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Totally revised version (original quoted at the end of this post)!
This makes adding new data less work
Theymos announced the "Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirements" in post 45810047. This was on Sep 17 06:27 (Dutch time).
Post 44746501 was made 3 weeks (plus 60 minutes) earlier. In 3 weeks (+60 minutes) before the announcement, 1063546 posts were made. On average, in 3 weeks before the announcement, the forum saw 353813 new posts per week. This is the number I'll use to compare results with.
Post 46096455 was made 1 week later.
Post 46376958 was made 2 weeks later.
Post 46636652 was made 3 weeks later.
Post 46900337 was made 4 weeks later.
Post 47140676 was made 5 weeks later.
Post 47380721 was made 6 weeks later.
Post 47600410 was made 7 weeks later.
Post 47818184 was made 8 weeks later.
Post 48033319 was made 9 weeks later.
Post 48232805 was made 10 weeks later.
Post 48410472 was made 11 weeks later.
Post 48569803 was made 12 weeks later.
Post 48714784 was made 13 weeks later.
Post 48854475 was made 14 weeks later.
Post 48978781 was made 15 weeks later.
That means:
My old OP:
This makes adding new data less work
Theymos announced the "Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirements" in post 45810047. This was on Sep 17 06:27 (Dutch time).
Post 44746501 was made 3 weeks (plus 60 minutes) earlier. In 3 weeks (+60 minutes) before the announcement, 1063546 posts were made. On average, in 3 weeks before the announcement, the forum saw 353813 new posts per week. This is the number I'll use to compare results with.
Post 46096455 was made 1 week later.
Post 46376958 was made 2 weeks later.
Post 46636652 was made 3 weeks later.
Post 46900337 was made 4 weeks later.
Post 47140676 was made 5 weeks later.
Post 47380721 was made 6 weeks later.
Post 47600410 was made 7 weeks later.
Post 47818184 was made 8 weeks later.
Post 48033319 was made 9 weeks later.
Post 48232805 was made 10 weeks later.
Post 48410472 was made 11 weeks later.
Post 48569803 was made 12 weeks later.
Post 48714784 was made 13 weeks later.
Post 48854475 was made 14 weeks later.
Post 48978781 was made 15 weeks later.
That means:
- In the first week after the announcement, 286408 posts were made (-19.05%).
- In the second week after the announcement, 280503 posts were made (-20.72%).
- In the third week after the announcement, 259694 posts were made (-26.60%).
- In the fourth week after the announcement, 263685 posts were made (-25.47%).
- In the fifth week after the announcement, 240339 posts were made (-32.07%).
- In the sixth week after the announcement, 240045 posts were made (-32.15%).
- In the seventh week after the announcement, 219689 posts were made (-37.91%).
- In the eighth week after the announcement, 217774 posts were made (-38.45%).
- In the nineth week after the announcement, 215135 posts were made (-39.20%).
- In the tenth week after the announcement, 199486 posts were made (-43.62%).
- In the eleventh week after the announcement, 177677 posts were made (-49.78%).
- In the twelfth week after the announcement, 159331 posts were made (-54.97%).
- In the thirteenth week after the announcement, 144981 posts were made (-59.02%).
- In the fourteenth week after the announcement, 139691 posts were made (-60,52%).
- In the fifteenth week after the announcement, 124306 posts were made (-64,87%).
My old OP:
I was curious:
Theymos announced the "Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirements" in post 45810047. This was on Sep 17 06:27 (Dutch time).
Post 45752895 was made 24 hours earlier, and post 45853867 was made 24 hours later.
Post 45705944 was made 48 hours earlier, post 45894771 was made 48 hours later.
Post 45469471 was made 1 week (plus 7 minutes) earlier, post 46096594 was made 1 week (plus 7 minutes) later.
Post 45113538 was made 2 weeks (plus 19 minutes) earlier, post 46377227 was made 2 weeks (plus 19 minutes) later.
Post 44746501 was made 3 weeks (plus 60 minutes) earlier, post 46637557 was made 3 weeks (plus 60 minutes) later.
That means:
In 48 hours, that's 18.6% less posts.
In 1 week, that's 15.9% less posts.
In 2 weeks, that's 18.6% less posts.
In 3 weeks, that's 22.2% less posts.
When I click Show unread posts since last visit., I can now see some actual real threads again! There is still ANN and BOUNTY pollution, but in between are real topics (I have no boards on ignore on this account).
Update: theymos posted data on the number of posts per day in the past 30 days.
Update: My list of new Merit receivers (including both abusers as well as innocent users): List of demoted Jr. Members who were ranked up again.
Theymos announced the "Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirements" in post 45810047. This was on Sep 17 06:27 (Dutch time).
Post 45752895 was made 24 hours earlier, and post 45853867 was made 24 hours later.
Post 45705944 was made 48 hours earlier, post 45894771 was made 48 hours later.
Post 45469471 was made 1 week (plus 7 minutes) earlier, post 46096594 was made 1 week (plus 7 minutes) later.
Post 45113538 was made 2 weeks (plus 19 minutes) earlier, post 46377227 was made 2 weeks (plus 19 minutes) later.
Post 44746501 was made 3 weeks (plus 60 minutes) earlier, post 46637557 was made 3 weeks (plus 60 minutes) later.
That means:
- In 24 hours before the announcement, 57152 posts were made.
- In 24 hours after the announcement, 43820 posts were made.
- In 48 hours before the announcement, 104103 posts were made.
- In 48 hours after the announcement, 84724 posts were made.
- In 1 week (+7 minutes) before the announcement, 340576 posts were made.
- In 1 week (+7 minutes) after the announcement, 286547 posts were made.
- In 2 weeks (+19 minutes) before the announcement, 696509 posts were made.
- In 2 weeks (+19 minutes) after the announcement, 567180 posts were made.
- In 3 weeks (+60 minutes) before the announcement, 1063546 posts were made.
- In 3 weeks (+60 minutes) after the announcement, 827510 posts were made.
In 48 hours, that's 18.6% less posts.
In 1 week, that's 15.9% less posts.
In 2 weeks, that's 18.6% less posts.
In 3 weeks, that's 22.2% less posts.
When I click Show unread posts since last visit., I can now see some actual real threads again! There is still ANN and BOUNTY pollution, but in between are real topics (I have no boards on ignore on this account).
Update: theymos posted data on the number of posts per day in the past 30 days.
Update: My list of new Merit receivers (including both abusers as well as innocent users): List of demoted Jr. Members who were ranked up again.