a dragon?)

Post a link to one, or post it here, and I'll check it out.
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: PaulineMRoss on September 25, 2018, 09:19:10 PM
It is! Hi, Pauline! Glad to see you here!


Hiya! {Waves} So many familiar faces here.  Grin
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: JimJohnson on September 26, 2018, 12:32:57 AM
Welcome all and congrats to Timothy and anyone else involved in building the forums!
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Mark Gardner on September 26, 2018, 01:08:51 AM
Welcome all and congrats to Timothy and anyone else involved in building the forums!
JJ! What up, dude? welcome to the new place.
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: JimJohnson on September 26, 2018, 11:37:25 AM
JJ! What up, dude? welcome to the new place.



Thanks! Haven't heard anyone call me JJ since high school, lol. What up? Writing, reading, the usual. Working my way through my TBR pile and wondering how so many westerns got in there and what I should do about that.
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: RappaDizzy on September 26, 2018, 10:52:41 PM
Place is beginning to feel like home. Which is why I’m in my underwear as we speak :azn:
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: Mark Gardner on September 26, 2018, 10:53:55 PM
Place is beginning to feel like home. Which is why I’m in my underwear as we speak :azn:
its all about comfort...
Title: Re: 500 members! And 4000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on September 26, 2018, 11:39:38 PM
Place is beginning to feel like home. Which is why I’m in my underwear as we speak :azn:

Too much information.  :eek:
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on September 27, 2018, 06:48:09 PM
Next person to join will be member #600.   :banana:
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on September 27, 2018, 07:49:47 PM
Next person to join will be member #600.

 :icon_think:

Err....next one was #578

You're a day or 2 ahead of us somehow.  :icon_mrgreen:

Is your delorean on the fritz?  grint
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: T. M. Bilderback on September 27, 2018, 08:20:47 PM
Next person to join will be member #600.

 :icon_think:

Err....next one was #578

You're a day or 2 ahead of us somehow.  :icon_mrgreen:

Is your delorean on the fritz?  grint

GREAT SCOTT!!!
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on September 28, 2018, 06:01:37 AM
Next person to join will be member #600.

 :icon_think:

Err....next one was #578

You're a day or 2 ahead of us somehow.  :icon_mrgreen:

Is your delorean on the fritz?  grint


Not all registered members have posted.  Hover the mouse over a member's user name and see the number at the end of the link.  That's the member number.

Of course, some of those members are just spammers and have been banned, so the current tally is less than the member numbers.  But the 600th person to join will still be the 600th person to join regardless of who gets banned.

It's science.   :icon_mrgreen:


ETA: For example, if you hover the mouse cursor over my name in my profile, you'll see a "33" at the end of the link.  I'm member #33.   :banana:
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: T. M. Bilderback on September 28, 2018, 07:53:14 AM
Next person to join will be member #600.

 :icon_think:

Err....next one was #578

You're a day or 2 ahead of us somehow.  :icon_mrgreen:

Is your delorean on the fritz?  grint


Not all registered members have posted.  Hover the mouse over a member's user name and see the number at the end of the link.  That's the member number.

Of course, some of those members are just spammers and have been banned, so the current tally is less than the member numbers.  But the 600th person to join will still be the 600th person to join regardless of who gets banned.

It's science.   :icon_mrgreen:


ETA: For example, if you hover the mouse cursor over my name in my profile, you'll see a "33" at the end of the link.  I'm member #33.   :banana:

Wow!  I'm number 11!   :dance:
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Mark Gardner on September 28, 2018, 08:39:01 AM
Apparently, I was slow to adopt at 59.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on September 28, 2018, 09:04:35 AM
Apparently, I was slow to adopt at 59.


Ya snooze, ya lose.   :icon_cool:
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Mark Gardner on September 28, 2018, 09:35:06 AM
Apparently, I was slow to adopt at 59.


Ya snooze, ya lose.   :icon_cool:
I shall vigorously flog myself in recommence.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: T. M. Bilderback on September 28, 2018, 11:09:12 AM
Apparently, I was slow to adopt at 59.


Ya snooze, ya lose.   :icon_cool:
I shall vigorously flog myself in recommence.

https://youtu.be/e4q6eaLn2mY (https://youtu.be/e4q6eaLn2mY)
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on September 28, 2018, 11:28:22 AM
Of course, some of those members are just spammers and have been banned, so the current tally is less than the member numbers.  But the 600th person to join will still be the 600th person to join regardless of who gets banned.

