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[Learned Hand]

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This thread was interesting because it resulted in a quick fix to this part of the site. The issue was quickly resolved and the text amended, so it now reads as follows:

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And this is a very fascinating statistic. First, let's look at the fact that 94.5% of the people browsing Something Awful have accounts. Less than 6% of the site's visitors are just dropping by to look at something. Let's compare that to this site, as of this moment:

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31% of this site's current traffic are actively logged in, by comparison. Many, many more are lurking without accounts or are browsing something interesting that they happened upon.

When looking at this we should also take note of another statistic. Something Awful shows 4,284 users browsing in the above screenshot taken minutes ago; this site shows 4,140 users browsing, also as of minutes ago. KF's traffic is somewhat inflated due to that it has a separate category for robots browsing, but I am fairly certain that SA's traffic is as well; SA just does not distinguish between the two.

Shortly put, the Kiwi Farms gets almost as much traffic as Something Awful at this point. And it probably gets more traffic a lot of the time. In terms of people visiting, the Kiwi Farms may be overtaking Something Awful.

This is a great post, and raises some interesting questions. I know from memory that SA users around 2015 used to be 12,000+ logged in or more at one time. I also believe (and could be wrong) that the user count in SA reflects *all accounts logged in* and not necessarily active. Someone told me at one point that SA doesn't distinguish an account actively browsing versus one which is not, since they honestly have no way of knowing that on their back end.

 

[Leonard Helplessness]

This is a great post, and raises some interesting questions. I know from memory that SA users around 2015 used to be 12,000+ logged in or more at one time. I also believe (and could be wrong) that the user count in SA reflects *all accounts logged in* and not necessarily active. Someone told me at one point that SA doesn't distinguish an account actively browsing versus one which is not, since they honestly have no way of knowing that on their back end.

I heard somewhere that it was based on the last 15 minutes’ activity, though I could be misremembering. It definitely is on this site.

 

[Ghostse]

He also said that the fastest growing demographic and iirc majority of the userbase is left leaning women.

"women"

 

[The Grognard]

This is a great post, and raises some interesting questions. I know from memory that SA users around 2015 used to be 12,000+ logged in or more at one time. I also believe (and could be wrong) that the user count in SA reflects *all accounts logged in* and not necessarily active. Someone told me at one point that SA doesn't distinguish an account actively browsing versus one which is not, since they honestly have no way of knowing that on their back end.

The last time I saw 10K+ numbers regularily was during the heyday of LF and LP, around 2010ish. The site actually did try to attract people of different kinds back then, not just the Troon phenotype of fat fuckyoudadist man who somehow always manages to look like a child molester.

 

[Donovan the Man]

"women"

Nah, I believe it. The Lolcow Salon gets an influx of confused women who believe KF is like their gossip sites and act like total spergs.

 

[UtadaWasabi2]

Nah, I believe it. The Lolcow Salon gets an influx of confused women who believe KF is like their gossip sites and act like total spergs.

But I thought KF is the gossip site.

 

[Donovan the Man]

But I thought KF is the gossip site.

It’s nothing like the gossip sites women go to. If you call a beauty guru an idiot you have to write dissertation on how you know more about competitive cake decoration than James Charles does and how you spent years as a double amputee who lost 200 pounds and has a dead father. Otherwise your opinion is discarded. Power leveling is the culture in lady spaces.

 

[Leonard Helplessness]

"women"

The relevant line from that post:

Our current user growth is mostly women, out of college, and who are socially center-left. This is not the demographic associated with "far-right neo-nazi websites", but it is the demographic currently the most fucked with by trannies in positions of power - just like the one Aimee Challenor is in.

 

[spinal gas chamber]

The front page that hasn't been updated in nearly a year.

This guy didn’t get the joke.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

He also said that the fastest growing demographic and iirc majority of the userbase is left leaning women.

Maybe Null should create a "Dog Fucking Affectionado" forum as a containment section for them?

 

[X Prime]

He also said that the fastest growing demographic and iirc majority of the userbase is left leaning women.

God help us if they become global mods.

We really don't need Ozma: KF Edition.

 

[Ebonic Tutor]

God help us if they become global mods.

We really don't need Ozma: KF Edition.

LOL I was just telling somebody the other day that we were approaching the cat lady phase of KF's transformation into SA.

 

[Humble Shitpost Merchant]

I think its more accurate to say SA has degraded below KWF. Interesting analysis, I'm wondering what they broke fixing that.

If Similarweb is trustworthy (and I have no idea), KF has been ahead of SA since the New Zealand shootings.

