Now 600 members

[somebody]

RAILBoT has reached 600 members!

[Stillwater]

It would be good to see more people posting.

[ozbob]

We have around 40,000 - 50,000 hits a day, a lot of folks just prefer to read and offer feedback by other means.  That is fine by me  

Welcome one and all!

[Monster]

We have around 40,000 - 50,000 hits a day, a lot of folks just prefer to read and offer feedback by other means.  That is fine by me  

Welcome one and all!

Thanks Bob, long time reader, first time poster. 

Keep up the good work with RBOT, I really think the great work done via this forum has put PT issues in SEQ (especially) firmly in the forefront of people's minds. Plus it's it a great way to see so many differing opinions and "lively" discussion over the PT issues faced by us all.

[ozbob]

Welcome Monster!  Thanks for your comments, Glad you are around.

:bi

[Stillwater]

How long did it take to grow from 500 to 600?   Is the rate of growth increasing over time?

[ozbob]

If you click on the [More Stats]  on the bottom of the main index page in the Forum Stats section for the forum you can see all the statistics including memberships and how they build in time.

Direct link --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?action=stats

[Jonas Jade]

What happened in June 2011 to get so many new members at once?

[ozbob]

What happened in June 2011 to get so many new members at once?

Spam robot attack (global), since sorted.  Memberships listed there are the number who have applied to register, apart from June 2011 the rest are basically correct, odd spam bot.
Spam bots are the curse of the net.

The actual membership is presently 600.  Spam bots don't actually get registered.

[Jonas Jade]

What happened in June 2011 to get so many new members at once?

Spam robot attack (global), since sorted.  Memberships listed there are the number who have applied to register, apart from June 2011 the rest are basically correct, odd spam bot.
Spam bots are the curse of the net.

The actual membership is presently 600.  Spam bots don't actually get registered.

Ah that makes more sense!

I was racking my brain trying to think of some big transport event that would've caused an increased membership.... lol

[SurfRail]

New Sector 1 timetables implemented around then as well.

[Mr X]

Arrival of certain members ( ) due to media exposure of RBOT
I once had a look at this site back when it was smaller but never joined until last year.