How many people post on Datalounge these days?

Do you think I’m Muriel?

Muriel’s dead

No boards on boards!

I'll be here until the lights go out.

Active posters? Between 25 and 50. Readers/lurkers? A couple hundred.

But I love you all.

200+ is winning the poll

I can’t believe that. Maybe DL had 200 + READERS, but the same 41-50 people post threads and respond to threads.

I'm here every day but maybe start a post just once or twice a year and reply only once a month at most.

Why is that r8?

I don't have a lot to talk about I guess

R7 Not really. Something like a total of 45% of those voting think it's less than 30 people left and some of the 30 think it's even fewer.

If all the Datalounge posters were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.

I'd say the neighborhood of 75-300 paid members. The free users/"prime time" people are probably within 1,000 active users. I recently stumbled upon the Mediapolis website and noticed that any major DataLounge references were completely scrubbed. I hope it's not a sign of what's to come...

Ugh, this thread makes me sad. I miss the good old days of DL. Where has everyone gone?

I guarantee nobody misses THAT one.

DL is on the site.

Although, to be a website company, their site is horrid!

But it uses cutting-edge IOWA software!

[quote] Mediapolis creates technology that simplifies the production of high profile, high performance websites. Iowa(TM) by Mediapolis combines customized open code software with industry-standard hardware to create tools and feature modules easily deployed for any project. Since 1994, Mediapolis has used the Iowa(TM) software suite to build more than 100 sites for clients ranging from Fortune 50s to bootstrap startups.

I think it depends on the current headlines. If there is a major celebrity incident, especially a celebrity that is gay adjacent, I know that drives a ton of traffic here. I know I drop in frequently then. Other than that it's mostly routine threads about old whores, recipes, 80s sitcoms and other eldergay centric topics

As a longtime user, I post less and less. Primarily because:

There are too many threads on trivial topics.

Too many threads where one poster is talking to himself and repeat posting.

Too many threads that deteriorate into fights even though it’s anonymous

Probably reflects the grossness or the web in general but Datalounge is becoming increasingly useless even for entertainment purposes.

DL definitely lost 1/2 of their hyper-witty and very intelligent older posters, who were as sharp as tacks. I hope not to heaven , yet, where they all are surely headed! 😇

r20 I also visit here less often because there is still no way quickly sort out topics, definitely don't have time for infinite scrolling to find topics I want to comment on

It's way more than you think.

[quote] DL definitely lost 1/2 of their hyper-witty and very intelligent older posters, who were as sharp as tacks. I hope not to heaven , yet, where they all are surely headed! 😇

Honey, that's where all of us are headed. You and me included.

It has been very slow in the past and then suddenly picked up again. Hope that happens soon.

R20 has summed it up