[CHARTS] Brief monthly overview of the local boards activity

[fillippone]

Ah, now I get it. Not a bad idea (and something I would like to see too) but goal of this topic is to compare local boards and not to compare how they perform against the forum in general. As I said before, I wanted to to keep this overview brief and its already kinda too big so I am not so inclined to add even more charts. But I will definitely think about it and maybe include it in one of the future overviews.

Thanks to a @ddmrddmr intervention, I was able to produce something:



I find it quite interesting, even if the results are skewed by some heavy post deletion in Russian and Chinese sections.

Data is here.

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[Igebotz]

Hey @Rikafip. Stop Slacking! Where have you gone? How comes that it is almost the end of the month, and we both haven't published our graphs (yet??)

You are absolutely right, I am seriously slacking. First I was procrastinating at the beginning of the month when I had plenty of free time but then things got really hectic at work and on top of that I got sick. But as they say that kick in the ass is one step forward so thanks for the reminder.  I will try to publish the charts this week and if not, hopefully by Tuesday (May 31st).

I also need Fillippone in my life, someone who will remind me that I have work to do. I've been slacking for nearly two months now since I last updated the Nigeria local board weekly activities. I shifted it from a weekly to a monthly report, but I'm still falling behind. When I get some free time this week, I'll try to update it from where I left off. I believe our outside forum groups significantly slow down our activities, particularly for me. But I'm glad that, despite the ups and downs, so many members are still committed to our thread and activities.

Excellent work Rika, For the second month in a row, I did not make the list of how the mighty have fallen. 

[Rikafip]

I find it quite interesting, even if the results are skewed by some heavy post deletion in Russian and Chinese sections.

Yep, interesting chart. Maybe issue with Chinese and Russian board post deletion could be sorted by using data for those two boards from ninjastic space?

I've been slacking for nearly two months now since I last updated the Nigeria local board weekly activities. I shifted it from a weekly to a monthly report, but I'm still falling behind. When I get some free time this week, I'll try to update it from where I left off.

Tbh, weekly overview was an overkill so good decision to do it on a monthly basis instead. Since you are failing that as well maybe you should think about doing it on a bi-monthly basis.

I believe our outside forum groups significantly slow down our activities, particularly for me. But I'm glad that, despite the ups and downs, so many members are still committed to our thread and activities.

It sucks when real life obligations get in a way of our forum activity. I always had an issue with finding the balance when it comes to forums as for me was either I'll spend few hours every day, or I won't show up for a couple of days at all. Lately its been the latter for me.

[fillippone]

I find it quite interesting, even if the results are skewed by some heavy post deletion in Russian and Chinese sections.

Yep, interesting chart. Maybe issue with Chinese and Russian board post deletion could be sorted by using data for those two boards from ninjastic space?

I will give it a try.
How are deleted posts treated on Ninjastic?  I tough about using max(0,posts) but i wasn’t sure it was the right thing to do. Very different results were on ratings of analysing at board or sub board level.

[Rikafip]

How are deleted posts treated on Ninjastic?  I tough about using max(0,posts) but i wasn’t sure it was the right thing to do. Very different results were on ratings of analysing at board or sub board level.

Ninjastic counts deleted posts so you get inflated numbers and that's the main reason why I was trying to avoid it while making these overviews, but since Russian board numbers got consistently screwed due high amount of deleted/moved old posts I started using that instead of merit dashboard. Unfortunately there's no perfect solution for this, and majority of local boards don't have a lot of spam anyway so in the end numbers are not that much inflated.

[Igebotz]

I've been slacking for nearly two months now since I last updated the Nigeria local board weekly activities. I shifted it from a weekly to a monthly report, but I'm still falling behind. When I get some free time this week, I'll try to update it from where I left off.

Tbh, weekly overview was an overkill so good decision to do it on a monthly basis instead. Since you are failing that as well maybe you should think about doing it on a bi-monthly basis.

It's been 2 months since I last updated it, so bi-monthly wouldn't be a bad idea, but I'd keep it up for the monthly report because it makes more sense that way.

I believe our outside forum groups significantly slow down our activities, particularly for me. But I'm glad that, despite the ups and downs, so many members are still committed to our thread and activities.

It sucks when real life obligations get in a way of our forum activity. I always had an issue with finding the balance when it comes to forums as for me was either I'll spend few hours every day, or I won't show up for a couple of days at all. Lately its been the latter for me.

I'm stuck between two projects I'm running on discord and telegram, which is why I've been less active on the forum for the past few months, and, as you said, finding balance is difficult, especially when the kids still need your attention. Lol.

[BITCOIN4X]

It's been 2 months since I last updated it, so bi-monthly wouldn't be a bad idea, but I'd keep it up for the monthly report because it makes more sense that way.

