Post by G on Jan 9, 2011 10:51:31 GMT -5
Once again another year has passed and I find myself wanting to amuse myself with one of these so I can eventually look back on it and see where I saw myself at that particular time. It's interesting that whenever I come into a new year, I never think anything of interest will happen with simply running a message board, but over the course of a year, things often do develop and shape what the board becomes.
For almost all criteria, 2010 was a very solid year for Comic Crack. There was a lot of growing pains for Comic Crack during 2007-2009 and a lot of ups and downs, but 2010 felt a lot more solid and consistent. In 2009 we had 1552 posts, in 2010 we upped that number to 2334. A difference of +782. We started the year strong and consistently beat 2009 numbers during the 1st half of the year. We kind of slowed down during the late summer and early fall and then rebounded sharply to finish the year strong.
A few changes we made along the way. Most notably the URL of the board was changed from "gowaltrip.proboards.com to comiccrack.proboards.com". I felt this was a beneficial move because no one would ever remember gowaltrip and comic crack is the name of the board. So it made sense for the URL to be aligned with the board name.
We also started our our Facebook page and Twitter Page. I would like to put the emphasis on started because I would consider neither a success by any stretch of the imagination, but getting things started often leads to better things down the road and hopefully gets Comic Crack more looks and eventually, hopefully more members.
Personally I decided to retire the name "gowaltrip" and shorten it to just plain "G".
The board had some nice artwork put up by bigw1966 and I feel the addition of comic reviews made for some worthy discussions.
I also want to add that I personally found a full time job in January 2010 and it allowed me to work on my own art throughout the year.
All-in-all 2010 was a great year and I'm happy to see this board in some more stable waters. The discussions have been great. As always I appreciate everyone's contributions and input. Here's hoping I have a lot more to discuss at next year's state of the board address.
For almost all criteria, 2010 was a very solid year for Comic Crack. There was a lot of growing pains for Comic Crack during 2007-2009 and a lot of ups and downs, but 2010 felt a lot more solid and consistent. In 2009 we had 1552 posts, in 2010 we upped that number to 2334. A difference of +782. We started the year strong and consistently beat 2009 numbers during the 1st half of the year. We kind of slowed down during the late summer and early fall and then rebounded sharply to finish the year strong.
A few changes we made along the way. Most notably the URL of the board was changed from "gowaltrip.proboards.com to comiccrack.proboards.com". I felt this was a beneficial move because no one would ever remember gowaltrip and comic crack is the name of the board. So it made sense for the URL to be aligned with the board name.
We also started our our Facebook page and Twitter Page. I would like to put the emphasis on started because I would consider neither a success by any stretch of the imagination, but getting things started often leads to better things down the road and hopefully gets Comic Crack more looks and eventually, hopefully more members.
Personally I decided to retire the name "gowaltrip" and shorten it to just plain "G".
The board had some nice artwork put up by bigw1966 and I feel the addition of comic reviews made for some worthy discussions.
I also want to add that I personally found a full time job in January 2010 and it allowed me to work on my own art throughout the year.
All-in-all 2010 was a great year and I'm happy to see this board in some more stable waters. The discussions have been great. As always I appreciate everyone's contributions and input. Here's hoping I have a lot more to discuss at next year's state of the board address.
