Where Have All The Good Guys Gone?

I expected this thread to be about the Bonnie Tyler song.....

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn
And I dream of what I need

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
.....

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Eric Lyon said:

That's what FB and other companies want you to believe, but it's not true. Reddit is basically a customized forum and growing a lot as the 36th most popular website in the world: https://www.similarweb.com/website/reddit.com

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Giving an example such as Reddit has no value. I could give you tons of forums that have closed down, and it would not be a better proof either.
I thaught that forums were loosing gain all over the world because it is an established fact in the French market. The French webmasters forums that are left are struggling to survive, while on Facebook a group can have hundreds of active members in a few months. I don't like FB and feel the nostalgy of forums, but the best communities have sadly vanished.
What happens in the French market may have occured also in other countries (I understand from your comment that in the USA, forums are still strong), and it could be one of the reasons why some of the good guys have disappared

ps. you may be surprised by this, but almost nobody have heard of Reddit in France

centreurope said:

ps. you may be surprised by this, but almost nobody have heard of Reddit in France

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Not what the stats claim:

https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/FR
15th Most popular site in France!

anantj said:

Not what the stats claim:

https://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/FR
15th Most popular site in France!

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Very interesting!
I don't have any explanation... In the general public in France, nobody knows reddit, that's for sure. And even among the geeks, it's very little known. I use Alexa for my webmarketing classes and my students are astonished to see high rankings for websites such as reddit, taobao or qq, which they have never heard of.

I'm asking my colleagues in a Skype Group if somebody has an explanation

My colleagues confirm that Reddit has a very small community in France. But it is growing and people are very active.
Clearly, the 15th place is a bug from Alexa. For sure it's outside the top 100, probably outside top 200 and possibly outside top 500.

I stumbled upon this thread and thought I'd give my two cents. I think this forum has a very nice mix of things. I've learned a great deal by reading old posts and new ones, and going to domainers' websites to see for myself how experienced domainers operate. I've seen snarky posts, thoughtful posts, good questions and dumb questions... Most users seem very good-humored and respectful. There is really a great mix here and a lot of neat discussion to take part in and/or learn from. There are real estate agents, CEOs, car dealers, etc. from all over, all offering insight into an industry that is as all-encompassing and reflective of our modern societ(ies) as one industry could be.

For instance, the question as to whether one should deal in only .com or ccTLD vs gTLD is rather interesting to observe, and it will be a fascinating couple of years ahead as things play out. I'd think a physicist whose niche is space-related pursuits is very well-served to take advantage of the flexibility gTLD offers, while a good negotiator with deep pockets and strong contacts might very well want to focus on .COM.

And I'm no Plato, but I see philosophical parallels to our human experience within topics discussed here. Take the blockchain and DNS discussion. The issue is too complex for me to fully grasp, but on its face there are real philosophical and sociopolitical issues at play here; it's not just a case of "wouldn't it be neat if, in the future, we could...", which is what I perceive to be the driving force behind a lot of technological "advancement" we are experiencing as of late.

I can sympathize with what was posted earlier in the thread about people getting tired of answering the same questions over time. There is a lot of content here. It's pretty sweet. Thanks folks.

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Last one out, please turn out the lights.

Hello,

Since this thread has resurfaced, I thought I would take a moment to clarify the "online" statistics:

Anjani said:

The fact that only 800 to 1000 members are online out of 1 million members is a testament to something.

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JayJay said:

I really can't pinpoint what caused it to change over the years

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This is a common misconception about what "Online" means. There are anywhere between 100,000 to 200,000 unique people who visit NamePros each month. At any given moment, there are 800-2000 people online, but there are many thousands more per day (including guests, but excluding bots). All of the people visiting NamePros each day are not online at the same time; they're spread throughout the day. The 1,000 people online right now will not be the same ~1,000 people that will be online in an hour from now. Learn more.

Hope that helps,

Eric Lyon said:

Hello,

Since this thread has resurfaced, I thought I would take a moment to clarify the "online" statistics:


This is a common misconception about what "Online" means. There are anywhere between 100,000 to 200,000 unique people who visit NamePros each month. At any given moment, there are 800-2000 people online, but there are many thousands more per day (including guests, but excluding bots). All of the people visiting NamePros each day are not online at the same time; they're spread throughout the day. The 1,000 people online right now will not be the same ~1,000 people that will be online in an hour from now. Learn more.

Hope that helps,

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Stats are just over to the right

10:57 PM
Total: 1,362 visitors (1,131 people, 213 members, 918 guests, 231 robots)

I think most social media sites use daily, weekly or monthly visits as the measure of how important a platform is. @Eric Lyon has kindly provided those numbers - 100,000 to 200,000 unique people visit NPs each month. That to me is pretty impressive. Of course most of us have a life (well I am sure that some people do ) and are not constantly on, so at any one time you would expect a much smaller number to be online at any instant.

It is actually interesting to combine the two numbers. If 1000 at any one time and 100,000 monthly, implies the average user spends about 7.2 hr per month. Some of us spend way more than that

I think the real health of NPs though is how actively useful the discussions are. For the most part I think it is very healthy. Someone posts a perplexing issue or problem and almost always there are numerous meaningful replies within hours.

Another sign of health to me is that many high level individuals take part in the discussions.

I am less convinced that it is still a very good price to sell domains, even at wholesale prices. There are probably reasons for that, such as more other options, but perhaps the structure can be improved for buyers and sellers.

Thank you to all who make NPs the amazing place that it is!

Bob

Bob Hawkes said:

There are probably reasons for that, such as more other options, but perhaps the structure can be improved for buyers and sellers.

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Absolutely. We are working on it.

Bob Hawkes said:

It is actually interesting to combine the two numbers. If 1000 at any one time and 100,000 monthly, implies the average user spends about 7.2 hr per month. Some of us spend way more than that

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That's an interesting way to look at the data because Google Analytics reports it as "7:59 Avg. Session Duration" but it's more meaningful analyzed on a monthly basis.

With a free Quantcast account, you can review additional traffic data from 2013 to today:

• https://www.quantcast.com/namepros.com