No spammers have been harmed in the making of this site. All the usernames are still there. None deleted. Just banned.

No usernames have been deleted at all so far.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on September 28, 2018, 12:51:35 PM
Of course, some of those members are just spammers and have been banned, so the current tally is less than the member numbers.  But the 600th person to join will still be the 600th person to join regardless of who gets banned.

No spammers have been harmed in the making of this site. All the usernames are still there. None deleted. Just banned.

No usernames have been deleted at all so far.


Ah, gotcha.  Thanks.  :)

Latest member, by the way, is #628, SomethingToWriteHomeAbout.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Decon on September 28, 2018, 09:29:03 PM
'It's a good start.


I'm not stalking, but it's good to see Lexi here who I remember from my Authonomy forum days and we seem to have followed each other around the forums over the years.

For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.


I've lost so many friends and contacts over the years with author forum sites closing down or not taking off and each time the numbers diminish as members fragment to different sites.


 :grouphug:
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on September 28, 2018, 10:02:55 PM
For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.

Great idea.

But hold off on the word spreading for a few days, until the forum is settled in its new home. No point in attracting people here during the move.

After, definitely.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Mark Gardner on September 29, 2018, 12:41:10 AM
'It's a good start.


I'm not stalking, but it's good to see Lexi here who I remember from my Authonomy forum days and we seem to have followed each other around the forums over the years.

For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.


I've lost so many friends and contacts over the years with author forum sites closing down or not taking off and each time the numbers diminish as members fragment to different sites.


 :grouphug:
I still miss authonomy. The community there was pretty tight. Welcome, DEcon!
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Bill Hiatt on September 29, 2018, 01:11:46 AM
Truly remarkable growth!


(And we're back at 599, so...)
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Decon on September 29, 2018, 03:59:26 AM
For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.

Great idea.

But hold off on the word spreading for a few days, until the forum is settled in its new home. No point in attracting people here during the move.

After, definitely.


The best way would be to have a kick off date for facebook groups and twitter once the site has settled in. I know I have one facebook group with over 1000 members, and I have the same on twitter.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Decon on September 29, 2018, 04:17:19 AM
'It's a good start.


I'm not stalking, but it's good to see Lexi here who I remember from my Authonomy forum days and we seem to have followed each other around the forums over the years.

For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.


I've lost so many friends and contacts over the years with author forum sites closing down or not taking off and each time the numbers diminish as members fragment to different sites.


 :grouphug:
I still miss authonomy. The community there was pretty tight. Welcome, DEcon!


Hi Mark. welcome also. Yeah, I miss authonomy, but not the forum chaos.  :Tup3a:
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Ronn Munsterman on September 29, 2018, 06:44:46 AM
Popping in to say "hello." Been around the other forum almost five years.


Thank you Timothy Ellis for setting this up.
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on October 08, 2018, 03:23:11 PM
We passed the 10,000 posts milestone while I wasn't looking.

 :banana: :dance: :banana: :ws
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on October 08, 2018, 03:25:51 PM
Latest member is #760, BigSlimJim.    :band:
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: Morgan Worth on October 08, 2018, 04:57:46 PM
This is so encouraging! I was just staring at my screen in horror and dismay when everything went down at Kboards. I feel like I'm regaining my balance, seeing this forum up, running, and growing. I didn't post much, but lurked on Kboards since 2011.
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on October 08, 2018, 05:20:04 PM
Welcome, Morgan.   :mhk9U91:
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: Post-Doctorate D on October 09, 2018, 11:16:57 AM
The sad thing is that 8% of the forum posts are mine.   :icon_think:
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on October 09, 2018, 11:34:29 AM
The sad thing is that 8% of the forum posts are mine.   :icon_think:


(https://i.imgur.com/lnuCqKt.jpg)


 :icon_mrgreen: :dance:
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: Mark Gardner on October 09, 2018, 10:56:35 PM
The sad thing is that 8% of the forum posts are mine.   :icon_think:
Just wait until November... I've got something planned for you... *sinister laugh*
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: Post-Doctorate D on October 10, 2018, 12:09:47 AM
The sad thing is that 8% of the forum posts are mine.   :icon_think:
Just wait until November... I've got something planned for you... *sinister laugh*

 :icon_think:




 :haironfire
Title: Re: 700+ members! And 10,000+ posts!
Post by: Morgan Worth on October 10, 2018, 01:49:51 AM
Welcome, Morgan.   :mhk9U91:

Thanks, Jeff!
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on October 21, 2018, 12:00:06 AM
We passed the 15,000 posts mark a short time ago.

