Usage stats, and foam outcome pt 2

[Undertoad]

New posts per month since the beginning:

January 2001         244
February 2001         268
March 2001         383
April 2001         307
May 2001         451
June 2001         521
July 2001         540
August 2001         546
September 2001         741
October 2001         980
November 2001         956
December 2001         1381
January 2002         2460
February 2002         1219
March 2002         1259
April 2002         1336
May 2002         1664
June 2002         2326
July 2002         1613
August 2002         1549
September 2002         1856
October 2002         2061
November 2002         2466
December 2002         2531
January 2003         2604
February 2003         2164
March 2003         2945
April 2003         3132
May 2003         3323
June 2003         2446
July 2003         2405
August 2003         2984
September 2003         3616
October 2003         3727
November 2003         5469
December 2003         5791
January 2004         4797
February 2004         6148
March 2004         6550
April 2004         6062
May 2004         7313
June 2004         7276
July 2004         6292
August 2004         4185
September 2004         4085
October 2004         5115
November 2004         4539
December 2004         3742
January 2005         4467
February 2005         4813
March 2005         6266
April 2005         5618
May 2005         5743
June 2005         5780
July 2005         5808
August 2005         5899
September 2005         5672
October 2005         6005
November 2005         3740
December 2005         3339
January 2006         5184
February 2006         5201
March 2006         6226
April 2006         10122
May 2006         1918 (partial)

New user registrations per month since the beginning:

January 2001         29
February 2001         10
March 2001         8
April 2001         17
May 2001         19
June 2001         44
July 2001         16
August 2001         22
September 2001         31
October 2001         49
November 2001         23
December 2001         36
January 2002         32
February 2002         15
March 2002         40
April 2002         34
May 2002         51
June 2002         45
July 2002         25
August 2002         29
September 2002         26
October 2002         37
November 2002         35
December 2002         30
January 2003         31
February 2003         32
March 2003         57
April 2003         40
May 2003         52
June 2003         40
July 2003         33
August 2003         32
September 2003         38
October 2003         55
November 2003         76
December 2003         56
January 2004         45
February 2004         83
March 2004         57
April 2004         52
May 2004         54
June 2004         55
July 2004         52
August 2004         67
September 2004         94
October 2004         101
November 2004         97
December 2004         91
January 2005         94
February 2005         75
March 2005         90
April 2005         81
May 2005         81
June 2005         73
July 2005         71
August 2005         101
September 2005         72
October 2005         80
November 2005         58
December 2005         93
January 2006         114
February 2006         74
March 2006         107
April 2006         232
May 2006         53 (partial)

So it looks like there are a whole new set of users after the foam, and new registration remains higher, but posting remains about the same, probably considering (ahem) a few people's time off.

[Ibby]

And one or two of the foam-drawn-in users actually stuck around, too...

[Kagen4o4]

looks like april 2006 was a good month

[Beestie]

I like foam. Do you like foam? Foam is good. You can never have too much foam, I always say.

Hey, anybody here want to talk about foam? There was this one time when...