gFam

Driving mass adoption and utilization of XRP by introducing creators to #webmonetization at https://gfam.live/

So, ah, we thought we posted our First month for gFam post around this time last month.... ah, we were wrong... this first post was on the 19th... we got it wrong by a whole week... whoops.

Anyway, we thought we'd share the analytics of the gFam platform, especially since Coil doesn't provide any statistics or details.

Below is our daily user graph, showing a total sideways trend...

We haven't put any effort into getting the word out about the platform yet. We're still working on a few features before we really start to push it out to the public.

We'll really be aiming to convert Instagram users over to gFam and then into the Coil ecosystem. Anyway, that's the excuse for not growing in the last month... give us a break, alright, growing is hard.

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gFam is Coil-enabled... and so from those 494 users that are Coil Subscribers, gFam has raised 159.3 XRP so far!

Of course, every XRP raised by gFam flows straight back to the creators of the platform in the form of tips.

This is a graph of our active users. It's almost identical to the active users in our first month...

The most popular post was NickelNDime drinking a cup of coffee with 46 views, 2 comments and 34 XRP tipped.

The graph below shows the makeup of devices that use the site... again no real surprises there...

The channels analytics is still pretty surprising...

3 users got to gFam via Google, which we thought was super surprising, until we Googled 'gfam' and we're in 10th place... a massive improvement on 39th place last month.

The direct segment is people getting to gFam from browser bookmarks or getting the link directly from their URL bar... which essentially means that 57% of hits are repeat traffic...

We're getting all our referral traffic from Coil and MG.Social which is not surprising, but lovely.

In the social segment, 94% is from Twitter which is a drop from 100% last month. 2 views came from our Instagram account, 6 came from Facebook which is super confusing because we haven't put any content on Facebook at all.

Here is the user breakdown... very, very similar to the breakdown of last month, but with bigger numbers.

*Please note that gFam does not retain any user data at all. All the stats above are anonymous, and the only data we retain on our users is their userid and the Xumm address. That's it.
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Obviously we have nothing to on-sell to 3rd parties like the majority of social media platforms. Traditional social media platforms should pay you if they're making money off your data, or using your content to get views for their advertisers. Take back your data!

The #ChallengesByCin competition is finishing up in 4 days so you really need to get your entries in. It's definitely something that has been on our mind for a couple of weeks now... helped, of course, with Cintia's reminder and post about her entry. You should definitely check it out... so much snow skillage!

Really enjoyed reading about everyone's opinions about female nipples on the platform, we're super appreciative of the conversations on our tweet from yesterday and it's given us a lot to think about:

Anyway, on with the top stories from yesterday...

10 stories and 165 XRP tips were received!

Cintia took up snowboarding later in life and loves it, but has a video for us all of so many stacks... it's a fun watch and definitely #ShowMeTalent montage worthy...

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Franzario is taking on the youngsters again in beach volleyball...

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Therese has found the perfect spot to wait out the pandemic, and it honestly seems absolutely incredible...

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Anna posted her opinion on the whole female nipples conversation. Really interesting to see a point of view we didn't really expect... do you agree or disagree with her?

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Stoney is a teacher, and schools are absolutely the hot topic at the moment in terms of reopening in the midst of a pandemic in the US. There are lots of really strong opinions about it, even from people without school-aged children, and Stoney is front-row center...

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Yesterday was pretty quiet on gFam but there were a couple more stories on the platform and we've picked one story that we loved from our global family to share in the Coil Subscriber section...

... if you're interested in becoming a Coil Subscriber head on over to the Signup page and support creators...

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.

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Little bit of controversy and disagreement on gFam yesterday and today and it's all about..... nipples.

Ana has posted about this before, where she has had issues with traditional social media sites like Instagram and Facebook automatically taking down images with female nipples but not male nipples. Ana had said she had even posted a shot of her boyfriend's nipples photoshopped over her own and it was fine.

Today the other Anna posted a story saying that gFam isn't the place for nipples. We'd love to read everyone's opinion on this... what do you think? Are nipples welcome on gFam?

Despite (or maybe because of) the controversy, yesterday was a pretty quiet day on gFam with...

**8 stories and 109 XRP tips were received!**

Franzario tells a story about drinking red wine in Tuscany...

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Ana started a great discussion about female nipples and if they're offensive on social media... there's definitely some differing of opinion on this one...

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Vince is training while the rest of the world is chilling on they're Saturday afternoon...

