Post number 1,000

[Si Tie]

what sort of numbers did the "dark side" have?

[Johnrgby]

what sort of numbers did the "dark side" have?

293,197 Posts in 9,057 Topics by 15,788 Members. 
Online at 12:58 39 36 guests and 3 users all hidden
And if you believe this Most online ever 391 at 01:24 on 05/08/2020

In reality, take away the Sons of Dross users, and maybe there are 15/20 who occasionally contribute.

[Johnrgby]

Another uninteresting statistic, of the last 100 posts all with the exception of 1 from jand re volcanic activity all have been in the  son of dross section.

[Ducks]

Another uninteresting statistic, of the last 100 posts all with the exception of 1 from jand re volcanic activity all have been in the  son of dross section.

We shouldn't really be surprised. The old forum is no longer fit for purpose.

It's actually very tragic— it was such an amazing source of information and support to us when we were looking to purchase here first some years ago. I know it's helped a lot of other people, and a lot of work was put into it.

The whole thing is a sobering example of how easy it is for a couple of people to spoil a good thing for everyone by being childish. While I don't always agree with the prevailing opinion here, I remain very grateful that disagreements are not allowed to spiral out of control and render the site unusable.

[Si Tie]

Thanks John,

It is sad what happened to the old forum.  The worst part was it was so avoidable.

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

A Christmas update on the stats because we have surpassed 20,000 posts!!!

Posts: 20,043
Threads: 1,497
Members: 592

Most popular forum: Weather in Fuerteventura (2,791 posts, 32 threads)

Most viewed threads:
Active cases of coronavirus COVID-19 in Canary Islands (81,872 views)
Coronavirus in Fuerteventura - Discussion (62,330 views)

Most replied to threads:
Active cases of coronavirus COVID-19 in Canary Islands (509 replies)
Volcanic activity in Canary Islands 2019 (496 replies)
Coronavirus in Fuerteventura - Discussion (478 replies)
Volcanic activity in Canary Islands 2020 (262 replies)

The ones that really stand out for me are the Volcanic activity threads - I would estimate that 99% of the threads are posted by Jand. Thanks Jand, we really appreciate your efforts to keep us informed. 2019 was obviously a busy year on the seismic front and 2020 is keeping you busy as well.

Thanks to everyone who visits the forum, whether just reading, learning or actively contributing. And of course, thanks to Sam who enables it all (don't throw that back Sam!).

I've forgotten to update this thread for nearly 6 months, oops. I've copied in the Dec 2019 figures so you can see the changes.

Posts: 22,081
Threads: 1,656
Members: 741

So, another 2000+ posts
150+ threads
150 odd members (the numbers not the people!)

Not at all bad considering that life in general seems very quiet just now.

Most replied to:
Active cases of coronavirus COVID-19 in Canary Islands (709 replies)

Coronavirus in Fuerteventura - Discussion (501 replies)

Most viewed:
Active cases of coronavirus COVID-19 in Canary Islands (135,268 views)

Coronavirus in Fuerteventura - Discussion (80,265 views)

Most popular forum: 
Weather in Fuerteventura (3,137 posts, 39 threads)

I'd like to add my personal thanks to Captain Sensible who, day in, day out, updates us on the Weather and the COVID stats, along with Events, Football etc etc. 

I took a step back and reread the first few posts in the COVID threads today - what a long way The Canaries and the world has come - in ways good and bad that I don't think we could have envisaged back then!

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Happy Birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday Fuerte.click, happy birthday to us! 

It's the 3rd anniversary of this forum getting off the ground/running blocks! 

What a long way we and it have come, and 99.9% of it without dissent - a big worry in the early days. I think we have proved that a public forum can be polite and sensible while being informative, helpful and fun. It has been a fantastic source of info during the pandemic and a mental health support tool for many - what would we have done without this resource over the last 20 months? Now it is proving it's worth keeping us up to date on the volcanic Events on our sister island, La Palma.

I could pick out a number of people for special mentions for their regular updates on a variety of subjects but I think we, and they, know who they are! My thanks, and I'm sure the thanks of everyone reading this, for their sterling efforts.

My special thanks to Sam, for providing us with this platform and sorting out any bugs as they've occurred. And to all the other Mods who deal with the day to day rubbish such as spammers.

Of course many, many thanks to all the members - without you this would be a pointless exercise. Long may you continue to be members and encourage others to join us. 

Forum Stats as of now:

[Can the Man]

Well said Tamara, and thanks once again to Sam for hosting and facilitating this forum.

[windermeregolfer]

Thanks for the reminder Tamara, time flies by, it only seems like yesterday that we started the forum with the drive from Sam, thanks to all who contribute as it keeps us up to date with what is going on Fuerteventura even when we are back in our other abodes.

[Johnrgby]

Well said Tamara, and thanks once again to Sam for hosting and facilitating this forum.

I second that