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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

It might be a neat idea to keep a record of the number of members and size of the pool each day/week, etc. Could make for a neat graph to see how quickly the group can grow.

Thoughts?
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

First statistics: After 30 minutes of existence, this group has:
15 Members
440 Photos

I love statistics! Any other stats we could keep track of?
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

Now 1567 photos and 23 members.
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

2217 pix, 27 members after 1 hour.
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

75 minutes, 2596 photos, 29 members.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

Just to keep it simple, we'll say this group was started at 5:00 pm EST; Monday, 3 July, 2006. For those outside the US, that would be 22:00 GMT. (I think).
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

Note: These graphs are being updated on a continuous basis, so check back here if you are into this sort of thing. Large tics are days.

Pool Size vs. Time
pool size

Rate of Change of Pool Size vs. Time
pool growth rate
Note that our overall average is now 13.9 photos/minute. Note the logarithmic decline in the growth rate.

Membership vs. Time
group growth
This graph looks very similar to the pool size. The next graph shows why.

Number of Photos Per Member vs. Time
photos per member

So we're now averaging about 139.8 photos per member. This average has been roughly stable since about 15 minutes into the group's existence.

(I generally loathe XL, but it was the quickest way to make a bad graph)
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veru·bouvet says:

4435 photos in 1 hour 20 and 31 members..
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

5500/43
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Martin McKenna says:

Just caught a palindrome ... lovely, 6006
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

I note 7128 photos and 48 members at the 2 hour mark.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

At 7 PM EDT we had 7069 pix and 48 members.

The growth rate still looks sub-linear, but I wonder how much that is the choking of the db?

I'll check back later and update the growth curve. But later might be tomorrow morning...
Originally posted 72 months ago. (permalink)
Michael Costolo edited this topic 72 months ago.

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Martin McKenna says:

Just hit 10,000!
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

11170 photos 92 member at 3-hours from start.
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flikr  Pro User  says:

16494 pics
123 members

83 minutes after the previous post.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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flikr  Pro User  says:

57 minute since my last post:

17395 photos
135 members

time for bed. Goodnight!
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Love the 214 says:

just to let you know

22,332 photos
155 members

11:00 central time zone reporting. ;0)
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

161 members, 24149 photos. 12:23 Eastern time
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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kyleaj says:

171 humans
27,522 images

10.15pm PST
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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flikr  Pro User  says:

30,600 photos
217 Members

09:18 BST ( British Summer Time)
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Menschenkind says:

218 members
31,074 photos
10: 26 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
my 69 photos haven't helped much, but i sent invitations all over the place
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

Thanks for keeping tabs folks.

It's now been 14 hours, 30 minutes since the group was started. We've now got 31545 photos in the pool and 246 members.

I'll update the chart and add the member growth chart too.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

9:05 EST 33,890 photos, 260 members
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

9:35 EST 35,386 photos, 265 members. We seem to be back to the growth rate we had last night - about 3000 new photos per hour; but half the increase rate of new members: only about 10 per hour; whereas last night it was about 20 new members per hour.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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flikr  Pro User  says:

16:42 Britist SummerTime (GMT +1)

310 members
41,858 photos )
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

At 3PM EDT (I'm pretty sure the whole East Coast is on Daylight time, not Standard) we had 45,325 photos and 346 members. This puts us 22 hours into the group's existence.

I updated the graphs above and now have the slope of the pool growth calculated between each pair of data points. Our overall average is 34.3 photos/minute. We should have about 50kPhotos by 5PM EDT today. Not bad for 1 day. Hopefully we can do a bit more than that tomorrow (considering the holiday here and all).

We're averaging *about* 1 new member every four minutes. And have an average of 131 photos in the pool per member.

Not a bad start ;)
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

4PM EDT. 24 hours elapsed. 45628 photos from 355 members.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

33 hours elapsed time: 61,529 photos; 416 members
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

36 hours 40 minutes elapsed time (5:40 AM EDT): 64,282 photos, 426 members. I'll update the graphs once i get to work.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

7:30 AM EDT (38.5 hours elapsed), 64,455 photos, 429 members.

We've slowed down to 1.6 photos/minute added to the pool.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

435 People, 64524 photos 8:38 EDT
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Hans (lumilux.org)  Pro User  says:

65402 photos, 455 members at 11:19 EDT
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

Very cool Buttersweet.

12:30 PM EDT: (43 hours, 30 minutes elapsed) 69,541 photos and 462 members.