Also 800 active members.

 :clap:
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Jan Hurst-Nicholson on October 21, 2018, 12:22:01 AM
We passed the 15,000 posts mark a short time ago.

Also 800 active members.

 :clap:

So it is true - writers will do anything to put off actually writing  :icon_lol2:
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Simon Haynes on October 21, 2018, 12:27:07 AM
I'd love to see a table of prolific posters vs daily/weekly fiction wordcount ;-)  Not being snarky in the slightest, I just like data.

I was shocked to see how many posts I've made, and I was trying to figure out how much more fiction I'd have written if I deleted the URL from my bookmarks.

Not going to happen. I spend far more time watching streaming TV than posting here, so that would get the cut first.

Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Simon Haynes on October 21, 2018, 12:28:17 AM
Hah - just saw my profile id is #6.  Clearly I'm a prisoner here.

Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on October 21, 2018, 12:32:50 AM
 :banana:
:police: Hah - just saw my profile id is #6.  Clearly I'm a prisoner here. :police:
:banana:
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Al Macy (aka TromboneAl) on October 21, 2018, 12:47:23 AM
... and each time the numbers diminish as members fragment to different sites.

I wish there were a solution to that. Today I wanted to review a thread on new releases, and I can't remember whether it's on Kboards or here. I will have to search both forums.
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on October 21, 2018, 12:50:29 AM
Today I wanted to review a thread on new releases

Damned good idea!  :littleclap
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Tonyonline on October 21, 2018, 01:41:25 AM
ETA: For example, if you hover the mouse cursor over my name in my profile, you'll see a "33" at the end of the link.  I'm member #33. 

 :icon_think:...All I see when I do that is a little box that says view the profile of...
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on October 21, 2018, 02:10:04 AM
ETA: For example, if you hover the mouse cursor over my name in my profile, you'll see a "33" at the end of the link.  I'm member #33. 

 :icon_think:...All I see when I do that is a little box that says view the profile of...

On your last post, mouse over your name top left, and look at the url displayed absolute bottom left of the browser window. the number at the end is yours.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Tonyonline on October 21, 2018, 03:23:17 AM
On your last post, mouse over your name top left, and look at the url displayed absolute bottom left of the browser window.

It would have been if I had ((Show status bar)) switched on :icon_rolleyes:, I think it's going to annoy me so I'll be switching it of now, but thanks...I'm no:49.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: WasAnn on October 21, 2018, 03:43:01 AM
ETA: For example, if you hover the mouse cursor over my name in my profile, you'll see a "33" at the end of the link.  I'm member #33. 

 :icon_think:...All I see when I do that is a little box that says view the profile of...


On your last post, mouse over your name top left, and look at the url displayed absolute bottom left of the browser window. the number at the end is yours.

Wow! I didn't know that. I'm number 45!
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Post-Doctorate D on October 21, 2018, 03:56:06 AM
Wow! I didn't know that. I'm number 45!

But I assume since sstreet (https://writersanctum.com/index.php?action=profile;u=42) is #42, she's the one with all the answers.
Title: Re: 548 members! And 5000+ posts!
Post by: Ghost5 on October 21, 2018, 05:00:35 AM
Wow! I didn't know that. I'm number 45!

But I assume since sstreet (https://writersanctum.com/index.php?action=profile;u=42) is #42, she's the one with all the answers.

  :littleclap :littleclap :littleclap
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: RappaDizzy on October 21, 2018, 10:06:53 AM
I can’t wait until there are like a million members and anyone with a two-digit member number can sell it for big bucks like they do with license plates  :banana:
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Simon Haynes on October 21, 2018, 12:38:27 PM
I can’t wait until there are like a million members and anyone with a two-digit member number can sell it for big bucks like they do with license plates  :banana:

Hey, single digit here. I don't need to work any more!
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Tom Wood on October 21, 2018, 01:00:04 PM
I can’t wait until there are like a million members and anyone with a two-digit member number can sell it for big bucks like they do with license plates  :banana:

Dang! This is what I get for ignoring 'that other place' for extended periods of time!

555 has a nice ring to it though. You can haz it for a starting bid at 55555 gazillion credits!
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Post-Doctorate D on October 23, 2018, 05:21:32 AM
Today, there was a high of 501 users online!

But . . .