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Stoney is busy at work at the office...

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Stefano is reminiscing of my fun times...

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Yesterday was pretty quiet on gFam but there were a couple more stories on the platform and we've picked one story that we loved from our global family to share in the Coil Subscriber section...

... if you're interested in becoming a Coil Subscriber head on over to the Signup page and support creators...

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.

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Yesterday was a wonderful day on the gFam platform, it was very sweet of our global family to post about how much their enjoying posting daily stories and share with everyone. Reading that gFam feels like a shelter filled with comfortable stories is really exciting and we're so happy we've been able to build a little community of caring and support.

We couldn't be more pleased that everyone seems to be enjoying the platform. Here are some of the top stories for the day...

12 stories and 202.2 XRP tips were received!

Anna is very sweet and shared with her global family just how much she's enjoying the platform...

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Nat is an absolute beast with incredible strength and stamina. Given a lot of her posts are her hanging from things or being allergic to the ground we're glad to see all that strength is the result of years of hard work. Super inspiring...

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Therese is such an interesting person with so many varied and fascinating life experiences. She shared a story about a Cacao ceremony and how a truly abundant bean was used as currency...

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Ana hasn't had the opportunity to work very much during the pandemic, so she's been spending her time creating looks to use for future photoshoots. So creative...

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Cintia is missing fun runs due to the pandemic, and so she's taken her global family back almost 20 years to reminisce about the good old days... where people are finishing 50 mile runs for the fun of it... hardcore...

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Yesterday was absolutely great, we were blown away by the quality story telling and while there were a couple more stories on the platform we've picked one story that we loved from our global family to share in the Coil Subscriber section...

... if you're interested in becoming a Coil Subscriber head on over to the Signup page and support creators...

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.

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Happy Birthday Stefano!

Stefano has been one of our earliest and most consistent creators on the gFam platform, and so we were extremely excited that he shared his birthday with his global family. We hope we can be there for all of our creators big fun milestones!! Hope you have a great birthday/week/month!!

Some other non-Stefano people posted as well, so we guess we should probably highlight some of them too...

11 stories and 146.8 XRP tips were received!

Stefano had a very chill birthday while he preps the world for his big four zero next year...

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Nickel is serenading his global family with mystery tunes. He plays it perfectly but doesn't know what song it's from. As far as we know no one has found the answer for him... do you know?

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Vince is trying to hack his brain to help him run faster in races. It's a super interesting method and we definitely think that running is as much a mental sport as a physical one...

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Sarah-Jane has been playing with masks this week, and is now working on her eyes now that masks are mandatory in the UK. We love what she's come up with... stunning...

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Anna has to be one of the most well traveled creators on the gFam platform, and this shot comes from an extremely romantic place...

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Yesterday was pretty good, and were a couple more stories on the platform but we've picked one that we loved from our global family to share in the Coil Subscriber section...

... if you're interested in becoming a Coil Subscriber head on over to the Signup page and support creators...

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.

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We're constantly blown away by just how talented our global family is with the things they post on gFam. The outfit created by Ana is totally amazing, everything Nat does is amazing, and we're super excited to welcome prolific Coil community member Casio to the platform.

9 stories and 190 XRP tips were received !

Ana is back after a hiatus and has shared with us a really interesting outfit made out of reflective stickers... the life of creative people is so inspiring...

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Nat is so incredibly talented and very well traveled – this handstand is on the beautiful west coast of Australia. We really love the little insight into everyone's travels that the platform provides...

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Casio is giving gFam a go so we're excited to show him that we're at least an okay platform. Super curious to what else he might post, he seems super smart with a range of interests...

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Anna is cuddling super cute dogs on her little island... this little one is absolutely adorable...

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Therese is not having a good run with her laptop... there are so many amazing reasons to live on an incredible island with volcanic view, but unfortunately access to technical expertise is one of those...

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Yesterday was pretty good, and there are lots more stories on the platform but we've picked one that we loved from our global family to share in the Coil Subscriber section...

... if you're interested in becoming a Coil Subscriber head on over to the Signup page and support creators...

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.

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We do feel extremely lucky to have such an interesting and creative core group of posters on the gFam platform. We seem to have music, sport, traveling and acroyoga all covered today... that's a pretty amazing group of creatives...

10 stories and 160.01 XRP tips were received!

Therese is on an island that's completely socially distant from the rest of the world... so what else can you do but make asthetically pleasing patterns with your friend's bodies...

