Recent DW stats

[foxfirefey]

So, we know that when LJ is on the fritz it means a spike in DW activity until LJ smooths out and most people go back. You can see some pretty serious spikes on the newbyday stat:

newbyday 2011-04-02 402
newbyday 2011-04-03 243
newbyday 2011-04-04 2506
newbyday 2011-04-05 3658
newbyday 2011-04-06 16226
newbyday 2011-04-07 22136
newbyday 2011-04-08 10839
newbyday 2011-04-09 9735
newbyday 2011-04-10 4214
newbyday 2011-04-11 468
newbyday 2011-04-12 6897
newbyday 2011-04-13 8317

Of course, newbyday includes ALL accounts, including OpenID accounts that are created during imports through comments or access giving. That's why 4/11 is so low compared to the others--the importer had been shut down.

So in order to gauge activity spikes, it's easier to look at other metrics like active/posting, which would include people coming back to fallow accounts they haven't touched in a month as well as new accounts that have been signing in and posting content. Here's the numbers comparing 3/31/2011 to 4/13/2011 (just after 12AM two weeks apart to the day, so it's a better comparison than different days, since activity varies through the week):

Stat	3/31/2011	4/13/2011	# increase	% increase
Active	20,616	29,685	9,069	44%
Posted last 30 days	18,448	22,633	4,185	22.6%
Posted last 7 days	12,341	16,311	3,970	33.2%
Posted last 24 hours	5,690	6,847	1,157	20.3%

Comments

[vickyblueeyez]

I have about four versions of that game and STILL haven't passed them. I can never get them big enough. Addicting as all hell tho and I love the music.

[jd]

For me, getting big enough without running out of time is often a matter of being able to prioritize the big things and able to ignore all the shiny small objects. Also, playing multiple times to get a good mental map. Finally, watching or reading a walkthrough can help in the "oh, so *that's* what it's supposed to look like at this-or-that point in time." sense.