Bilbo Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 In a moment of autistic delight, I have collated some statistics relating to the use of this forum, specifically identifying what we, the 4,514 registered members, use it for, assuming that these are the things that matter to us most as a collective. Firstly, we have a list of forums/ subject areas in order of frequency of usage: Forum Number of threads Off Topic 3,341 General Bass Discussion 2,866 Items Wanted 2, 749 For Sale: Amps, Cabs & Effecs 2,567 For Sales: Basses 2,203 Bass Guitars 1,889 Amps & Cabs 1,436 For Sale: Other musically related stuff 1,400 Ebay Links 1,280 Repairs and Technical Issues 1,025 Introductions 831 Effects 798 Gear Porn 717 Miscellaneous Equipment And Accessories 648 Feedback Section 607 Gigs 531 Recording 524 Theory & Technique 296 Bassists Wanted/Available 291 Double Bass 211 Recycling Unwanted Items 195 Basschat Affiliates 194 Build Diaries 178 Site News 132 Basschatter’s Reviews 120 Ask an expert 90 Bass Tutors 85 Groove Library 25 The headlines are that the greatest percentage of threads, at 15.89%, are Off-Topic. So, in a nutshell, we use it most to talk about stuff that has nothing to do with basses (actually it means that 84.11% of our discussions do relate to basses so that’s encouraging!). General bass discussiosn form the second largest group at 13.63% with the next 35% of our threads going to the movement of gear of some description from one set of sweaty Basschatter mitts to another. Ogling each others gear forms the basis of 3.41% of the threads with only 1.4% of the discussions realting to theory or technique. The statistics also reveal that we are collectively more interested in knowing what everyone thinks of each other (2.88%) than we are about knowing how to play the bass. Things change little when we look at the posts per subject group: Forum No. of posts Off Topic 71,002 General Bass Discussion 55,532 For Sales: Basses 26,170 Bass Guitars 25,621 Amps & Cabs 17,870 For Sale: Amps, Cabs & Effecs 17,814 Gear Porn 11,586 Ebay Links 9,920 Effects 9,514 Items Wanted 8,546 Repairs and Technical Issues 6,974 Build Diaries 5,892 Miscellaneous Equipment And Accessories 5,855 For Sale: Other musically related stuff 5,696 Introductions 5,043 Recording 3,003 Theory & Technique 2,917 Feedback Section 1,884 Gigs 1,841 Basschat Affiliates 1,818 Double Bass 1,583 Site News 1,565 Basschatter’s Reviews 1,144 Recycling Unwanted Items 1,105 Bassists Wanted/Available 900 Ask an expert 645 Bass Tutors 213 Groove Library 87 Again, the greatest percentage of our posts, 23.53%. are Off-Topic. That means nearly a quarter of all posts submitted here are not bass related at all. To be fair, 18.4% are general bass discussion but then the statistics plummet sharply to less than 9% on discussions about bass guitars. The real saving grace, however, is that, in actual post terms, were are more interested in playing the bass (0.96% of posts) than we are in talking about each other (0.62%). The fact that we are more interested in building instruments (1.95% in Build Diaries) than we are in actually playing them (Theory & Technique 0.96%) renders this to be a shallow victory. Compare this to the fact that 4% of the posts relate to us drooling over basses in Gear Porn and we can only conclude that bass players can’t read but do like looking at the pictures. And, before anyone asks, no, I don’t have any friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Obviously, Bilbo, I won't be so foolish as to take your humorous post too seriously. But you're wrong, WRONG I tell you! Going all po-faced for a second, because this is the sort of statistical interpretation that causes so much grief in real life, you have to put ANY set of stats into some form of context. Ask yourself how many distinct bass-related topics it is possible to imagine. Call it 100,000 for the sake of the argument. Next, ask yourself how many distinct NON-bass-related topics it is possible to imagine. Call it 100 million for the sake of the argument. We have 23,888 bass-related threads on this site. On the number above, that would mean that we had discussed 23.9% of all possible bass-related subjects. We have 3,341 NON-bass-related threads on this site. On the number above, that would mean that we had discussed 0.003% of all possible NON-bass-related subjects. Not that I'm taking this too seriously, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 It also doesn't account for how LONG each post is i.e. a gear porn thing would have a post that says 'WOW' or (+1) whilst a theory post may be 400 words or more. My subtle point was that all of the stuff we talk about here and only 1% of it is about actually PLAYING the instrument I just thought it was funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='343950' date='Dec 3 2008, 12:17 PM']In a moment of autistic delight, I have collated some statistics relating to the use of this forum, specifically identifying what we, the 4,514 registered members, use it for, assuming that these are the things that matter to us most as a collective. Firstly, we have a list of forums/ subject areas in order of frequency of usage: <massive snip> we can only conclude that [b]bass players can’t read but do like looking at the pictures[/b].[/quote] And you really needed all those stats to work that out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 LOL Bilbo you're not telling Ped and I anything we weren't already aware of. This forum is used as much as a networking/socialising site as it is as a place to talk about bass. That was what prompted my last 'consultation' thread to include the social networking development option. Offtopic is the place where people tend to sound each other out about things beyond basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 That was a thoroughly entertaining read. Please chalk this post up against the statistics for non-bass-related banter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='344597' date='Dec 3 2008, 07:09 PM']LOL Bilbo you're not telling Ped and I anything we weren't already aware of. [/quote] I never doubted it, CK. I just think people should know what they are doing with their forum! Plus it lets me have a dig at people that don't study properly! Perhaps I should be doing that on guitar forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='345101' date='Dec 4 2008, 09:22 AM']I never doubted it, CK. I just think people should know what they are doing with their forum![/quote] Absolutely! Thanks for posting it too, (always better for that kind of info to come from someone other than Ped or I!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='345101' date='Dec 4 2008, 09:22 AM']Plus it lets me have a dig at people that don't study properly![/quote] You are Jeff Berlin and I claim my five pounds :lol: [size=1]Speaking of that argumentative beardy (JB, not Bilbo), did you see his answer to the guy's letter in the latest BGM? WHAT A KNOB![/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 [quote name='Rich' post='345289' date='Dec 4 2008, 12:41 PM'][size=1]Speaking of that argumentative beardy (JB, not Bilbo),[/quote] He's got a 'tache not a beard! PS That's the only time I will ever been compared to Jeff Berlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 [quote name='bilbo230763' post='345313' date='Dec 4 2008, 12:54 PM']He's got a 'tache not a beard![/quote] *slaps self* D'oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clauster Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Where are the pie charts? It's not statisitics withut some sort of graph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Yes. At the very least a venn diagram or summat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 You need to re-do this as a PowerPoint presentation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budget bassist Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Haha that was rather interesting that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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