"Wildly Popular" = 7.8?

(Written 2/12/12 by Prancer The Swami for the Uglier MDers blog)

The Swami often has difficulty understanding the full meaning of some of Zeeke's rants.  There's probably a language barrier there because, well, Zeeke's so dumb.

Take, for example, Zeeke's rants about his room awhile back.  He called it "wildly popular" and "one of the most popular chatrooms."

The Swami tends to take proclamations way too literally.  If a room is "one of the most popular," The Swami figures it should be in at least the Top 10, or maybe the Top 25 on a slow day.  But as the Swami writes this, Zeeke's room is #120.  120???  Yep, it's right behind "Friendly Doms n Subs."  Granted the widespread appeal of doms and subs, but #120 is "one of the most popular" rooms?

The Swami also recognizes that "wildly popular" is a much vaguer phrase, so allowances must be made for some hyperbole.  But under what loose standards can an average of 7.8 SNs in a room be considered "wildly popular"?  That's what Zeeke's room averaged from early morning to late evening in January.

So, a decline from "wildly popular" to just 7.8 in a few months can't be a good sign. And I'm sure the Zombies will gleefully point out that The Swami's room is virtually in the toilet.  But they should be mindful that the Over 35 room averaged almost that same 7.8 as recently as July. 

It's certainly a very slippery slope once a chat room drops below critical mass.

P.S. As The Swami was about to send this to Ugly, Vomit posted that his room is "in very good shape" and "we max out at a little over 20 chatters."  The Swami has always admired Vomit's ability to ignore reality and just make up stuff.  His room hasn't been within even barking distance of 20 since mid-December, and hasn't regularly exceeded 20 since August.  The Swami wants some of whatever Vomit was smoking.