This morning we passed 10,000 forums
We all had a bet around the team when we would hit 10,000, and we beat every one of our guesstimates by a few days.
Sam was the closest, so we all owe him a pint of beer.
Andrew has been working on a nifty little visualization of forum activity. Click the image to see it full size.
- Each arc is a forum. It arcs from its creation to its last real post to date. Top vs. bottom arcs don’t mean anything, it’s just so they all fit.
- Arc height is proportional to the number of posts.
- Arc width is proportional to the number of members.
- Green circles are the start of forums, red circles indicate the last post date.

Startup Tips: Getting to that first 10,000 | Noah Kagan's Okdork.com replied:
[...] how did Lefora get to 10,000 communities in just 3.5 months? I think it can be broken down into just 3 [...]
June 12, 2008 at 2:57 pm. Permalink.
Beau Blackwell replied:
Congratulations guys! That image is extremely cool, both aesthetically and in terms of what it represents. Plus it makes a great desktop background image!
July 1, 2008 at 12:12 pm. Permalink.
Neopresent-new replied:
Good day to all
July 11, 2008 at 7:46 pm. Permalink.