Quote
Most Online Today: 61. Most Online Ever: 501 (Today at 01:35:38 AM)
:icon_think:
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on October 23, 2018, 05:24:01 AM
Today, there was a high of 501 users online!

But . . .

Quote
Most Online Today: 61. Most Online Ever: 501 (Today at 01:35:38 AM)
:icon_think:


It's the magic of time zones.  Don't ask me to explain it.  I'm not a time sorcerer.
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Pandorra on October 23, 2018, 06:29:11 AM
 :clap: :goodpost: :catrun

Maybe we just talk to much .. lol
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Al Macy (aka TromboneAl) on October 24, 2018, 11:58:39 PM
A Quick and Dirty Comparison

Recently I posted the exact same question on both forums.

On KBoards, I got 135 views and 0 replies.
Here on WS, I got 127 views and 6 replies.

That result is just one data point, and subject to chance, but it suggests that despite fewer members, WS is more enthusiastic.
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 15,000+ posts!
Post by: Vijaya on October 25, 2018, 12:43:22 AM
I turned in a book last night so feel extra good about procrastinating here :) Then I'm going to finish a book so I don't have to pay a library fine.
Now to see my # … and it's 70. Thanks to Tim and all you all who make this a great place to  :cheers
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 20,000+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on November 06, 2018, 01:22:11 AM
We just passed 20,000 posts.

 :clap:
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 20,000+ posts!
Post by: Robin on November 06, 2018, 02:22:11 AM
Amazing  :catrun
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 20,000+ posts!
Post by: Pandorra on November 06, 2018, 02:25:55 AM
 :banana: :ws
Title: Re: 800+ members! And 20,000+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on November 22, 2018, 06:28:48 PM
Latest member to join is #999, Picky Cat Editing.

Who will be #1000?   :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: Vijaya on November 22, 2018, 11:45:00 PM
We have Sleeping Cat too! We need a Grumpy Cat next.
Title: Re: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: Fee on November 23, 2018, 12:39:14 AM
We have Sleeping Cat too! We need a Grumpy Cat next.

I have one at home, but his typing is even worse than mine  :hehe
Title: Re: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: The Doctor on November 23, 2018, 05:11:13 AM
Ooh, I'm no. 39 on here. And I'm usually unfashionably late to join things.
Title: Re: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: RappaDizzy on November 29, 2018, 01:57:31 AM
Congratulations to everyone and all the yakety-yak-yaking (tribute to Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) going on. Nice to see all the discussions, exchange of information,, and encouragement going on. The forum is building nicely.
(http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/funny/2/woohoo-dancing-banana-smiley-emoticon.gif) (http://www.sherv.net/)
Title: Re: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: VisitasKeat on November 29, 2018, 02:38:00 AM
What I like the most about this forum is how it was founded, all the wonderful arguments around the ethics of the revised terms and conditions.  :clap: :tup3b :Tup2: That thread at the parent forum defines the sensitivities of those who are present here.

I don't judge a forum by membership count or total posts but rather by the sensitivities they display as it turned out with that epic thread.

Nobody would have imagined these things would happen this year.

Hope 2019 becomes a big year for this recently founded forum. :cheers

Title: Re: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: A. N. Onymous on November 30, 2018, 11:19:54 AM
Lucky #7 here. Timothy, how the blazes do you end up being #3 on your own site? Who is numero uno if not you?
Title: Re: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: Jeff Tanyard on November 30, 2018, 12:15:32 PM
Lucky #7 here. Timothy, how the blazes do you end up being #3 on your own site? Who is numero uno if not you?


Profile #2 is OrbitalNuke, which, if I recall correctly, Timothy has already said is one of his alternate accounts.  Profile #1 returns an error message when I try to put it into the URL field of my browser, so I guess that's the "super administrator" account, or whatever the software's equivalent is.
Title: Re: 900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!
Post by: TimothyEllis on November 30, 2018, 12:34:35 PM
Lucky #7 here. Timothy, how the blazes do you end up being #3 on your own site? Who is numero uno if not you?


Profile #2 is OrbitalNuke, which, if I recall correctly, Timothy has already said is one of his alternate accounts.  Profile #1 returns an error message when I try to put it into the URL field of my browser, so I guess that's the "super administrator" account, or whatever the software's equivalent is.

That sounds about right. Originally I wasn't going to admin off my own name, but it happened anyway on about the 2nd reload. OrbitalNuke is my moderator account, which I use for checking how the forum looks to the mods. Forum_scout is my member level account so I can see what the members see. But that one was created much later.