[Sniper]

Dids, please don't rewrite history... if you go back and look at the polls that were taken and the discussions in the relevant threads, you will see that both posters and Mods were fairly evenly split on the issues.

However, Mason and Mat have both expressed their desire to expand the number of forums, and I certainly support their decision.

Beyond that, the numbers aren't "mine"... they are the forum facts, that I merely compiled and shared with the Mods... I believe some of the Mods have found the information useful and interesting.

There are several factors that have impacted the record number of concurrent users... specifically this past week, the forum trend to "rebound" from the very low long July 4th holiday/weekend, along with the WSOP, Legislation, and the [censored]/Elaine/Ed drama which boosted traffic to TLDR, ATF, and Mod.

That said, concurrent user numbers are consistantly running higher now, and a part of the credit for that goes to the expansion of the forums over the last few months. Primarily because more forums = more front page threads and easier access to topics of interest.

I am also convinced that we could further increase concurrent users and page views by changing the default profile settings, and recategorizing the forums along the lines of the suggestion/discussion in a previous mod forum post. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Yes, there are issues beyond 2+2's control that will continue to bring new users here; but there are also actions that 2+2 can take to enhance these forums... and in that regard, I will continue to be an informed voice for change and enhancement of the forums.