How did Atlas rise in popularity?
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
April 27, 2024, 12:01:58 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  About this Site
  The Atlas
  How did Atlas rise in popularity?		 « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: How did Atlas rise in popularity?  (Read 1467 times)
diptheriadan
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 1,373


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« on: April 06, 2017, 06:34:56 PM »
Did Dave invite his friends, who in turn invited their friends, who in turn invited their friends and so on and so forth until us normies found it on Google? Or is everyone a normie who found it on Google?
Logged
Crumpets
Thinking Crumpets Crumpet
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 17,734
United States


Political Matrix
E: -4.06, S: -6.52

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2017, 06:41:24 PM »
It was probably one of the first websites with a large amount of easily-searchable election data, since it was started well before Wikipedia and doesn't require visiting Secretary of State websites from across the country to get detailed information.
Logged
LLR
LongLiveRock
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 5,956


WWW Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2017, 05:59:00 AM »
Well, most early posters here came from the old forum, which was much less active and organized. How they found that, or how the next round of folks found this, I don't know.
Logged
Sorenroy
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 1,701
United States


Political Matrix
E: -5.55, S: -5.91

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2017, 02:04:42 PM »
Quote from: Senator LLR on April 07, 2017, 05:59:00 AM
Well, most early posters here came from the old forum, which was much less active and organized. How they found that, or how the next round of folks found this, I don't know.

What is this "old forum". I've heard it mentioned several times but I still have no idea what it is/was.
Logged
Lumine
LumineVonReuental
Moderators
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,675
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2017, 05:09:58 PM »
Not sure, I found it searching for Alternate History actually (via the Election What-ifs? board), and I have the impression that other people may have found the forum in a similar way.
Logged
Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
Atlas Institution
*****
Posts: 58,169
United States


Political Matrix
E: -7.87, S: -3.83

P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2017, 07:16:47 PM »
It had good maps.
Logged
bagelman
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 8,630
United States


Political Matrix
E: -4.90, S: -4.17

P P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2017, 08:42:24 PM »
If the forum simply died, the site would still be alive. It's all about da maps, baby. Cool
Logged
Sumner 1868
tara gilesbie
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 6,074
United States
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2017, 08:47:35 PM »
Quote from: Sorenroy on April 07, 2017, 02:04:42 PM
Quote from: Senator LLR on April 07, 2017, 05:59:00 AM
Well, most early posters here came from the old forum, which was much less active and organized. How they found that, or how the next round of folks found this, I don't know.

What is this "old forum". I've heard it mentioned several times but I still have no idea what it is/was.

https://uselectionatlas.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/leip/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi
Logged
Meclazine for Israel
Meclazine
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 13,837
Australia


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2017, 09:37:17 PM »
« Edited: April 07, 2017, 09:41:36 PM by Meclazine »
Google when I was searching for boobies.
Logged
ASPN
Dr_Novella
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 466


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2017, 09:53:57 PM »
Was interested in election stuff and especially election games, found an election game thread on google from this site. I imagine many others found this place during elections years.
Logged
I Will Not Be Wrong
outofbox6
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 4,351
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2017, 09:54:48 PM »
When I joined.
Logged
Mr. Morden
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 44,073
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2017, 10:57:27 PM »
Much of the growth was probably a result of the "Is Miley Cyrus a virgin?" thread.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.035 seconds with 13 queries.