how big is GW in comparison to other forums?

[immhotep]

GW's stats are:

threads: 16,040
posts:754,725
members: 11,027

how big is it in comparison to other forums, it is big im assuming?

also what is the largest forum?

[Qasim]

Its the biggest SG forum

But in terms of all forums some have 50,000 members

[Kinky for Governor]

As I understand it it's not the size of the forum that matters but how well it's used.

At least that's what I'm told. Regularly.

[prion]

As I understand it it's not the size of the forum that matters but how well it's used.

At least that's what I'm told. Regularly.

Yeah, it's like the old quote, "size dosen't matter." You can have a small list or board, with perhaps a few dozen folk on it, but get the best and most meaningful conversations out of it, or a board with literally thousands, and have to crawl through a gazillion 'me too' posts to find anything relevant.

One thing I like about mailing lists is the lack of signature lines. Well, you get them but not with a ton of graphics as Yahoo strips 'em out. There are times that I will avoid threads on GW just due to the overwhelming repetition of the same graphics over and over again (and also, too many 'me too' posts).

However, I'd say that 'ship' lists in most fandoms tend to be very prolific, although when the ship ends, the lists peeter out.

[immhotep]

i still want to know on a sclae of 1/10 how big Gw is, yeah size doesnt matter but its still important incomparing forums( an argument ive been having with a friend needs clearing up)

[ShadowMaat]

Well, comparing the relative sizes of various forums could, for instance, show whether or not the bugginess that has been plaguing Gateworld for months is also symptomatic in ALL large forums or if it's something particular to Gateworld. Or to Vbulletin. Or to the types of servers the forum is on. Or if it's just a case of reality asserting itself.

It could also show, as another example, if all large forums eventually devolve into petty little b*tchfests where folks troll, attack each other, and belabor minor points rather than sticking to the subject of a given thread/forum.

Maybe it'll prove that popularity isn't such a grand thing after all.

[Kinky for Governor]

Aaahhh...the old motion of the ocean argument.

With respect to size, I would think that the larger the group, the more diverse the ideas being generated. Whereas a few folks might have reasonably in-depth discussions which are intellectually satisfying ("the 863 ways Sam has secretly professed her love for Jack, listed alphabetically"), a really large group will probably lead to wackier conversations topics being debated ("so who would win if a wraith fought an Ori while travelling IN a wormhole?"). I guess the downside is that you do have to fight your way through a bunch of "Me Too" comments.

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

SG-1 Archive Forum Stats:
273,475 Posts
10,001 members

[Qasim]

If you want big here you go:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/ - Threads: 225,845, Posts: 6,020,347, Members: 65,341

On forums like that they dont have a whos online box as it would be too big

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/index.php - Gaia has 385,651,765 articles posted with 2,537,299 registered users.

http://forums.offtopic.com/ - Threads: 2,033,684, Posts: 42,166,122, Members: 128,377
Active Members in the last 30 days: 36,197

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/ - Threads: 284,736, Posts: 3,243,464, Members: 46,770

See http://www.big-boards.com/ for more info

[NowIWillDestroyAbydos]

If you want big here you go:

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/ - Threads: 225,845, Posts: 6,020,347, Members: 65,341

On forums like that they dont have a whos online box as it would be too big

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/index.php - Gaia has 385,651,765 articles posted with 2,537,299 registered users.

http://forums.offtopic.com/ - Threads: 2,033,684, Posts: 42,166,122, Members: 128,377
Active Members in the last 30 days: 36,197

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/ - Threads: 284,736, Posts: 3,243,464, Members: 46,770

See http://www.big-boards.com/ for more info

holy crap!!!!

[immhotep]

GW in tiny compared to the gaia one! its 'most users ever online' is 3 GW's!

[veneticuss]

As I understand it it's not the size of the forum that matters but how well it's used.

At least that's what I'm told. Regularly.

Well i on the contrary think that size does matter ;]

[GateWorld]

Compared to Stargate forums, I believe we're the largest. Unless you try to compare GW to the official SciFi.com boards, where the membership level is really the sum total of all site memberships for all forums and non-forum features. Or to the Usenet lists, where there is no membership required.

Compared to all forums of any topic online, we're mid-level. Bigger than most, but not a power player by any means.

Darren

[Darkstar]

well iv'e seen the future and people use a micro implant in their heads and have unlimited access to all infomation in the solarsystem anyway GateWorld will by the year 2034 have 789.892.232 members when the series has 2 other spin offs and 6 films and the series makes a come back on some weird little device people have in their homes akin to the hologram but im not too sure on that as the human race then didt seem to have much to say they just watched the TV all day no need for work lets just say when the SG franchise is passed around following the sad passing away of two of the writters and one producer in old age the show does unfortunately go down the hill fast, but hey the human race are zombies so who cares eh?


in case there was any misunderstanding i was making that up but i would be extremely interested to know how long this site remains and how many members it eventually gets because as many may think i think this site is no where near its prime, that is because of the mass storylines and the direction the frnchise could go in in the future.

[sueKay]

(note haven't read the thread...drive-thru post!)

To the best of my knowledge...there's only two forums as big as GW...SG1 Archive and SG1 Database...both of those have 10 000+ members.