What happened on 18 March 2008?

[Danny]

According to the stats on the home page the most users ever online was 546 on 18th Mar 2008 at 21:00.

Why were there so many people on then, and why have we not managed to beat that number in the 12 months since?

 

[oxbob]

Lurkers?

 

[snakehips]

Not much on telly tonight then Danny ?

Snakehips Bikes

 

[4F]

Was that the time it all went belly up on ACF and we suddenly had a large influx of new posters ?

 

[snorri]

I had often wondered, Dannyg, but was too shy to ask.

 

[Danny]

Not much on telly tonight then Danny ?

Snakehips Bikes

Actually a lot of my working life has been devoted to producing "management information" and, sadly, such statistical nuggets always interest me.

 

[oxbob]

Was that the time it all went belly up on ACF and we suddenly had a large influx of new posters ?

That seems plausible

 

[punkypossum]

Pretty sure it was due to the ACF blow-up...

 

[Dave5N]

New googlebot.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Was that the time it all went belly up on ACF and we suddenly had a large influx of new posters ?

Yep, I reckon, Smilie time!

 

[Dave5N]

How is Sam-I-Am-Not?

 

[oxbob]

How is Sam-I-Am-Not?

Perhaps its quoth lol

 

[dellzeqq]

Wrong timing.

I reckon it's the 'spring is sprung' thing.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

According to Wikipedia it was Yoshie Takeshita's thirtieth birthday.

whose surname is amusingly an anagram of as hat kite.

 

[Danny]

According to Wikipedia it was Yoshie Takeshita's thirtieth birthday.

That explains it then