Has there been a bump in membership and traffic here this last 2 weeks?

I guess they don't like hotlinks, Jim.

Here is the pic:



:happy102

 

This happened with one of the knife forums last year. Traffic increased on others while the problems were being fixed. Then when done things got back to normal. I am a Mod on a knife forum and we were hacked. It took a week to get thing right and new security in place. I know what they are going through and what members are going through. I hope the best for them. They have a long road ahead of them. When ever new updates are installed there are problems. Just hope people understand that and are forgiving.

 

strange, I see it just fine....

...maybe because it's in my browser's cache, I guess

 

I am here looking for some shaving talk also since B&B has been down. I have peeked in here frequently but never registered until now. It must be severely frustrating for them. I hope they can get things together, because I really like the site and the amount of info there.

That being said, I am looking forward to reading and contributing posts here.

 

And "Hi" btw. I'm one of those newbies that's boosting the membership up around here. Already learning a lot and very excited to have a functioning forum to get my questions answered at.

 

:sihns011
Enough said.

 

Well i for one am new here because i need my shaving fix!!!! :ashamed001

 

Although I signed up a while ago, I'm spending more time here now.

Since I'm posting, I will profess my love for TSD products:

Double Iced Lime Aftershave, M-Bomb and unscented Shave Milk.

 

Glad to see more people are becoming aware of TSD and SMF.

 

I used to frequent a shooting site, specific to a certain cartridge and rifles associated with it. Sometimes late last fall it was hacked and went down and stayed down I think over six months. It's back up, some of the archive reloading information was preserved and is available but the site is a shadow of its former self.

 

Both sites are awesome and very welcoming communities and I know once B&B gets their upgrade complete it will be even better than it was before. However, I do appriciate both sites for their similarities as well as their differences you can't argue with the colective wisdom of so many people getting together to share in their love for such an awesome hobby!!!!

 

When TSD first opened I spent some time here and discovered that I was going through mostly the same material on two sites with a huge (at that time) overlap of members. Since I had to limit my time I simply settled on B&B.

I like the folks over at SMF also, but I found the site to be just a little less intuitive. However, it is a much smaller group and because of the lower post count it is not that much of a problem.

I suspect that things will get back up to speed at B&B soon and then we'll see what happens.

Right now this feels kind of like if your church burned down and the church down the block opens their doors to the members of the burned church.

So a big THANK YOU to The Shave Den for opening their doors to all of us wandering B&B'ers.

 

Dennis, I am glad to see you over here again.
Sadly the "Clown House" is closed for repairs. I spend most of my time on the "other site" in the "Clown House". I spend more of my shaving discussions over here, so they really do serve different purposes for me.

To all the B&Bers who have joined recently, take a look at this site thoroughly and you will find merits to both sites and you can enjoy both every day!

 

I want to know why Jim is posting "Welcomes" in our newbie section.... I mean the world must be ready to asplode.

:angry021

 

I remember that he issued a welcome to me when I first came on board here.
I wouldn't make too much of it!

 

Maybe Jim needs a fix! Some habits (newbie welcoming) die hard, if at all!