IMO, it's still better to update it every 2 months than not to do it at all. LOL
For people who care about forum stats, merit and any activity on local board then I think they probably already know how to calculate it so far. Merit Dashboard and Ninjastic.space are two really helpful tools, so it probably wouldn't be a problem if the OP only had time to update them every 2 months.

But if someone takes the initiative to do so and updates it monthly, then I think the OP would welcome it. I don't think he'll be mad about it, but surely someone might need permission to hijack the thread. LOL

[Igebotz]

It's been 2 months since I last updated it, so bi-monthly wouldn't be a bad idea, but I'd keep it up for the monthly report because it makes more sense that way.

IMO, it's still better to update it every 2 months than not to do it at all. LOL
For people who care about forum stats, merit and any activity on local board then I think they probably already know how to calculate it so far. Merit Dashboard and Ninjastic.space are two really helpful tools, so it probably wouldn't be a problem if the OP only had time to update them every 2 months.

But if someone takes the initiative to do so and updates it monthly, then I think the OP would welcome it. I don't think he'll be mad about it, but surely someone might need permission to hijack the thread. LOL

OP submits his monthly reports on time. I was referring to[CHARTS] Monthly Overview Of The Unofficial Nigeria Local Board📈 which I'm in charge of, it has been extremely helpful in our quest for a local board; we got our thread pinned after Cyrus noticed our activity on the thread. We gained little visibility after the thread was pinned, new members are joining up on a daily basis.

As I previously stated, I will devote my time until we achieve our goal and more

[Rikafip]

Its time for another monthly overview, this time a little bit sooner than the last month. Like in all previous overviews, all charts and tabled were made using data from @DdmrDdmr Merit Dashboard and @TryNinja Ninjastic.space whihc I suggest to check if you want more in depth overview.

Communities marked with * (Pakistan, Nigerian, Bangladesh) don't have their own local boards (yet).


Post activity per local board during May 2022

Unfortunately we are continuing with the same trend; 17262 posts were written during May 2022 which is 6% decrease compared to month later. This is somewhat expected as summer coming so I guess people have better things to do than write on the forum.

Russian local board is by far the most active one while Turkish and German are holding their usual their usual 2nd and 3rd spots and its the same thing with 4th & 5th (Indonesian and Portuguese). Majority of active boards have somewhat similar numbers compared to previous one, except Pakistan that experienced huge decrease, going down from 863 posts written in April to only 315 during May. Dunno whayt happened there, maybe someone from their local can shed some light.

Number of active per local board during May 2022

Even though numbers generally decreased, that didn't affect number of active users much as last month 1352 users wrote at least 1 post across all local boards which is very similar to April and 1372 active users. Keep in mind that this chart counts all users that wrote at least 1 post in that period so real number of active users is much lower than that. Its just that I haven't decided the threshold to determine that so for now I am keeping the minimum requirement

Merit shared per local board during May 2022

As expected, decrease of post activity led to decrease of merit shared as well; from 5556 merits shared in April, local boards went down to 4809 merits shared in May, which is pretty noticeable 13% decrease. While majority of that decrease is simply due fewer posts being written, some local boards could definitely use few more merit sources. Hopefully theymos sorts that out soon.

Merit senders and receivers per local board for May 2022

Self explanatory, everything is obvious here, with Indonesian board sticking out when it comes to amount of people that were part of merit system, despite the low amount of merit shared last month and similar thing can be said for Pilipinas and Turkish boards.

Merit/Post ratio per local board for May 2022

And for the end of this series of charts, merit per post ratio. Standard names are at the top so no mjuch changes there, but it is noticeable that 12 month average is getting often higher than the last which hasn't been the case up until now and I expect that trend continues. As I mentioned before, I think that majority of local boards have enough merit to share, its just that members are not as active as they used to be. At least that's the case in my local board and its probably the same situation elsewhere.

The most active members per local board during May 2022

Last but not the least, list of top 10 most active members per local boards. Even though I expected joker_josue (who was still great with 327 posts) to dominates this list again, this time Azrieli from Russian local board was the most active one with the impressive 359 posts written.

