"Age Pyramid" of the CPod community? [usage not biological age]

Hi Mexico Bob, et al, Trust us! Despite the new look of V3, we are all the same old people here at Cpod, who love all our CPoddies and are working hard to make Mandarin learning fun and effective for you. I hope you will be happy to see John's blog post of today, on this very subject, just out! We are listening, and have some new improvements coming, including the old, much beloved and missed ' right sidebar!' Check out the blog post for all the details. :)

april/may 2006

"(What ever happened to polls and the like? I miss the right sidebar of V2!)"

Hi Rich,

I miss a lot of things about V2. A year ago ChinesePod was like my own little neighborhood. I just couldn't wait to check out what was going on every day. I don't feel the same with V3 and the atmosphere seems to have gotten a bit stiff. I really miss the old Saturday Show and Word on the Street and all of the lively and endless discussions on Ken's Blog. Now it is the "Praxis" blog. To me "Praxis" sounds like a laxative or something. I guess I am just not a V3 kind of guy. Too many bells and whistles. I am more like a dinosaur. Oh, well, like my Mom always said, "Onward ever, backward never"...(sigh).

Thanks for the kind comments everyone! It is comforting to know that you have been missed.

Saludos a todos de mi parte,

Mexico Bob

- How many percent of the current active users have started before 2006?

Uh, no

- How many before June 2006?

Uh, almost. July 2006. I celebrated my one year anniversary of knowing this coolest place on the 'net. :)

- How many before January 2007?

Moi

- How many before the switch to V3?

Wo

- How many after the switch?

Uh, I still remained! :)

(What ever happened to polls and the like? I miss the right sidebar of V2!)

I started listening to CP in Sept. '06 in preparation for a trip to China. I should have begun earlier... But at least I was able to ask the flight attendant - "qíng wèn, wǒ yào yī bēi shuǐ", and simple things like that. It's funny how Chinese here in the U.S. mirror the desire to improve English language skills just as I am struggling with their native tongue. Our exchanges are always amusing...

Bob is back!

xiaohu: Fall 08??

:)

Since somewhere around the fall of 08...I think.

I'm a shiny new member had a free account for a bit then subcribed june (I think) 2007

I'm a shiny new member had a free account for a bit then subcribed june (I think) 2007

discovered CPod September 18, 2006, took premium subscription September 20...

I remember the first podcasts I heard were about Christmas, so I must've started in December of 05. It was love at first ... listen. I still love my chinese pod, even if I'm not computer savvy enough to figure out a lot of the site. I listen to my podcasts, do some of the premium practice stuff. I even have been talking to Aggie for the past couple of months. WOW, has that ever helped my conversational Chinese. I am a walking advertisement for Chinesepod whenever I meet anyone with even the smallest interest in learning Manderin.

A few months after I started living in China someone introduced me to ChinesePod, used it for free for a good year or so, became a Premium subscriber after the launch of V3. Almost never left comments until recently. Use it every day.

March 2006 was when I discovered CPod. I've been adicted since.

Registered Dec. 2005, but was a listener before I got the courage to commit. When was the first podcast?

FYI

Have been logged in from very early days when I chanced upon the site, used many other sites to translate my friends emails and chats on QQ !

Started to find time for Chinese pod then signed up on V3 as I felt I had free_loaded long enough!

I am now finding it hard to fit in the study time, but will not drop off.

Having worked in China over the past 15 years, and loving the place I shall always keep up the language practice and hope to return at least once a year

Non-paying participant since September 2005; premium subscriber since March 2006.

I just registered to the Cantonese forum and noticed Mexico Bob has also registered. Probably a good sign.

I found the site November or December of 2005 and registered early 2006. I became a basic subscriber a few months later. Presently, I'm in my second month as a practice subscriber.

It's been very interesting to watch the site grow, pains and all.

I REALLY miss Bob. I was counting on him to pull me through SpanishSense.

I started reading Ken's blog in November 2006.

I'm a subscriber since January 2007.

Henning

When I click on "User Details" under your profile, it has "Registered: Nov 30, 1999" Hmmmm....you must have had a premonition that CPod was going to form 6 years AFTER you registered! Wow! That's AWESOME!

you gotta use the way of community using the way with exit on it might mean you never find your way back. huh..*fill in the sound of a cold wind here* ;-)

or should I say "lost users". Thats strange...

Excuter, I think I just fell in that Hole Of Lost Posts you mentioned.

I started in last month, [June].

Bob Mrotek where are you ? (I told you there´s this hole...) ;-)

And I started listening back in November 06.

I too am wondering about Mexico Bob, he's a wonderful encouraging guy. Hope he's okay.

OK, Bazza and Lantian take the crown. Still around since CPod's Cretaceous period.

I myself consider myself fairly "young", having discovered CPod not before April 2006.

how shall I say this... well I started before the switch but don´t know when exactly. I don´t care much about that kinda thing´s what count´s is I´m here ;-)

for my age see my profile please :-)

ähm...jaaa...it seems there´s a hole somewhere where which eats the users that used to be around here when I started...(carefull don´t fall in it!)

19th October 2005 :)