Did we get linked somewhere major?

[Zappo]

I think it must have been the slashdot effect.

 

[Blacksad]

Perhaps it comes from this?

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23476

 

[Morrus]

Perhaps it comes from this?

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23476

Doubt it - otherwise all publisher sites would be getting EN World level traffic.

 

[hong]

Heh. September used to be a notorious time of year on UNsenet, what with the annual influx of new uni students who discovered the net for the first time. Looks like the same thing is happening with EN World.

 

[angramainyu]

I'd expect some of it is spill-over from Slashdot... the link appeared on the weekend, so enworld server didn't get crushed, and the story had scrolled of the main slashdot page by monday morning. The back-to-school explanation sounds like a factor, too.

 

[alsih2o]

maybe a critical mass of users has started a "tell 2 friends" chain reaction that will keep things this way?

 

[Morrus]

What do people thnk about implementing the referrals system? Basically, for every new person you get to sign up, you get one referral; then, perhaps, a community supporter account could be given to those who get 10 referrals or some such?

Only problem I see is that people might just start registering new accounts themselves.

 

[alsih2o]

What do people thnk about implementing the referrals system? Basically, for every new person you get to sign up, you get one referral; then, perhaps, a community supporter account could be given to those who get 10 referrals or some such?

Only problem I see is that people might just start registering new accounts themselves.

sounds like a bunch of people visiting once to me....but i can be quite the cynic.

"dad, i don't need that $25 anymore so i can search, you and mom and little katie just sign up for free and i get the features i want! someone call grammy too!"