Russian	|	German	|	Turkish	|	Italian	|	Portuguese	|	French	|
_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|
Azrieli [359]	|	mole0815 [136]	|	verbakalim [109]	|	fillippone [141]	|	joker_josue [326]	|	Danydee [45]	|
Snork1979 [248]	|	1miau [101]	|	Phoenix Anka [106]	|	babo [73]	|	TryNinja [122]	|	Saint-loup [35]	|
Ratimov [180]	|	bullrun2020bro [99]	|	execijutiere [106]	|	Ale88 [52]	|	bitmover [89]	|	patrickus [33]	|
leonello [140]	|	willi9974 [97]	|	Retro Harmony [102]	|	duesoldi [46]	|	alegotardo [72]	|	LeGaulois [20]	|
The0ldl_lser [136]	|	Real-Duke [94]	|	kriminall [101]	|	Paolo.Demidov [35]	|	Disruptivas [65]	|	CryptD38 [17]	|
light_warrior [115]	|	Lakai01 [90]	|	eightdots [92]	|	jack0m [35]	|	Lucasgabd [62]	|	elma [17]	|
~DefaultTrust [103]	|	sam00 [90]	|	mandown [92]	|	Plutosky [33]	|	gagux123 [40]	|	F2b [14]	|
crypto_trader#43xzEXrP [102]	|	bct_ail [87]	|	ZekiBeyy [91]	|	creep_o [18]	|	nikolaspaolo [30]	|	Rocou [14]	|
bonfire66 [100]	|	Unknown01 [86]	|	RaltcoinsB [88]	|	alexrossi [15]	|	rdluffy [28]	|	perl [12]	|
Julien_Olynpic [89]	|	cygan [72]	|	Red Pie [86]	|	gbianchi [15]	|	Paredao [20]	|	Halab [10]	|

Spanish	|	Indonesian	|	Pilipinas	|	Croatian	|	Polish	|	Arabic	|
_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|
DdmrDdmr [171]	|	DroomieChikito [107]	|	inthelongrun [70]	|	Daniel91 [30]	|	Tytanowy Janusz [53]	|	Kavelj22 [54]	|
famososMuertos [69]	|	Husna QA [92]	|	bisdak40 [43]	|	Trofo [29]	|	PawGo [16]	|	Ulven [19]	|
Hispo [41]	|	abhiseshakana [61]	|	blockman [43]	|	slackovic [22]	|	lokas0506 [16]	|	albon [17]	|
danadc [29]	|	Antonas1 [54]	|	Fredomago [41]	|	casperBGD [21]	|	cygan [14]	|	OmegaStarScream [16]	|
Don Pedro Dinero [24]	|	Luzin [50]	|	carlisle1 [33]	|	dkbit98 [21]	|	wwzsocki [11]	|	Dalain [10]	|
MARK21 [21]	|	masulum [49]	|	Japinat [30]	|	Rikafip [17]	|	Flangler1 [9]	|	yhiaali3 [7]	|
darxiaomi [20]	|	Bobrox [43]	|	mirakal [25]	|	FatFork [15]	|	malevolent [7]	|	GxSTxV [5]	|
seoincorporation [20]	|	Oneandpure [42]	|	acroman08 [24]	|	Pmalek [15]	|	cryptovigi [6]	|	khaled0111 [4]	|
LUCKMCFLY [14]	|	erep [31]	|	harizen [23]	|	cryptofrka [15]	|	dwminer1 [5]	|	mRTHroo [4]	|
Wimex [13]	|	MonaLeeTracy [28]	|	Baofeng [20]	|	CroBoy12 [13]	|	Cashify [4]	|	badluckalways [3]	|

Romanian	|	Indian	|	Greek	|	Pakistan*	|	Nigeria*	|	Bangladesh*	|
_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|	_________________	|
GazetaBitcoin [19]	|	Frengki_cisco [16]	|	cryptosize [13]	|	Sayeds56 [54]	|	uchegod-21 [23]	|	Crypto Library [15]	|
NeuroticFish [14]	|	sagarbansal21 [14]	|	BlackHatCoiner [8]	|	galambo [44]	|	Maestro75 [22]	|	Blue King [11]	|
Rizzrack [3]	|	teosanru [9]	|	Dr1000 [4]	|	UmerIdrees [39]	|	BIT-BENDER [12]	|	wtsimis [7]	|
3dOOm [1]	|	wtfisbitx [7]	|	chek2fire [4]	|	ThemePen [26]	|	Proro [11]	|	DVlog [5]	|
Din116 [1]	|	ajaxtempest [5]	|	feisar [4]	|	Mariah20 [19]	|	Coyster [10]	|	HEART001 [5]	|
OlehBucuresti [1]	|	amicrypto [5]	|	IliasM. [2]	|	Morningstarr [19]	|	Marykeller [10]	|	naim027 [5]	|
Razvan_BTC [1]	|	pakhitheboss [5]	|	bmxakias [2]	|	shahzadafzal [18]	|	Anguwa [7]	|	sojib8292 [5]	|
Septi2001 [1]	|	pawanjain [5]	|	alexrev [1]	|	kaka_Shipai [10]	|	Pokapoka124 [7]	|	DEEBY3535 [4]	|
fillippone [1]	|	JSRAW [3]	|	bomberb17 [1]	|	Jastetad [8]	|	Rruchi man [7]	|	Little Mouse [4]	|
jon222 [1]	|	avikz [3]	|	ekatommyriouxos [1]	|	MFahad [7]	|	Agbe [6]	|	Review Master [4]	|

[joker_josue]

Last but not the least, list of top 10 most active members per local boards. Even though I expected joker_josue (who was still great with 327 posts) to dominates this list again, this time Azrieli from Russian local board was the most active one with the impressive 359 posts written.

