It just struck me that, this month, the site will have been around for seven years. I do not even know where all the time went. The other thing is that this reflects a pretty long commitment for me. I often have interests and pursue them with lots of energy. They also get old and then I might stop working on them for a year or two, before dusting them off to enjoy again. Legos, photography, target (bow, rifle, pistol), woodworking, Warhammer 40K, and paintball all seem to come and go like the tide. The site, perhaps due to feeling obligated to everyone who reads it, seems to be a static fixture.
My wife sometimes reminds me, "And when you started, you thought that nobody would ever visit the site."
Looking at the statistics for the site for May 2005, I saw this:
336,404 sessions
3,987,478 pageviews
10,837,932 hits
336.83 GB transferred
I know that Dr. Freex often does an anniversary article. I think, for the first time, that I would like to do one as well. Often as not I review a film just to get the "urge to write about this movie" out of my system.
Damn I think I saw these site around first when it was two years old maybe three. I started posting about three years ago. It's been a fine five years reading your stuff.
7 years is a long time on the internet and is still being updated. Thats really something. I been posting for about 2 years here and its the only one a post at alot (besides Cold Fusion). This place just rocks.
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Congrats, Andrew! That's a huge accomplishment. I've probably been hanging around here for five years or so now too. This was the place that inspired my web ambitions after all.
Those stats are amazing! It's mind-boggling sometimes how many people out there are interested in this kind of stuff.
Congratulations Andrew and on behalf of the others here, I'd like to thank you for keeping the site updated and making sure all goes well.
I stumbled upon this site by accident in January of 2004 and I've been addicted since. The reviews are great and I enjoy reading what most of the people on this board write about.
Keep up the great work, it is appreciated.
Congradulations!
Seven years, huh? I saw the topic heading and thought you broke a mirror...
Congradulations Andrew on a fine website that is still going strong. I been on this webpage since about summer of 2000 and use to post back then under a couple names that I can't recall now. Then when you reset your messageboard one year I came up with a permanent name.
I also remember when Andrew put up a live chatroom at my request and maybe a few others and it didn't work out to well, so it was taken off, the messageboard is a much better forum than chat as you can post and check back later for any responses. The chatroom you usually didn't have many people show up and we found it hard to find things to talk about. The messageboard is more effective.
My favorite place on the web. Amazing that bad cinema can get 3,987,478 pageviews in 7 years.
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Nice job, and of course everyone here appreciates every bit of effort you put in Mr B!
I came upon this site sometime in mid 2003, looking for sound files from that wonderful crap-fest, Plan 9 From Outer Space, and after meticulously pouring over every review after that [I got a bit excited] I managed to find my way to the forum. This is the one and only forum I have ever posted on and I have to say, its been fantastic.
I did a search to find my first post and it seems like it was for Ashthecat's "Most Outrageous Type of Food You've Snuck Into a Theater" Topic at the exact time of 07-14-03 09:28. Not exactly a stirring start, but hey, it was fun. Ah memories...
Almost two years, and 1000 posts later. It feels like I've been here for ages [that's a good thing btw]
So three cheers for Andrew and everyone else who posts here, its been great the last two years, so here's to seven more!
I'm with everyone else Andrew - Congrats! I first stumbled upon the site about six years ago or so. I rarely ever visited the forum, mainly just read the reviews. I think it was probably a bit over two years ago when I started posting.
Your site is probably my favorite on the net. There's no telling how many times I check the forums everyday while at work, looking for new posts. Thanks for taking the time and putting this site out there. It's been a hell of a lot of fun.
Congrats, fellow Old Dog.
DUDE!
I am suitably impressed!
When did i start? 5 years ago, maby? Hummm...i'm curious what my first post was...in fact, what was your first review, Andrew? The very first?
"The 7 year hitch." Oh, we gotta do something special!
But...what?......Ideas, people!....
Scott, the scary thing is 3,987,478 pageviews were for last month. The site is seeing nearly 4 million pageviews every month, from what I can tell (I had not played around with the stat reporting stuff that comes standard on the server).
And thanks, everyone. I certainly think that the enjoyable company on the message board is a big reason I have kept at it, no matter what.
3,987,478 pageviews were for last month ! Phew........................ Amazing isn't the word.
Andrew, the real achievement is that your stuff is as fresh as ever. Kudos, my friend.
Let ne add my congratulations to everyone elses. Is there anybody besides myself, who got their first e-mail account, just so they could post to this site? As to when I first started posting to it, it was probably about 57 months ago. Longer then some. Not as long as others.
I know I've been lurking around here for 5 or 6 years, just got up nerve to start posting things a couple of years ago.
Congrats on the longevity. I know a lot of sites I've visited have dropped out since I first bookmarked Badmovies.org.