All GFY post activity over all threads and categories over the years

[johnnyloadproductions]

Interesting to look over the month by month postings

From the trend you can see why Eric made decisions where he swore he'd never ever let Paul Markham back on... well looks like trends change minds lol.

I can't imagine how much noise there was circa 04-05, noticed how some talked about it, back when sig whoring was a thing and board whoring was something that took some effort.

This will be one of my last queries, maybe someone else would like to play around with it? hmm.



I'll share how I gathered, parsed the data, than queried it for relevance in a new thread, so you know exactly what I did.

Jan-01	5613
Feb-01	10214
Mar-01	8340
Apr-01	9197
May-01	11221
Jun-01	9217
Jul-01	15242
Aug-01	19001
Sep-01	20278
Oct-01	24982
Nov-01	23018
Dec-01	26433
Jan-02	29529
Feb-02	32823
Mar-02	38596
Apr-02	45891
May-02	55643
Jun-02	53257
Jul-02	55263
Aug-02	66704
Sep-02	67276
Oct-02	79070
Nov-02	79228
Dec-02	80228
Jan-03	98170
Feb-03	113210
Mar-03	129951
Apr-03	115176
May-03	127835
Jun-03	144125
Jul-03	151099
Aug-03	153687
Sep-03	162332
Oct-03	177678
Nov-03	167893
Dec-03	187455
Jan-04	213044
Feb-04	256247
Mar-04	299067
Apr-04	260918
May-04	310556
Jun-04	245323
Jul-04	238750
Aug-04	280512
Sep-04	248183
Oct-04	212316
Nov-04	242930
Dec-04	254187
Jan-05	237536
Feb-05	217105
Mar-05	216346
Apr-05	192988
May-05	202817
Jun-05	206597
Jul-05	211099
Aug-05	225680
Sep-05	197466
Oct-05	193337
Nov-05	210361
Dec-05	210446
Jan-06	199179
Feb-06	182082
Mar-06	202163
Apr-06	206805
May-06	223895
Jun-06	236926
Jul-06	234826
Aug-06	218640
Sep-06	208659
Oct-06	236999
Nov-06	215869
Dec-06	185177
Jan-07	194162
Feb-07	138138
Mar-07	166017
Apr-07	152959
May-07	160626
Jun-07	139591
Jul-07	155499
Aug-07	155954
Sep-07	139308
Oct-07	132040
Nov-07	131327
Dec-07	121128
Jan-08	132699
Feb-08	118257
Mar-08	138305
Apr-08	123430
May-08	117556
Jun-08	124589
Jul-08	123827
Aug-08	129811
Sep-08	135357
Oct-08	130758
Nov-08	121049
Dec-08	128771
Jan-09	134342
Feb-09	135509
Mar-09	124397
Apr-09	107176
May-09	100391
Jun-09	100301
Jul-09	110409
Aug-09	123902
Sep-09	102837
Oct-09	110031
Nov-09	110295
Dec-09	90911
Jan-10	98157
Feb-10	105129
Mar-10	85057
Apr-10	93447
May-10	100129
Jun-10	95730
Jul-10	82518
Aug-10	75887
Sep-10	97576
Oct-10	95392
Nov-10	80747
Dec-10	70513
Jan-11	68068
Feb-11	62308
Mar-11	69389
Apr-11	77441
May-11	78996
Jun-11	76570
Jul-11	65024
Aug-11	67061
Sep-11	64364
Oct-11	63655
Nov-11	73902
Dec-11	64450
Jan-12	60615
Feb-12	62663
Mar-12	59126
Apr-12	64996
May-12	56777
Jun-12	54297
Jul-12	59699
Aug-12	58701
Sep-12	60798
Oct-12	62459
Nov-12	51814
Dec-12	54660
Jan-13	56081
Feb-13	49539
Mar-13	47837
Apr-13	50254
May-13	43234
Jun-13	43678
Jul-13	46255
Aug-13	40040
Sep-13	35448
Oct-13	37565
Nov-13	35395
Dec-13	37362
Jan-14	35529
Feb-14	34306
Mar-14	33767
Apr-14	35729
May-14	36369
Jun-14	35129
Jul-14	34506
Aug-14	33285
Sep-14	27823
Oct-14	34100
Nov-14	33092
Dec-14	35984
Jan-15	33186
Feb-15	28914
Mar-15	28775
Apr-15	27915
May-15	23092
Jun-15	24859
Jul-15	26201
Aug-15	27383
Sep-15	26338
Oct-15	27533
Nov-15	29903
Dec-15	30699
Jan-16	31600
Feb-16	25419