I said I would go down a little bit, but the worst month will be June. 
In June, I shouldn't even be in the top3... I'll be waiting for your analysis. 

But thank you for your expectation, and your excellent analysis. Keep up the good work.

[fillippone]

Thanks again for your incredible work, once again.
I will update my own overview with your graphs, as soon this stupid real life stops taki JJG me away from the forum.

[Rikafip]

I said I would go down a little bit, but the worst month will be June. 
In June, I shouldn't even be in the top3... I'll be waiting for your analysis. 

That's what you always say but in the end you either finish at the top or 2nd. I have a hunch that it will be like that again

I will update my own overview with your graphs, as soon this stupid real life stops taki JJG me away from the forum.

Yeah It suck when real life gets in a way of forum activity.

[babo]

thanks for the work you do
I love graphics: D it is no coincidence that my favorite tool (in my suite of tools) is grafana
I have graphs of the local temperature, of the status of my vps, of the euro exchange rate - chf, in short, many graphs that I am not going to tell you
I love the graphics and yours are very beautiful

[joker_josue]

I said I would go down a little bit, but the worst month will be June. 
In June, I shouldn't even be in the top3... I'll be waiting for your analysis. 

That's what you always say but in the end you either finish at the top or 2nd. I have a hunch that it will be like that again

But it's not my fault! I tell the truth, that I will have fewer posts from the previous month.

For example, this June, I had two weeks with less than half the number of posts I usually do. By my guesses, I should have around 200 posts or something.
We will see how other users behave.

[bitmover]

Thanks again for your nice charts.

I have created a consolidate version of your data using only Portuguese board information:



I will try to get more information from your charts later! This a nice way to see the evolution of my local board activity and merit distribution

[Rikafip]

I have graphs of the local temperature, of the status of my vps, of the euro exchange rate - chf, in short, many graphs that I am not going to tell you
I love the graphics and yours are very beautiful

Cheers babo, glad to hear that you like the way they look. I tried many different tools and in the end Google charts proved to be the easiest and most elegant solution, with enough customization options for my needs.

I have created a consolidate version of your data using only Portuguese board information:

I must say that it looks very good and easy to understand which is always important. Good job!

Since Portuguese board is one of the most active ones while you consistently month after month have one of the lowest merit per post ratios, has anyone from your board considered applying for a merit source as I think you could certainly use more of those.

[bitmover]

I have created a consolidate version of your data using only Portuguese board information:

I must say that it looks very good and easy to understand which is always important. Good job!

Since Portuguese board is one of the most active ones while you consistently month after month have one of the lowest merit per post ratios, has anyone from your board considered applying for a merit source as I think you could certainly use more of those.

I have been saying that for years
We definitely need more merit sources there. We have only 2, and I am of them.

I will ask people to volunteer for the job!

[joker_josue]

Since Portuguese board is one of the most active ones while you consistently month after month have one of the lowest merit per post ratios, has anyone from your board considered applying for a merit source as I think you could certainly use more of those.

I already thought about it. But then I thought that maybe I'm not in that category, because I hardly browse the international tabs. 

[Rikafip]

We definitely need more merit sources there. We have only 2, and I am of them.

I will ask people to volunteer for the job!

Good idea, 2 merit sources are definitely not enough for a local board of your size which is obvious from your merit/post ratio.

I already thought about it. But then I thought that maybe I'm not in that category, because I hardly browse the international tabs.  

You don't have to be active in the general part of the forum  if you are applying to be a merit source that will be focused on your local board so I don't see that as some kind of a problem.

[bitmover]

I already thought about it. But then I thought that maybe I'm not in that category, because I hardly browse the international tabs.  

You don't have to be active in the general part of the forum  if you are applying to be a merit source that will be focused on your local board so I don't see that as some kind of a problem.

Joker, you would be a great merit source and certainty needed in our local board.
I would definitely support your application. take a look here at my application

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4726098.msg42705111#msg42705111


Some other potential good merit source which are active members:
alegotardo
Disruptivas

Another good option would be Loganota who made a very good analysis here a few time ago:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4404169.msg39183617#msg39183617