I'm updating the graphs now. This is a nice upturn, probably from Buttersweet. (We're at more than 58 photos/minute added to the pool.)
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Michael Costolo edited this topic 72 months ago.

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

1PM EDT. 44 hours elapsed. 69695 photos, 464 members.

Back down to 5 photos/minute added to the group pool.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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flikr  Pro User  says:

20:34 (GMT+1)

470 members
70072 photos
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

5PM EDT. 48 hours elapsed. 70,320 photos and 476 members. Not even double what we had in day one, if you're keeping track.

I'll update the graphs later.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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flikr  Pro User  says:

491 members
70,658 photos

01:41 (GMT+1)
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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

491 Members, 70704 Photos Wheee! 9:10 EDT
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

495 Members, 70821 Photos 11:20 EDT
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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

497 Members, 70835 Photos 12:57 EDT
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flikr  Pro User  says:

514 Members
73,677 photos

10:34 (GMT+1)
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

7:11 AM EDT (7-6-06) (62 hours, 11 minutes elapsed). 74,490 photos, 518 members.

Charts are updated (see above)
Originally posted 72 months ago. (permalink)
Michael Costolo edited this topic 72 months ago.

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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

521 Members, 74497 Photos 8:47 EDT
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flikr  Pro User  says:

523 Members
74,534 photos

15:51 GMT+1


Hey there smile4camera
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flikr  Pro User  says:

523 Members
74,542 photos

16:46 GMT+1
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

1:04 PM EDT on 6/7/06: 74,544 photos, 525 members.

Growing at a rate of 0.15 photos/minute since 7 this morning.

Please invite your contacts if you haven't already done so!
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

5PM EDT. Three days elapsed. 75, 123 photos and 531 members.
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flikr  Pro User  says:

533 Members
75,546 photos

00:44 GMT+1
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

9:30 PM EDT. Three days, 4.5 hours elapsed. 75,547 photos, 535 members.

We've still not doubled the first day's 45000 pictures in the pool.

We need some publicity. Anyone good at this sort of thing? I've exhausted my contacts and groups.
Posted 72 months ago. (permalink)

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

5:15 AM EDT on 7/7/06 (3.5 days, plus 15 mins). 75,567 photos and 539 members.

That's 20 photos added in roughly the last 8 hours.
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flikr  Pro User  says:

541 Members
75,592 photos

14:56 GMT +1
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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

11:30 PM. 90.5 hours elapsed. 75,599 photos, 542 members.

Graphs are being updated now. Note in particular the logarithmic decline in the pool growth rate.

What has remained ~constant from almost 15 minutes since the start of this group until now is the number of photos/member = about 140. Very interesting...
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Michael Costolo edited this topic 72 months ago.

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Michael Costolo is a group administrator Michael Costolo  Pro User  says:

3:30 PM EDT. 75,605 photos, 541 members.

That's a paltry six additional photos added in the last 4 hours and a loss of 1 member.
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flikr  Pro User  says:

551 Members
76,912 photos

05:46 GMT+1
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Mr Sean says:

554 members
77555 photos
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flikr  Pro User  says:

556 Members
82,018 photos

11:45 GMT+1
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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

568 Members, 83701 Photos 4:21 EDT
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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

573 Members, 83854 Photos 12:00 EDT

Am I the only one paying attention anymore?
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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

585 Members, 85,963 Photos, 8:21 EDT
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KaylynStar  Pro User  says:

587 Members, 92,359 Photos, 8:10 EDT
Somebody just added a whole ton of photos :)
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flikr  Pro User  says:

593 members
94,639 photos

2:42 GMT+1
2006_07_14
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flikr  Pro User  says:

601 members
95,143 photos
15:57 GMT+1
2006 07 15
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

17 July, 2006; 5:40 pm EST
613 Members, 97,621 photos in the pool.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

18 July, 2006; 11:30 am EST (16:30 GMT)
627 members, 107,306 photos in the pool
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

19 July, 2006; 9:00 am EST (14:00 GMT)
643 members, 122,839 photos in the pool
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

20 July, 2006; 7:00 am EST (12:00 GMT)
659 members, 129,738 photos in the pool.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

