View Poll Results: Forum 'Measures of Success' ranking - read the OP and choose your top five please

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  • Number of members

    9 27.27%
  • Number of posts

    7 21.21%
  • Ratio of number of members to the number of posts

    8 24.24%
  • Quality of posts

    31 93.94%
  • Number of returning visitors

    22 66.67%
  • Search engine results

    5 15.15%
  • Advertising revenue

    2 6.06%
  • Variety of content

    19 57.58%
  • Amount of advice given by you personally

    4 12.12%
  • Increase in your personal knowledge

    27 81.82%
  • Conversion to 'the cause'

    4 12.12%
  • Low number of management interventions

    8 24.24%
  • Something not on this list (please post your thoughts)

    3 9.09%
  • A friendly environment

    21 63.64%
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Thread: Measures of Success

  1. #51
    Join Date: Jan 2008

    Location: Norfolk, UK

    Posts: 6,209
    I'm BigBobJoylove.

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    Well, being an administrator I voted slightly differently to the current top votes, what is important to the running of the site from an admin point of view differs from a user's perspective of course.

    My votes are as thus (in no particular order):

    Quality of posts
    Number of returning visitors
    Search engine results
    Low number of management interventions
    Ratio of number of members to the number of posts

    Ben Duncan mains conditioner
    2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
    Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
    XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
    RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
    Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
    Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
    QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
    Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
    Atacama SE24 stands

  2. #52
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK

    Posts: 16,937
    I'm ChrisB.

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    I've not checked by this for a while & I see that no-one else has either since I was last here!

    30 responses & pretty much what I though would be the results. But there have been a lot of new members over the last few weeks- it would be great if they were chalking up their thoughts here too.

  3. #53
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK

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    I was re-reading this thread again today & pondering on Barry's statistical gymnastics as well as other peoples comments about 'active' members.

    For example:
    QUOTE: Stratmangler -
    My initial thought on the membership number reaching 2000 is "so what ?".

    So as not to get carried away with the numbers, it needs to be tempered with a at least a couple of questions.

    1 - How many members have been active have been active here in the last 3 months ?

    2 - Does this number (2000) include persons banned from having further say here (and there are quite a lot of them) ?

    So I had a bit of a poke round in the list of members & found something that rather surprised me.
    At the moment, there are 2288 registered members, but 1301 of them have never made a single contribution! This kind of makes Chris' comments above rather relevant, I think. This makes the number of people who have ever been active, only 987, and those who are currently active would be a lot lower, of course. However, I don't think any of us would see this as a Measure of Failure

  4. #54
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: Bristol, UK

    Posts: 9,962
    I'm Nick.

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    889 members have been active in the last 3 months.
    389 members have posted in the last 3 months.
    1010 members have posted at least once.
    13 users have been banned with 3+ posts (this number ignores spammers who generally get the boot after 2 or fewer posts).
    Nick
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  5. #55
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK

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    I'm ChrisB.

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    Aaah! You get to see the juicy stuff!
    One more number: 30 members have voted in the poll above.

  6. #56
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: U.S.A. Neo-Socialist Kalifornski

    Posts: 3,262

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    One thing that might give ths forum a shot in the arm is the ability for each member to contribute a little money through pay pal ect...
    In that as contributeing members we can make some improvements all can enjoy.
    Mabey a contribute button at the top.

    As a former member of a larger site from which I am proud to have been banned for life.
    The moderators had no sence of humor and something like the 3 words daily thread would have been locked out after the first post.I was always in troubble for makeing jokes about my nemisus (cats).My last infraction was my post to a thread called crap this thread. It was a youtube link to a guy trapped in an elevator with explosive diareia.

    I like that people here can rib each other a little like family and there are rarely any hard feelings,as it's all just in good fun.

    I would like the AOS to grow into a world wide forum with it's roots in audio and music but it's charm is in the sub forums like abstract chat. And the open fun way people get to know one another.I feel this forum is going to out grow any single topic due to the light handed freindly moderation. It makes this a really fun place to exchange thoughts,Ideas a little freindly banter,Hell! we even have a jokes and funnys thread!

    The Success of this forum will not need speculation, It will continue to grow in all areas till it's success becomes self evedant.
    I belive we are headed down the right road and as we move forward others will hitch up for the ride.
    Last edited by goraman; 02-05-2010 at 17:25.
    Jeff :UBERTHREADKILLER

  7. #57
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: Bristol, UK

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    Quote Originally Posted by goraman View Post
    My last infraction was my post to a thread called crap this thread. It was a youtube link to a guy trapped in an elevator with explosive diareia.
    That has got to be the definition of toilet humour! Thanks Jeff. And thanks for your comments about the forum; we're pretty young by most measures and still have a lot of growing to do. Money isn't a problem at the moment - the Google Ads cover costs though a few others have also suggested the donation idea and we will bear it in mind for the future...
    Nick
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  8. #58
    Join Date: Dec 2008

    Location: Yorks

    Posts: 16,643
    I'm Nobody.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goraman View Post
    One thing that might give ths forum a shot in the arm is the ability for each member to contribute a little money through pay pal ect...
    Doubt that will happen

  9. #59
    Join Date: Jan 2008

    Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK

    Posts: 110,012
    I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.

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    Chaps,

    Here's another statistic: 36 dafties are currently lying in limbo 'awaiting moderation', having been sussed as trolls/spammers, and therefore have not been authorised by me to contribute

    Nick's stats are rather telling and show that we're doing ok!

    Jeff,

    Superb post. What you've written is *precisely* the feeling we try to engender amongst our members, so it's satisfying that you've 'got' exactly what we set out to create - top man!

    Marco.
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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

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  10. #60
    Join Date: Jan 2008

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
    Doubt that will happen
    S'ok, we're investing the money you earn from sellin' yer bod around Rotherham every weekend to sex-starved OAPs!

    Marco.
    Main System

    Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.

    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

    Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.

    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


    Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

    Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!


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