Minecraft Forums
Minecraft Forum is the official[1] community forum for Minecraft, it was created on June 16th 2009 by community member citricsquid, the forum has always been operated by the community with Mojang having no involvement in day to day operations, although some Mojang employees have accounts on the site. In September 2010 Redstone Wire Ltd was formed[2] to manage the site, on November 15th 2010 the site was acquired by Curse[3] who now own and operate the site. The forum software used is IP.Board.
The forum serves as a hub for the Minecraft community with game modifications, maps, servers and texture packs all being shared. Registration to the site is free and anyone with or without a Minecraft account is allowed to use the site.
Forum administration is managed by citricsquid and PuyoDead and the forum moderation team is made up of around 30[4] volunteers, community members are encouraged to apply to be a moderator.[5]
The site front page provides news,[6] videos[7], interviews[8], contests[9] and articles[10], all relating to Minecraft, Mojang and the Minecraft community. The front page news is managed by Sacheverell with some videos coming from the Curse Youtube.
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[edit] Statistics
The following is a collection of statistics relating to the growth of the forum. All dates are in the YYYY-MM-DD format.
[edit] Posts per day
| Description | Period | Posts Per Day (average) |
|---|---|---|
| First Month | 2009-06-17 - 2009-07-17 | 231 |
| Peak Day | 2011-09-11 | 44858 |
| Latest Month | 2012-01-01 - 2012-01-31 | 27275 |
[edit] Registrations per day
| Description | Period | Registrations Per Day (average) |
|---|---|---|
| First Month | 2009-06-17 - 2009-07-17 | 20 |
| Peak Day | 2011-04-01 | 5020 |
| Latest Month | 2012-01-01 - 2012-01-31 | 2600 |
[edit] Milestones
| Milestone Type | Date | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Posts | 2010-10-25 | 1,000,000 | Post no longer available |
| Total Posts | 2011-05-30 | 5,000,000[11] | Post no longer available |
| Total Posts | 2011-11-06 | 10,000,000 | Posted by 1337snake[12] |
| Total Members | 2010-12-03 | 100,000 | User Magni10001[13] |
| Total Members | 2011-12-28 | 1,000,000 | User Tuddiggidge[14] |
[edit] External Links
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.minecraft.net/community
- ↑ http://rmbls.net/post/16577257153/history-of-minecraftforum-net-and-minecraftwiki-net
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/80665-curse/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/674656-staff-list/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/forum-65/announcement-35-applying-to-be-a-moderator/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/405-minecraft-snapshot-12w07b-updated-is-ready-for-testing/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/367-dead-workers-party-covers-questworld-shipwrecked/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/381-3d-printing-revisited-interview-with-alexander-boden/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/384-swtor-themed-contest-winners/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/news/409-5-million-minecraft-sales-many-more-registered/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/redstonewire/status/75115460919689216
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/766548-the-legend-of-zeldaskyward-sword/page__p__10000000#entry10000000
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/user/100000-/
- ↑ http://www.minecraftforum.net/user/1000000-/