24 July, 2006; 8:00 am EST (13:00 GMT)
720 members, 135,196 photos
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

24 July, 2006; 5:00 pm EST (22:00 GMT)
725 members, 143,415 photos
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

25 July, 2006; 6:00 am EST (11:00 GMT)
729 members, 147,599 photos
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

27 July, 2006; 7:00 am EST (12:00 GMT)
744 members, 153,202 photos
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

17 August, 2006;
948 members, 195,444 photos
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

21 August 2006;
1021 Members, 205,674 photos
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

23 August 2006;
1063 Members, 215,265 photos
Someone put in a whole lot of photos in the last couple of days! Thanks!
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

24 August 2006;
1095 Members, 232,570 photos.
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Leonisha is a group administrator Leonisha  Pro User  says:

26 August 2006:
1134 members, 239,343 photos.
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Newbirth35  Pro User  says:

I have 440 and added them all.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

31 August 2006
1207 members, 252,992 photos.
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Chat Malicieux  Pro User  says:

4 September 2006:
1272 Members, 259'202 photos
At the moment there are only about 1500 new photos per day - that will take us a very long time to reach 10 million!
If I didn't make a mistake in my calculation - 17-18 years!!!!
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

6 September 2006:
1309 members, 271,594 photos.
On our best days, we have had over 50,000 photos added (albeit, not too often). If every day was like that, we would hit 10 million in about 195 days. Whew! It's going to take a long while unless we get a whole lot more members.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

7 September 2006
1384 members, 299,498 photos.
Almost 30,000 photos added since yesterday!!! Yahoo! We also added another 75 members in one day. This is great!
I guess I need to update the charts!
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

8 September 2006
1423 members, 303,037 photos.
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msspider66  Pro User  says:

When I joined 1,472 Members and 327,490 photos

as of 2am eastern time 10 Sep 2006

329,900 photos
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JLovely (DisRunner)  Pro User  says:

1,495 members...333,265 photos as of 10:38pm EST Sep 10, 2006
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

11 September 2006
1501 members, 333,757 photos.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

12 Sept 2006
1531 members, 338,299 photos.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

13 Sept 2006
1609 members, 343,407 photos.
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JLovely (DisRunner)  Pro User  says:

last tally was 24 hours ago.. so I'll put in todays! :)

14 Sept 2006
1631 members, 347,062 photos
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JLovely (DisRunner)  Pro User  says:

15 Sept 2006
1669 members, 356,089 photos
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

JLovely, I think your efforts have born some fruit. In the last 3 days, we have added about 120 new members and 25,000 photos! Wow! I think it's time for me to update the charts. I'll take care of it today.
18 Sept. 2006
1782 members; 380,697 photos
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

I tried that once. I was able to locate over a hundred contacts with at least 4000 photos each. The hard part is getting them to join. Try this: go to one of the large groups and check out who the top 4 contributors to their pool are. Pick one of them, go to their profile, and view all their contacts. In the listings, it shows how many photos each person has. Often, the people with large numbers of photos have contacts with lots of photos for some reason.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

19 September 2006 (10:15 am EST, 14:15 GMT)
1818 Members, 399,948 photos
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JLovely (DisRunner)  Pro User  says:

so it only took us about 11 days to add another 100k photos.. still on track though for hitting 10 mill in 3 years!
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JLovely (DisRunner)  Pro User  says:

20 September 2006 (8:52am EST)
1838 members, 404,774 photos
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JLovely (DisRunner)  Pro User  says:

daily tally...

1853 members
409,116 photos

12:52pm EST
Sept 21, 2006
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Leonisha is a group administrator Leonisha  Pro User  says:

416'547 photos, 1907 members
Sept 24, 2006.
(Time might be about the same as in JLovely's last posting)

About 2'500 per day growth rate in the last 3 days. It's slowing down again!
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

26 September, 2006
2001 Members; 425,288 photos.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

28 September, 2006
2051 members, 429,861 photos.
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Leonisha is a group administrator Leonisha  Pro User  says:

29 September 2006:
436,691 Photos, 2078 members.
700o new photos in one day, it's growinig faster again:)
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Leonisha is a group administrator Leonisha  Pro User  says:

1st of October, 2006:

440'700 photos, 2151 members.
Only 4000 new photos in 2 days.
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Mr. Physics is a group administrator Mr. Physics  Pro User  says:

2 Oct. 2006
2169 members, 441,867 photos.
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JLovely (DisRunner)  Pro User  says:

Finally back from my vacation so hopefully tonight you'll see about 500-600 pics being thrown in from me! :)

Total as of Oct 3, 2006 10:00am EST
2,202 members
444,301 photos

:)
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