1000 [& counting, 2k+] F4F/FF members!

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gorgi

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Posted 1308590711	Reply with quote #1

A big special "welcome" to our 1000 th F4F/FF member (NJ!) gu2high __________________ George, NJ_z7a.

go4broek

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Posted 1308593808	Reply with quote #2

Jersey's in da house! Represent!! lol __________________ Ruben Cibolo, TX/Zone 8b Wish List: Dalmatie, Italian 258, Martin's Unknown (not the Italian), CdD-N, NdC, Signora, Latarolla, Stella! Check out my online journal @ http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/vbc/go4broek/83546/

saramc

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Posted 1308615225	Reply with quote #3

Jersey is the Garden State, is it not? Anyway welcome. 1000...woo hoo!! __________________ ~Sara~ Suburb near Louisville, KY//zone 5b-6b

Dieseler

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Posted 1308615446	Reply with quote #4

Yes congrats to # 1000 ! Forum sure has come a long way with the amount of members from all over the world in short time. Also many thanks once again to Jon in Paradise and his work involved . ; )

gorgi

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Posted 1309016151	Reply with quote #5

gu2high, Please introduce yourself [e.g., briefly, state your fig interest/experience] ... who knows ... you may have won some (little) present(s) ?! __________________ George, NJ_z7a.

rafed

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Posted 1309130005	Reply with quote #6

George, I know you Whole Hearted welcome this new member. But to your and our disappointment it did not quite work out the way we all would have like to. 1000 members is a Milestone. But I think the credit belongs to Jon. Need I say more? O.K., On the count of 1,2,3! Hip Hip Hurray, Hip Hip Hurray

gorgi

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Posted 1351254322	Reply with quote #7

Today, we reached the 2000 mark. Welcome billy3213. __________________ George, NJ_z7a.

bullet08

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Posted 1351258307	Reply with quote #8

wow.. 2000 members. i guess people are finding out figs are easy to grow and taste amazing. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

MichaelTucson

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Posted 1351276256	Reply with quote #9

A few stats that may be of some passing interest: I looked at the first 200 members listed alphabetically, and found: 92 of those 200 have signed in at least once in 2012. (46%). Some percentage of those only once, right around the date they registered. 46 of the 92 (50%, or 23% of the total) have posted at least once at some point since they registered. (Not necessarily posted in 2012, just at least once since they've registered). So, if those percentages hold up for the entire set of 2000, that would suggest that around 920 of our 2000 members have logged in at least once in 2012. (It's lower if you discount the ones who logged in only once, on the date they registered). around 460 of those 920 have posted at least once at some point since they registered. All in all, that's a pretty high level of participation. Keep in mind that it'd be overstating it a bit to say we've got 460 "actively participating members". That'd be around 23% of the total that ever registered. But to find "actively participating members", you'd probably want to discount people who signed in only once (on the date they registered), and you'd probably also want to adjust the numbers for the recent growth curve (which appears to have steepened in the past 12 months). And further, you'd probably want to use a window of less than 10 months (we're about 10 months into 2012 already)... ESPECIALLY since such a high percentage of the 2000 have actually first registered within that 10 month window. A 2 or 3 month window probably makes more sense to figure out "active" participation. It'd take more analysis to really estimate the number/percentage that you'd want to consider "actively participating". But if you estimate that at still around 15 - 20%, that's really a VERY HIGH percentage of members participating. The numbers I found in this little exercise are considerably higher than I was expecting to find... usually for hobbyist membership sites the number active is more like 5 - 8%. I guess fig fanatics really are dedicated! (at least comparatively). Mike central NY state, zone 5 p.s. We also seem to have a good number of unregistered "viewers". I don't have the web traffic logs to do any analysis of that, looking for repeat IP's or anything like that, but just from the informal data that Jon shows at the bottom of the forums listing page, it usually appears that there are quite a few unregistered people visiting the site (maybe 4 to 1 on average?). Some number of those people are undoubtedly repeat visitors too... part of the "active readers" category. __________________ Pauca sed matura.

pitangadiego

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Posted 1351279322	Reply with quote #10

I get a lot of notes from people registering that say that have been lurking, or reading, or dropping in for quite some time before they finally join. __________________ Encanto Farms Nursery http://encantofarms.com http://figs4fun.com http://webebananas.com "pitangadiego" everywhere