[johnnyloadproductions]

Thread creation in relation to total posts

Jan-01	586
Feb-01	979
Mar-01	790
Apr-01	986
May-01	1102
Jun-01	1063
Jul-01	1427
Aug-01	1894
Sep-01	2005
Oct-01	2144
Nov-01	1826
Dec-01	2162
Jan-02	2593
Feb-02	2512
Mar-02	2854
Apr-02	3467
May-02	3670
Jun-02	3586
Jul-02	3669
Aug-02	4417
Sep-02	4821
Oct-02	5494
Nov-02	5241
Dec-02	5748
Jan-03	6786
Feb-03	7960
Mar-03	9031
Apr-03	8474
May-03	8808
Jun-03	9616
Jul-03	10423
Aug-03	10510
Sep-03	10650
Oct-03	11070
Nov-03	10624
Dec-03	11907
Jan-04	13420
Feb-04	15516
Mar-04	16701
Apr-04	15056
May-04	15985
Jun-04	15091
Jul-04	13916
Aug-04	15248
Sep-04	15143
Oct-04	14193
Nov-04	15719
Dec-04	14296
Jan-05	13990
Feb-05	13019
Mar-05	12253
Apr-05	11368
May-05	12542
Jun-05	12049
Jul-05	11141
Aug-05	11994
Sep-05	11748
Oct-05	11823
Nov-05	11587
Dec-05	12013
Jan-06	11618
Feb-06	10574
Mar-06	11468
Apr-06	10764
May-06	12071
Jun-06	11619
Jul-06	11483
Aug-06	10864
Sep-06	10240
Oct-06	11130
Nov-06	9982
Dec-06	9004
Jan-07	9652
Feb-07	8622
Mar-07	9140
Apr-07	8814
May-07	8954
Jun-07	8736
Jul-07	8519
Aug-07	8489
Sep-07	7718
Oct-07	7687
Nov-07	7486
Dec-07	7173
Jan-08	7957
Feb-08	7335
Mar-08	6884
Apr-08	6410
May-08	6181
Jun-08	6234
Jul-08	6422
Aug-08	6566
Sep-08	6716
Oct-08	7159
Nov-08	6251
Dec-08	6091
Jan-09	6048
Feb-09	5575
Mar-09	6140
Apr-09	5631
May-09	5173
Jun-09	5286
Jul-09	5524
Aug-09	5708
Sep-09	5730
Oct-09	5314
Nov-09	4699
Dec-09	4919
Jan-10	4973
Feb-10	4812
Mar-10	4992
Apr-10	4854
May-10	4826
Jun-10	4762
Jul-10	4554
Aug-10	4129
Sep-10	5201
Oct-10	5181
Nov-10	4560
Dec-10	4151
Jan-11	4187
Feb-11	3824
Mar-11	4282
Apr-11	3910
May-11	4152
Jun-11	3738
Jul-11	3700
Aug-11	3783
Sep-11	3624
Oct-11	3807
Nov-11	4177
Dec-11	3942
Jan-12	3920
Feb-12	3723
Mar-12	3448
Apr-12	3490
May-12	3290
Jun-12	3161
Jul-12	3445
Aug-12	3345
Sep-12	3543
Oct-12	3882
Nov-12	3544
Dec-12	3439
Jan-13	3511
Feb-13	3265
Mar-13	3272
Apr-13	3220
May-13	2957
Jun-13	2897
Jul-13	2984
Aug-13	2787
Sep-13	2477
Oct-13	2497
Nov-13	2502
Dec-13	2437
Jan-14	2383
Feb-14	2310
Mar-14	2518
Apr-14	2330
May-14	2346
Jun-14	2300
Jul-14	2361
Aug-14	2286
Sep-14	2047
Oct-14	2300
Nov-14	2367
Dec-14	2236
Jan-15	2087
Feb-15	1920
Mar-15	1972
Apr-15	1751
May-15	1716
Jun-15	1728
Jul-15	2006
Aug-15	1726
Sep-15	1661
Oct-15	1989
Nov-15	2024
Dec-15	2019
Jan-16	1883
Feb-16	1677

