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There seems to have been a significant increase in the number of visitors to the website over the past few days — in particular from Syracuse, New York, United States.

Though - I doubt those figures. Have a look at the screenshot and you'll notice that Google Analytics is reporting an increase of 33,000 times as many visitors as usual.

30% rise in visitors

The actual change is a lot closer to 130% (30% higher than usual), and it's been growing ever since the new firmware and skin systems were implemented. We're receiving an average of about 150 unique visitors per day from around the world.

BUT… (there's always a catch)

Unfortunately, that isn't necessarily good news. People aren't uploading any skins - which means they're leeching them instead. For that reason I'm doing two things.

Firstly, I'm writing this, and asking you to please do your bit to contribute to the website if you use its services! I'm not asking for donations (yet) nor am I asking for anything else except for a small amount of your time. At the very least, comment beneath the skins you use or the firmware that you download - that way I know that the time I invest in this website is worth something to someone.

The second thing I plan to do is to open the skin submission system up a bit. It's impossible to open it up completely to Anonymous users, because the Wikidot software I'm using doesn't retain the IP address of the skin creator long enough to let them upload files as well. They can create a new page but will be blocked from uploading anything.

For that reason I'll open it up as much as I can - and that's to all Wikidot users. I recommend to all users that you join the website so that you gain the full benefits. However, uploading skins will only require step 1 of the registration process from now onwards, in an effort to make uploading your skins easier.

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