MichaelTucson

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Posted 1351279901	Reply with quote #11

I'm not surprised at that pattern Jon... I did that too :-) Obviously it's a growing and active community here. The percentages I saw in that quick snapshot surprised me... it's really a very high percentage that seem "active" for a web site. I'm real glad you got it going Jon :-) Mike central NY state, zone 5 __________________ Pauca sed matura.

mgginva

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Posted 1351293810	Reply with quote #12

Rafed, Classy as usual. thx, mgg __________________ Michael in Virginia (zone 7a) Wish list: Perretta,

Hortstu

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Posted 1351294485	Reply with quote #13

Quote: Originally Posted by pitangadiego I get a lot of notes from people registering that say that have been lurking, or reading, or dropping in for quite some time before they finally join. Ive been lurking for over a year. I didn't register until I acquired plants. __________________ Mike Zone 7a coastal nj

daveturpin

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Posted 1351362670	Reply with quote #14

Me too Hortstu, I lurked for awhile until I got a few plants, and even once registered, I didn't post anything for a few months. It's probably a very typical pattern, I would guess. __________________ Wish List - Cold Hardy like Florea, Lyndhurst White, Malta Black, Sal G strain, Improved Celeste - or others proven to be pretty hardy.

MichaelTucson

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Posted 1378789851	Reply with quote #15

So, over 3000 members now. Less than 11 months to go from 2000 to 3000. Mike __________________ Pauca sed matura.

gorgi

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Posted 1378796441	Reply with quote #16

OH, I missed the 3000 mark... As of today, we are 3024 strong! __________________ George, NJ_z7a.

ForeverFigs

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Posted 1378815591	Reply with quote #17

Congrats on over 3000 members Jon...great work. __________________ Vince Edison N.J. Zone 6b Wish List: LaRadek's EBT

needaclone

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Posted 1378826303	Reply with quote #18

I can almost hear the fig-terminator who comes back from the future explaining the history of it all: "...Figs4FunForum begins to grow at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th." Jim __________________ Clarksburg, NJ - Zone 6b Wishlist - A wise man recommended: Nero600M . Malta Black . Tacoma (Takoma) Violet . Gino's . Adriatic JH . Vista Mission . Florea . Atreano . ...also...RdB, Bethlehem Black, Negronne, Grise de St. Jean, Livano, Col de Dame Blanc/Gris/Noir, Vasilika Sika, Longue D'Aout, Italian 258, Pennsylvania 6-5000

indestructible87

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Posted 1378832473	Reply with quote #19

All those members and the username "FignRich" still is available... __________________ Travis Pittsburgh, PA

MichaelTucson

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Posted 1406697016	Reply with quote #20

bump. Hey gorgi... 4004 and counting. Mike __________________ Pauca sed matura.

Aaron4USA

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Posted 1406697330	Reply with quote #21

Would be interesting to see who those 1,000th, 2,000th, 3,000th and 4,000th people are. Just curious... Maybe even send them a free baby fig tree...? We need 4 volunteers please :)

elin

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Posted 1406708254	Reply with quote #22

We have to make a thread called i grow 50 varieties 100 and more :) who cares about the noobs... __________________ Eli ,Israel ,Zone 10? Too humid and hot, yada yada yada https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1298814119 Growing: Sbayi, Hmadi, Black Portugal, Black Brazil,Excell, Flanders, Hmari , RDB, Niagra Black,Natalina, CDDN,Maya, Preto Torres, Preto Arge

rcantor

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Posted 1406741479	Reply with quote #23

We were all noobs once __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

OttawanZ5

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Posted 1406746056	Reply with quote #24

Aaron Got an idea. I will watch and re-register after the 4999th member to get that good "one" you are offering for the 5000th member! __________________ Ottawan-Z5a, Canada

Aaron4USA

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Posted 1406756960	Reply with quote #25

I care about the NewBs. I want to treat them as good as well as well as you treated me by sending tons of cuttings. What's good to your standards Akram? Maybe you don't have to wait :)

ForeverFigs

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Posted 1406757625	Reply with quote #26

Congratulations Jon, on the great job you're doing on the F4F Forum....onward to 5,000. __________________ Vince Edison N.J. Zone 6b Wish List: LaRadek's EBT

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