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Post by graemek on Aug 20, 2008 1:23:41 GMT
Hi Tin & Roger & All, To add to the data a bit : I've had a mediafire account for about a year. The mediafire site keeps a record of downloads & so I check it regularly. If there were no downloads I would delete the file....Have never had to do that tho. I have posted my own stuff (video clips that I have made & found), copies of radio podcasts, reposts of clips that members have missed & sometimes pics. The absolute maximum numbers of downloads has been 60 or so. You can see the downloads start quickly on the day advertised, to around 20 & then its slower to build up to its peak of 40 to 60. I don't know what to conclude from that except to guess that there must be a core membership who collect everything. Even if members delete downloaded files as soon as they've viewed/heard them they'll still be registered as a download. Hope that is of interest, Graeme  |
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Post by gra7890 on Aug 20, 2008 11:44:13 GMT
The number of members and the proportion of them who log in fairly regularly is steadily increasing yet the number of posts per day is significantly less than it was at the beginning of the year. I cannot explain why that should be.  Roger Hi Roger, If most members are in the Northern Hemisphere it could be 'Season' related. I know on dark winter nights I spend more time in front of the computer and hence more log on time on HWI. In the Summer ( If you can call this a Summer ! ) I often have a quick look at posts to keep in contact but certainly do not spend as long logged on. Many times if I am in a rush to do something else I just quickly scan through the last 50 post without logging on. If others do a similar thing it could go some way to explain your figures  Best Wishes, Graham |
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Post by martindn on Aug 20, 2008 12:37:29 GMT
Actually, whilst I am in the Southern Hemisphere I probably spend more time logged on that I would at home. This is because at home i have lots to do. Here, I am stuck in my hotel room, and it gets dark around 5.30pm, so the Internet is my main amusement. I have a TV in my room, but I have yet to switch it on... But most of my activity is work related, since I can log on to the server at work almost as if I was at my desk.
Here in Australia, Internet cafes are everywhere. Perhaps this is because Australia is so far from everywhere else.
Martin
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Post by Richard on Aug 20, 2008 14:30:18 GMT
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Post by postscript on Aug 20, 2008 18:09:02 GMT
It could be simply that a lot of 'general stuff' has been said and is 'on record' and that as Hayley scales the heights we subconcsciously try to match her professionalism, or to keep abreast of her.
Peter S.
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Post by graemek on Aug 21, 2008 2:09:23 GMT
Two-thirds of Earth's population lives within the mid latitudes, and almost 90 percent of the world's population lives north of the equator. Richard  Hi Richard, no wonder that climate change is happening then. The Earth is rotating like an unbalanced tyre.  Graeme |
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Post by martindn on Aug 21, 2008 9:48:51 GMT
Hi Graeme,
Perhaps I should stay here in Aussie then, to help improve the balance!
I am flying back tomorrow afternoon, so you can expect a change in the weather!
Martin
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Post by milewalker on Aug 22, 2008 4:14:44 GMT
Hi Roger, Several possibilities occur to me. First, Hayley hasnt released an album Internationally in quite a while. One simple explanation would be that there are simply fewer things to discuss at present. Secondly, it strikes me that a lot of the present conversation involves her current set of appearances in the UK. This would keep some UK fans motivated, but it might cause the rest of us to post less. This wouldnt explain the overall effect of course, but might explain the past couple of months, There is one other thing which might be happening which, if true, would have a somewhat more longstanding deleterious effect. I have noted this on other forums to some degree. A good analogy might be what happens when you throw a rock into a pond. The rock has a big impact and at first the ripples are very narrow but have considerable force. Over the course of time, the ripples spread out wider and wider, but lose force as they go. Perhaps (and it is only perhaps), Hayley has already "harvested" the set of people who are most likely to be very active and some of these people are now beginning to run out of things to talk about. She has been around a while now. I think I may have noted a tendancy on the part of new fans of other artists to be less intense (or more casual) with the passing of time. Of lesser note - like most "serious" forums, we are pretty structured here. Other places (You Tube, MySpace, and even her "official" forum to some degree) have considerably less structure. I wonder if people might be tuning in here to, as Peter says above, "keep abreast" but are posting to the other places where they feel less "confined". This is not intended as a criticism btw. ----- One thing which I am curious about - I am not suggesting you actually undertake this- would be to know whether or not different countries have different fan profiles in terms of the amount they post. For example, and I may also not be seeing this correctly because I have not "studied" it, it strikes me that a lot of people from America come in, post a while, and then seem to fade away. Dont get your hopes up. You are stuck with me  Jon PS Martin -That depends on how much you weigh! |
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Post by Tin on Aug 22, 2008 4:57:15 GMT
Hi Jon,
I empathise with you. As time passes by people's enthusiasm would cool down; this is more prominent in places where Hayley is not exceptionally well-known (e.g. here in Hong Kong). I myself have experienced this: when Treasure was released in 2007 I was like thinking about Hayley's songs all the time, but now the obsession has faded and sedimented into a more stable sentiment of appreciation.
The question of 'Do I no longer like Hayley's music?' did sweep through my mind; but at last I decided that it was an essential transition of feeling. I think I do post less frequently than when I first joined HWI, but I'm still around, and always around, which I'm rather glad and proud of. Indeed it maybe a bit hard to dig out new topics to talk about when I'm in a place where not many people around me know Hayley, but there's not much I can do about it; I can only hope my consistency can be maintained.
Tin
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Post by martindn on Aug 23, 2008 19:45:45 GMT
Hi Jon,
Yes, you are right, I weigh more than I would like to, but that is insignificant compared to the mass of the Earth, in much the same way that carbon dioxide is insignificant compared to the other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, especially water vapour.
And no, this is not the place to discuss this any further!
Martin
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Post by milewalker on Aug 25, 2008 0:35:35 GMT
Ahem Martin,
That was intended to be merely a joke. I have no idea what you weigh....
Sorry you apparently took it seriously
Jon
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Post by martindn on Aug 25, 2008 21:04:20 GMT
No problem Jon, I was not serious either! I am not at all sensitive about my weight, and you have no reason to feel that I am offended, I am not. You have no reason to feel guilty. To be brutally honest, my doctor says I am overweight but not obese, and that it is likely that no amount of dieting would get me to the specified ideal weight for my height.. I simply take the view that I am what I am, and make no apology for it.
Best Wishes
Martin
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