On the other hand, Alexa rankings ranks SA at #31,934 while KF is #73,848, so who the hell knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

What I do find interesting though, is that both sites have SA doing significantly worse compared to a lot of its equally antiquated contemporaries. Even Ebaumsworld is apparently better trafficked. It's about neck and neck with Neogaf post Malka getting MeToo'd.

 

[spinal gas chamber]

LOL I was just telling somebody the other day that we were approaching the cat lady phase of KF's transformation into SA.

Please don’t generalize gender. It’s cat-xady.

 

[MidUSA]

It's because people come here because they think we're a forum version of pol or a bunch of weeb degenerates.

That last one's true at least. As late as yesterday I couldn't find a single user without an anime avatar.

 

[Leonard Helplessness]

It appears that Something Awful goons have buyer's remorse. Though granted, a great deal of C-SPAM was NoJoe.

please daddy mods stop me from posting cuff my hands so i can't post anymore i'm going insane and hurting myself with my forum posts

Jeffrey of YOSPOS is in hot water again. Rectal Death Adept has identified an anti-CSPAM conspiracy.

Fluffdaddy, however, is quick to remind people that discussing the conspiracy is unfunny and thus forbidden. He also alludes to a post-reporting war between D&D and C-SPAM.

And he threatens to FYAD the entire subforum if people don't fall into line.

Jeffrey of YOSPOS goes on the offensive with a massive rant about how he's a leftist and has banned all conservative thought but is afraid to ban liberal thought even though leftists are clamoring for it because that might ruin the future of leftism.

Many people also lament the sudden departure of Majorian, who posted a banme. Jeffrey is apparently emailing him and begging him to come back.

Jeffrey also doesn't want leftists hurting the precious feelings of the poor liberals on the site; that might complicate radicalizing them.

Rectal Death Adept is getting in as many digs as he can against the staff, for not letting him scream at liberals enough. This isn't even one of the posts when he was like "oh yeah the mods keep turning out to be pedophiles JUST SAYING"

And then when Fluffdaddy gets the chance, he seizes it:

And life goes on in C-SPAM. There's a huge, whiny QCS thread now about wanting people to only be allowed to report posts if they've posted in a thread, so D&D goons will stop bullying the C-SPAM posters.

 

[FunPosting101]

LOL I was just telling somebody the other day that we were approaching the cat lady phase of KF's transformation into SA.

Meh, so long as they stay in the lolcow salon I doubt they'll change much, this place doesn't have the same sort of site-wide culture that SA does. Nor is it anywhere near as incompetently run. That said, if Null starts charging money for accounts and not just some silly supporter sticker thing then I'm going back to 4chan. Also Jannies are rightly despised here with rare exception and nobody fucking worships them like they used(Do they still do this, or did the SoSe doxxes finally make them stop?)to on SA.

 

[White Devil]

That said, if Null starts charging money for accounts and not just some silly supporter sticker thing then I'm going back to 4chan.

Let me know when he finds a payment processor that won't curb his ass, because you're not going to get thousands of forum posters learning how to use autism coin just to post here.

 

[Internet_Loner]

I hated SA from day one when I read some of their shitty insulting comedy reviews of other websites, then they had the audacity to wanna charge money for using their degenerate forums.

 

[Ghostse]

It appears that Something Awful goons have buyer's remorse. Though granted, a great deal of C-SPAM was NoJoe.

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please daddy mods stop me from posting cuff my hands so i can't post anymore i'm going insane and hurting myself with my forum posts

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Jeffrey of YOSPOS is in hot water again. Rectal Death Adept has identified an anti-CSPAM conspiracy.

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Fluffdaddy, however, is quick to remind people that discussing the conspiracy is unfunny and thus forbidden. He also alludes to a post-reporting war between D&D and C-SPAM.

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And he threatens to FYAD the entire subforum if people don't fall into line.

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Jeffrey of YOSPOS goes on the offensive with a massive rant about how he's a leftist and has banned all conservative thought but is afraid to ban liberal thought even though leftists are clamoring for it because that might ruin the future of leftism.

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Many people also lament the sudden departure of Majorian, who posted a banme. Jeffrey is apparently emailing him and begging him to come back.

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Jeffrey also doesn't want leftists hurting the precious feelings of the poor liberals on the site; that might complicate radicalizing them.

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Rectal Death Adept is getting in as many digs as he can against the staff, for not letting him scream at liberals enough. This isn't even one of the posts when he was like "oh yeah the mods keep turning out to be pedophiles JUST SAYING"

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And then when Fluffdaddy gets the chance, he seizes it:

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And life goes on in C-SPAM. There's a huge, whiny QCS thread now about wanting people to only be allowed to report posts if they've posted in a thread, so D&D goons will stop bullying the C-SPAM posters.

Now do a post that maybe injecting teenagers with horsepiss isn't the best idea ever and see how long you last.