[MaDalton]

i joined in February 2004, it went downhill from there

[johnnyloadproductions]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

i joined in February 2004, it went downhill from there

It's a wonder you haven't been banned... lol

[Penny24Seven]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

i joined in February 2004, it went downhill from there

I knew it was your fault. I started in 2004 with my first name and the board went so fucking fast it was nuts. You know this but the new people, just hard to explain

[johnnyloadproductions]

Next I'll make a thread on how I did all of this.

The data is pretty good for searching and finding fake nicks actually. Anything Harmon or others did on here I could do really fast. Beyond that though I honestly can't think of anything useful to do with old forum data from here, can anyone? Other than a tear jerker on how things use to be.

I thought about doing some kind of app that would notify people when someone quoted you in either a browser plugin or some kind of desktop app. I played around with githubs Electron and got some neat apps working (mostly prebuilt already).
There's enough libraries and technologies to do this without going very low level where one person can probably code it with reasonable amounts of effort.
But... I can't really see any ROI other than board cred or something. Plus I'm just a 3rd party doing all of this without permission haha.

[Shap]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

i joined in February 2004, it went downhill from there

LOL I agree you ruined it

[just a punk]

Too few of business threads and a lot of bullshit coming from surfers. The real webmasters are leaving

[Shap]

I wonder how closely this would map to affiliate earnings? I would almost venture to say this graph vs Affiliate Earnings Graph would be very similar.

[Shap]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Too few of business threads and a lot of bullshit coming from surfers. The real webmasters are leaving

Agreed. I know the trolls help push views help push traffic but they also push the quality away.

[Shap]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Too few of business threads and a lot of bullshit coming from surfers. The real webmasters are leaving

The followup question.... Is there anywhere where these real webmasters are hanging out? Xbiz took the modern approach to a social network but I don't feel that's worked. It's not perfectly executed but I think it's executed well enough that it should have worked.

[johnnyloadproductions]

Originally Posted by Shap

I wonder how closely this would map to affiliate earnings? I would almost venture to say this graph vs Affiliate Earnings Graph would be very similar.

In the "how I did this" thread I'll make I'll post a download linked to the database along with compressed archives of the text files so if anyone wants to play with it they can.

If the mods don't like it they can delete the links or ban me ): lol

Will76 was a power affiliate and I remember him saying years ago that he peaked in 2006, FTVGirls (not affiliate but just from the podcast I heard) peaked in 2008. I'm sure there is slack of 1-2 years but follows the trend.

Like any industry, seems like dating, everything gets swallowed up into conglomerates and gets bought up.

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Shap

The followup question.... Is there anywhere where these real webmasters are hanging out? Xbiz took the modern approach to a social network but I don't feel that's worked. It's not perfectly executed but I think it's executed well enough that it should have worked.

What do you feel is the answer ? You can pm me if you like

[Penny24Seven]

Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions

In the "how I did this" thread I'll make I'll post a download linked to the database along with compressed archives of the text files so if anyone wants to play with it they can.

If the mods don't like it they can delete the links or ban me ): lol

Will76 was a power affiliate and I remember him saying years ago that he peaked in 2006, FTVGirls (not affiliate but just from the podcast I heard) peaked in 2008. I'm sure there is slack of 1-2 years but follows the trend.

Like any industry, seems like dating, everything gets swallowed up into conglomerates and gets bought up.

My peak and three others that were huge in my opinion all had our best year in 2007. We all started from 1999 to 2001.
2006, 2007 and 2008 were not that far apart for me.
2012 was the biggest drop from one year to the next.

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by Shap

The followup question.... Is there anywhere where these real webmasters are hanging out?

On non-porn webmaster forums.

