# SDMB Active Participation Population
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [September 9, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193 "2010-09-09T16:31:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193/21 "2010-09-12T19:19:43Z")
> [@HardlySanguine](#):
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> > [@dzero](#):
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> > soul: so are you saying that we could have a thread where information like this would get posted on a periodic basis? That would be great. I especially like the ‘mod actions’ item.
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> > If the day of the week could be incorporated next to the date, that would also be useful.
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> Is [this](http://mob1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/TheSoulFrostProject/ModLog.png) what you’re seeing? (240×131px). Weird.
Oh god no. When I click on the links (firefox 3.6) I get a very large thumbnail (if you can even call it that). But it is still difficult to read. Then I just click on the image to enlarge. When I mouse over the image, i get a magnifying glass icon with a plus sign.
Would you like me to dl the images and email them to you?
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### Author:  [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193/22 "2010-09-12T19:21:40Z")
> [@dzero](#):
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> soul: so are you saying that we could have a thread where information like this would get posted on a periodic basis? That would be great. I especially like the ‘mod actions’ item.
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> If the day of the week could be incorporated next to the date, that would also be useful.
Not at all. What I’m saying is that the stuff I listed is pretty much what the Admins have to work with. They don’t have the option to incorporate DotW, unless they do it manually. They could, if someone chose to take the time the trouble, post some of the raw data, but there’s more to it than just a quick C&P. And that’s just the raw data. Interpretation of that data is a whole nuther animal.
The Mod Log, Infraction List, and Banned List will never be posted; I only added those to give people some idea of what these mythical lists look like–they’re not scraps of paper covered with scribbles and coffee stains (and chocolate smudges, in at least one case.)
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### Author:  [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193/23 "2010-09-12T19:23:17Z")
> [@dzero](#):
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> > [@HardlySanguine](#):
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> > Is [this](http://mob1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/TheSoulFrostProject/ModLog.png) what you’re seeing? (240×131px). Weird.
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> When I click on the links (firefox 3.6) I get a very large thumbnail (if you can even call it that). But it is still difficult to read. Then I just click on the image to enlarge. When I mouse over the image, i get a magnifying glass icon with a plus sign.
Ah, good. At least it works right for somebody else.
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### Author:  [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193/24 "2010-09-12T19:24:42Z")
You’re such a tease. 😛
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### Author:  [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193/25 "2010-09-12T19:49:06Z")
> [@dzero](#):
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> Would you like me to dl the images and email them to you?
Nah, it’s not that big a deal. 'tis weird, though. Doesn’t work in IE, either.
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### Author:  [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193/26 "2010-09-12T20:13:48Z")
> [@dzero](#):
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> You’re such a tease. 😛
Not really.
Let’s say that you wanted to know how many users have visited the Dope this month.
If you ask nicely; aren’t on anyone’s shitlist; offer chocolate, hookers, and blow; and if there is time, then some helpful Admin might take a couple of seconds to check [the User Activity Statistics](http://s1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/TheSoulFrostProject/?action=view¤t=Tease01.png), then post something like this:
> [@](#):
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> September 01, 2010 12
> September 02, 2010 6
> September 04, 2010 7
> September 05, 2010 7
> September 07, 2010 12
> September 08, 2010 9
> September 09, 2010 14
> September 10, 2010 14
> September 11, 2010 10
Thirty seconds. Maybe forty-five.
But to clean it up, format it, add days of the week, totals, and breakdowns of Charter Members and Guests would turn it into an hour-long job.
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### Author:  [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193/27 "2010-09-12T21:42:40Z")
Hmmm. SDMB stats on one hand and chocolate, hookers, and blow on the other.
Decisions, decisions.
I’m sorry Monty. I’ve got to go with the chocolate, hookers, and blow. 😃 🆒
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### Author:  [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-active-participation-population/553193/28 "2010-09-12T21:45:03Z")
> [@dzero](#):
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> Hmmm. SDMB stats on one hand and chocolate, hookers, and blow on the other.
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> Decisions, decisions.
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> I’m sorry Monty. I’ve got to go with the chocolate, hookers, and blow. 😃 🆒
Don’t forget Peter’s raincoat.
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