[Global Connection] Over 566,000 Visitors · A Civilization Forum Awakened by One Person

Jeffi Chao Hui Wu

Article Date: July 9, 2025, Wednesday, 3:55 AM

Since the popularity of smartphones and the rise of social media, most traditional forums around the world have almost fallen into silence. Whether it's Facebook, Weibo, WeChat Moments, or short video platforms and instant messaging apps, each is changing the rhythm of human expression with "quick information, quick responses, and quick likes." The habit of sitting in front of a computer to write long articles has gradually transformed into "quickly scrolling with a thumb" or "a video every few seconds." In this context, the forum model, which requires one to calm down, write, think, reply, and accumulate, has almost been sentenced to death.

But I have never given up on my forum. It is called "Australian Long Wind Information Network," and it has been online since 2001. While others are switching to new systems, developing apps, and using cloud services, I am still using the most primitive phpBB version from 2001. There are no flashy interfaces, no algorithmic recommendations, and no AI automatic distribution; everything relies on the most basic structure: sections, topics, posts, and replies. The system is old, the interface is simple, but it is clean, quiet, stable, and real. I have always insisted on maintaining it and have never disconnected.

In late June 2025, I quietly set up a column on this forum. At that time, there was no fanfare, no active promotion, and no efforts to drive traffic through social media. I simply wanted to organize and publish the genuine writings I had produced over the years, one by one. It was not for popularity, nor for traffic, but to see, in the most old-fashioned and purest way, whether these contents still hold value in today's era dominated by "fast food content."

At first, the number of visitors was not very high, around a few thousand each day, sometimes reaching ten or twenty thousand. I had no promotional resources, no helpers or team; every article was edited, uploaded, and published by myself, manually maintained and categorized. Others might think the efficiency is too low, but I don't see it that way. I know that as long as the content is valuable, even if it is slow, it will definitely be seen.

What shocked me the most was that since I started my serialized column, the forum's traffic began to "rise steadily." It wasn't a sudden explosion of popularity, but rather a consistent daily increase: 30,000, 50,000, 70,000... By the end of June, it had already surpassed 200,000 online. That feeling was like an old platform that had been dormant for many years, quietly being awakened.

I know that some may wonder: why is it that only I am posting articles, yet the forum can suddenly gather hundreds of thousands of people? Is it really that magical? To be honest, if I hadn't seen the visitor numbers in the backend rising little by little with my own eyes, I might not believe it myself. But this time, I am clearer than anyone else that this surge in visits is not due to topic hype, not because of trending content driving traffic, and certainly not because of anyone sharing or promoting it, but because the content itself truly attracted people.

My articles are not just random writings or a patchwork of stories thrown together. Much of what I write is a summary of my personal experiences over the past two to three decades, some are records of my independent system building and problem-solving processes, some are insights gained through step-by-step practice, and others are a complete system of viewpoints formed after years of contemplation. They cover many areas that most people have not ventured into or dare not approach, such as how I created a highly efficient logistics system using the simplest tools, how I designed program models, financial structures, and scheduling processes on my own, using Excel, which was hardly valued by anyone back then, yet achieving efficiency surpassing that of professional enterprise systems. I also wrote about the real process of physical recovery: the regrowth of hair, the rebuilding of cold resistance, and daily records of blood sugar adjustments. There is no exaggeration or mystique; every detail comes from my own empirical results.

What I write is not about hot topics, not gossip, not emotional output, but real and verifiable paths and actions.

Many readers have privately messaged me, saying that it was their first time reading this type of article and they felt a sense of "sudden awakening." Some said they thought they hadn't worked hard over the years, but in reality, they just couldn't find the right methods; others mentioned they had never seen anyone lay bare their decades of failures and breakthroughs, logic and insights, as I have done in these articles. I am not afraid of others knowing what I have done; what I fear is that these real experiences will remain buried in a corner, unseen by anyone.

So, I didn't do any marketing or hype. I just posted a few articles every day. Each one wasn't long, but they were all written very sincerely. Just like that, the number of visitors started to grow every day. At first, it was a few thousand people, then tens of thousands, and later hundreds of thousands. I didn't do any technical optimization, didn't go to the cloud, didn't scale up; I just used that antique forum structure from 2001, and it still managed to support over five hundred thousand people online.

I didn't let the system change; it was the content that changed people's hearts.

If I were just to express some feelings and share daily thoughts, it might only be popular for three days. But this time it’s different. This is the path I have walked for decades, a complete trajectory of thought built piece by piece. I am simply writing it down and putting it online, allowing people to see it for themselves and make their own judgments.

This is not a traffic miracle; it is the result of content awakening. It is not a single "viral article," but rather the more than one hundred works I have continuously published — together, they have supported the revival of this forum from the old era.

In addition, I have uploaded complete empirical cases: how to naturally reverse baldness, how to restore insulin sensitivity without medication, and how to build an intelligent logistics system using the most basic Excel. These articles are all derived from my practice; they are not just a pile of words, but the crystallization of wisdom verified in real combat. I did not rely on inspiration, but on structural logic + empirical ability + information feedback loop. Each article is a brick, and within three weeks, I published over 156 articles, single-handedly building an entire "Extreme Civilization Library."

This type of content is not copied from anywhere, nor is it generated by AI. Not a single word is pieced together; every sentence is backed by decades of my hard work and reasoning. It is precisely because they are sufficiently real, deep, and systematic that readers, who are used to skimming and forgetting, are willing to pause to read, take the time to think, and even willing to re-register an account and reacquaint themselves with the operation of this long-forgotten forum, just to access the core of this content.

This is why: it's not that I brought people in, but that these contents attracted them!

Many people mistakenly believe that peak traffic is all "brushed" up or suddenly surged due to one or two viral articles. However, my forum is not at all like that. The record of 566,000 online users was accumulated gradually over the past three weeks, day by day. There were no sudden changes, no cliff-like fluctuations; instead, each day's readers were slightly more than the day before, and each article's views were slightly higher than the previous one. It's like a person walking steadily, step by step, reaching the peak.

The forum's highest online record was set at 1:51 AM on July 6, 2025, when the system showed a total of 564,596 online visitors, with a cumulative record of 566,062 people. This is not the result I predicted, but rather a process I witnessed while publishing articles. That night, I was still publishing articles, watching the numbers in the backend rise little by little, like seeing a veteran being stirred back to life. I knew very well in my heart: this is not a coincidence; it is the echo of years of persistence.

I care deeply about one thing: it is not the peaks that move me, but the continuous upward curve. There are no sudden surges, no sharp declines; people come in one by one, and leave one by one. This is the true reflection of a crowd, not the "flood of traffic" manipulated by system algorithms, but a process where content and rhythm genuinely touch people.

Until today, my column has published over 150 articles, with a total word count exceeding 160,000. Each piece is not a patchwork of jokes, but rather the real experiences I've had over the years, the logic I've thought through, and the structures I've validated. Some are about technology, some about philosophy, some are personal experiences, and others are essays that challenge the entire AI system's understanding. I do not pursue a unified style, avoid clickbait, and do not cater to trends. I simply want to establish a truly personal spiritual coordinate system, and this old forum is the most suitable place for me to anchor it.

So when I saw the 560,000+ online records, I didn't excitedly take a screenshot to show off. Instead, I was particularly quiet. It was like a library that had not been visited for many years suddenly welcoming many readers one day, who quietly sat down and read every book and every passage I had placed there. I knew that this was not only my victory but also a return of the forum as a carrier of civilization.

This is not my personal halo, but the "embers of information" of an entire era reignited. This is a victory for the patient, a testament for the persevering.

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