Interesting DU statistic

[EarlG]

Hi all,

As you may or may not know, yesterday (January 20th) was DU's third birthday. It also happened to be the first day we ever had a single-day total of more than 20,000 messages posted to the board. The previous record was 19-something, but yesterday the grand total stood at 20,820.

That's an average of 1 post every 4.1 seconds for 24 hours straight.

Nice going!

[Dookus]

1. Congrats!

And thanks to Elad for getting all the hardware upgrades working so smoothly!

[LastKnight]

2. woo hoo!

:party: :toast: :evilgrin: :toast: :party:

-LK

[youngred]

3. what a bombastic bunch

:-)

Happy Birthday and way to go DU

[madrchsod]

4. what the hell are

you feeding the squirrels,these poor little guys must be running themselves ragged trying to keep up....nice upgrade on the servers....

[VelmaD]

5. We ALL need to get lives.

Every last one of us. :-)

[liberalhistorian]

16. LOL!

And I need to tear myself away from DU when I'm at work, too, although I haven't yet been able to do that.

[Zomby Woof]

6. or as I figure it...

...two cups of ZombyCoffee (or tea) per thread! :D A new record!

[moof]

7. Thats a Stack O Posts

[Rhiannon12866]

8. WOW! I guess that the Democratic process has got us galvanized!

Great going for DU and thanks to EarlG! Happy birthday to DU! I don't know what I would do without you!:D

[JCMach1]

9. Thanks EarlG

Skinner, ELAD,

and everyone else that makes this place run like the well-oiled machine it is...

:party:

[Pale Blue Dot]

10. EarlG - could that have been done with the old server?

Great job!

[Crewleader]

11. Thanks Earl G ~DU's Third Birthday Celebration~

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=663170&mesg_id=663170

[MaineDem]

12. That's amazing

Thank you to the Admins. You guys are the best.

And thanks to all the members. Your posts make this the best site on the Web. I don't know how I'd survive without DU.

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. And hardly any of them were about pets, sex, or yaks!

[bearfan454]

14. More people are getting involved.

Cool !

[dweller]

15. Happy BD DU!

So the challenge is to shave off .1 seconds, and there will be a new record?

in training,

dp

[Cleita]

17. Happy birthday DU

I'm so happy you were born, a candle to light the darkness of these days.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. Happy Birthday to DU and thanls for all the work done

to make this site functional under so many circumstances.

[Kat45]

19. Happy birthday to DU!

That's a lot of posts in one day! A good number of them were probably in disgust over the SOTU. I guess that's appropriate, considering the impetus for starting DU in the first place. :-)

[Shananigans]

20. Congrats!

Congrats to the DU! Although I may have been a member for a couple years now, I have mostly read the articles until recently...I have to say "good for you" to the DU!

Thanks for the endless hours of entertainment (and my favorite top ten conservative idiots)

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Another happy birthday to DU! And many more!

:party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::party::toast::bounce::yourock::kick:

[calimary]

22. YAY! Happy birthday, DU!

I am so glad you guys started this site. It's an oasis in a VERY large desert, for me, every day.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

23. Sweet!