Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:08:28 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD forums hacked Message-ID: <14e7b3b1273dd1428cb22b22259d77b685d9e82b.camel@riseup.net> In-Reply-To: <61850ea45249b85764d9bc550d838b9d@dalescott.net> References: <2daa3b54-59b1-4bcd-afb5-8767fdd8c415@gmail.com> <03c13af8-bca5-4731-a4fd-92456db5bb7c@qeng-ho.org> <2a3701dcc067$38688290$a93987b0$@vestigocorp.com> <4edf0e50-1558-47ee-98d0-07ba01ce0948@alexburke.ca> <914b7a933d686c2c78443d7b2918eaee2c3d2d90.camel@riseup.net> <61850ea45249b85764d9bc550d838b9d@dalescott.net>
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On Mon, 2026-03-30 at 11:45 -0600, Dale Scott wrote: > Without doing the math I think it shows a healthy community. I would advise caution when concluding that a high number of users on a platform necessarily indicates a correspondingly healthy community. There are some very telling counterexamples in this regard ;). I decided to do a random Google search using the letter "x" and "FreeBSD" as search terms. Google’s AI responded (translated from German): "X (formerly Twitter) has by far the largest community of the three platforms mentioned, followed by xHamster, while the FreeBSD Forums represent a very small, specialized niche. Here is the comparison based on data from 2026: X (Twitter): Has several hundred million monthly active users (estimates for early 2026 are approximately 560–570 million) and billions of page views. xHamster: Ranks among the top websites worldwide, with over a billion visits per month (according to Similarweb for Feb. 2026). It is one of the most-visited pornographic platforms. FreeBSD Forums: This is a specialized technical forum for the FreeBSD operating system. The community is active, but tiny compared to social networks. There are a few thousand registered users who exchange ideas in threads. Conclusion: X has the largest, most diverse community. xHamster is extremely large in terms of pure traffic, but thematically very limited. The FreeBSD Forums are a small, specialized community."home | help
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