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Niels the super rockstar shares his love for a certain Number 9. The passion for the beautiful game around the world is always inspiring... I mean, look at that grin...

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Cintia raises some super interesting questions about how the various ski resorts will cope with the pandemic. Should be very interesting and I'd be super nervous if I owned any businesses dependent on a good ski season...

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Franzario shares another amazing story with his housemates... this time it's about the all-important flatmate selection process, which they decided to fun-up... as you can see by this amazing shot...

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Anna takes a moment to reflect on her travels so far, and we're super proud of her for jumping right out of her comfort zone, and so excited that she has shared so many aspects of her travels with her global family...

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Yesterday was such an incredible day, with some beautiful sunsets shared. There are lots more stories on the platform but we've picked one that we loved from our global family to share in the Coil Subscriber section...

... if you're interested in becoming a Coil Subscriber head on over to the Signup page and support creators...

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.

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Our little gFam platform was still running very much off the high of this whole thing yesterday and we had another great day with some great laughs and a ton of exploring.

13 stories and 147.8 XRP tips were received!

Cintia and her husbo were celebrating their 19 year anniversary which is amazingly amazing and is super inspiring. We're so proud and excited for them. You'll have to read her post to find out the secret...

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Therese is just amazing... we get so excited when she posts and yesterday was no different (also, spoiler, today is even better) where she's setting up some silks in her house. What even is her life...

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Franzario told another hilarious story about his party house... this time he made one particular dude super angry... but who even cares, this shot is incredible...

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Vince and Kristy and toughing out New Zealand's south island. We're constantly struck by just how global this platform is... within this post 5 different countries are represented. Anyway, the south island is not the warmest island...

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Stoney and Crystal have been enjoying the lack of crowds at the various themeparks, with an incredible amount of photos included in a Coil post on Universal Studios...

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Yesterday was such an incredible day, there are lots more stories on the platform but we've picked one that we loved from our global family to share in the Coil Subscriber section...

... if you're interested in becoming a Coil Subscriber head on over to the Signup page and support creators...

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.

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Yesterday was an absolutely incredible day for the gFam platform! We woke up to a ton of Twitter notifications all about this:

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The incredible generosity of the XRPCommunity, and of Patty in particular is astounding and we're very excited with this support. As you all know, every XRP that gFam generates goes right back to all the creators posting on gFam... so get to posting!

The other incredible part about yesterday, was that everyone got to posting!

***19 stories and 235.1 XRP tips were received!
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Patty posted a cute little shot of her cat Teddy being a fan of gFam as well. That's a pretty huge endorsement, this might be the highlight of the platform so far...

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Hazel is introducing face yoga to her global family and we're surprisingly curious on to what this actually is...

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Sarah-Jane got herself a sew machine so that she could make proper-fitting mask for herself. Looking pretty great so far and obviously it's extremely important to have your mask fit your face well...

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Franzario has a super great story of the best party he's ever thrown... it was wild...

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Anna is in Asia at the moment, and her Mom is back home... and it seems like she's feeling a bit homesick, she posted another photo of her struggling with being *understood in Thailand*...

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Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Stefano is back after hanging with his gang. We're pretty rapt that we're at least his second favourite gang...

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Yesterday was a huge day, there are lots more stories on the platform but we've picked one that we loved from our global family to share in the Coil Subscriber section...

... if you're interested in becoming a Coil Subscriber head on over to the Signup page and support creators...

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.

Read more...

Yesterday the gFam platform was all about getting out into the sun... whether it be out via hammock, running, volleyball or just sitting at the beach. Really excited to see everyone getting out and absorbing all that vitamin D.

11 stories and 129.5 XRP tips were received !

Therese is contemplating the potential for eco garden wonderlands in her amazing hammock and volcanic viewpoint. We can't think of a better place to do all the thoughts...

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Nat is having to push herself to run 5kms, which is a huge effort for a random Sunday... until she applied the old saying... “if you're struggling, go slower” – good for Nat for pushing...

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Anna is getting ready for her first scuba session. Anna's shots are always so amazing when that clear, clear water is in the photo...

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Franzario is hilarious! His beach volleyball story is so good and teaches us all about champions...

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Stoney is feeling the serenity walking barefoot on the sand and waves and introspection...

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Thanks so much for reading and supporting all the creators using the gFam platform. Every XRP that is accumulated by the gFam Coil account or on the site itself gets redirected back to the creators via tips.

Please contact us on Twitter if you have any questions.