The situation for many is the days of throwing people at a product and hoping they will buy is over. Because the surfer demands more. If a person wants to buy a camera where would they look? On a site that did no more than list all the cameras and basic info or on one that offered real advice and can prove it's trusted?

Dating is going the same way, cams will go more towards free, with no need to even bother going via an affiliate. Tubes will stay and drop in income unless the profit from buying ad space disappears. Adsense will stay, but why would a company give affiliates the chance to earn from it when it's easier and more profitable to place an ad themselves.

It will happen slowly as I predicted ten years ago when I said free porn would devastate the industry.

The only affiliates who will be left are those who can provide real entertainment or knowledge that can be supported by ad sales. Newspapers and the top Youtubers are great examples.

[Shap]

Originally Posted by JFK

What do you feel is the answer ? You can pm me if you like

I don't know. It's really odd for me because I know a lot of guys still in the industry and still making money but they don't post anywhere. I get the whole I'm busy and I have shit to do. But having a community has merits as well. I don't know why that's dropped away.

It's a small industry. Most people know each other. Majority probably are on FB or Linkedin. Maybe the need for a community has gone away. It's a shame. I find just comparing GFY now to 6 months ago is a huge difference (in the wrong way).

[CaptainHowdy]

Those were the days ...

[Shap]

Originally Posted by Brian837

My peak and three others that were huge in my opinion all had our best year in 2007. We all started from 1999 to 2001.
2006, 2007 and 2008 were not that far apart for me.
2012 was the biggest drop from one year to the next.

: Minus the 2012 comment ;)

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by Shap

I don't know. It's really odd for me because I know a lot of guys still in the industry and still making money but they don't post anywhere. I get the whole I'm busy and I have shit to do. But having a community has merits as well. I don't know why that's dropped away.

It's a small industry. Most people know each other. Majority probably are on FB or Linkedin. Maybe the need for a community has gone away. It's a shame. I find just comparing GFY now to 6 months ago is a huge difference (in the wrong way).

because political bullshit and the accompanying bullies/trolls took over and took the fun away

[Shap]

Originally Posted by MaDalton

because political bullshit and the accompanying bullies/trolls took over and took the fun away

But I would have thought somewhere like xbiz would have taken over then if that was the reason.

[fistinface]

Originally Posted by Shap

I wonder how closely this would map to affiliate earnings? I would almost venture to say this graph vs Affiliate Earnings Graph would be very similar.

Ya I'd put money on that.

[romeo22]

Ahh those were good old days

[johnnyloadproductions]

If anyone wants to interpret the data themselves in creative ways you can download my parsed text mysql db here: DB DOWNLOAD LINK

2 tables, threads and posts, with posts being by far the largest.

[Paul Markham]

Originally Posted by Shap

I don't know. It's really odd for me because I know a lot of guys still in the industry and still making money but they don't post anywhere. I get the whole I'm busy and I have shit to do. But having a community has merits as well. I don't know why that's dropped away.

It's a small industry. Most people know each other. Majority probably are on FB or Linkedin. Maybe the need for a community has gone away. It's a shame. I find just comparing GFY now to 6 months ago is a huge difference (in the wrong way).

Back in the day, we all knew each other. From the lowest producer to the multi-millionaires on their way to billionaire status. We didn't need forums to talk to each other.

[Sednub997]

Thanks for stats..but these are just numbers.

[j3rkules]

Originally Posted by Shap

The followup question.... Is there anywhere where these real webmasters are hanging out? Xbiz took the modern approach to a social network but I don't feel that's worked. It's not perfectly executed but I think it's executed well enough that it should have worked.

There is a one private forum where trolls are not welcome and members are manually approved. I can not post the link here, because it is against the rules.

[Shap]

Originally Posted by jerkules

There is a one private forum where trolls are not welcome and members are manually approved. I can not post the link here, because it is against the rules.

I'm on there but it's quite small and inactive right?

[Jman]

Originally Posted by Shap

The followup question.... Is there anywhere where these real webmasters are hanging out? Xbiz took the modern approach to a social network but I don't feel that's worked. It's not perfectly executed but I think it's executed well enough that it should have worked.

Facebook groups i.e (affiliates, domains....) there are many very good groups on facebook to get good business done.