It seems that "Sparlock-mania" is definitely waning.
Here is a graph showing visitors to my blog article:
The "601" was Monday 28th, when I first wrote the article. The incredible "1,828" was the day after. Since then the visitor numbers have steadily declined. I believe this is evidence that those who are most interested in Sparlock and the new DVD are the ones frequenting this forum, or ex-jws who regularly keep updated with JW-related developments online. Obviously, there is only a finite number of such ones (who keep tabs on these things on a regular basis), hence the reason why the numbers are now dropping to near how they were before the article was released.
However, there is reason for hope!
Each day, people arrive on the website through nothing other than "googling" keywords related to the DVD or the convention.
Take a look at the following graphic:
As you can see, a healthy number of the inbound keywords are related to the 2012 convention, or convention releases. I believe many of these will be active JWs who are curious about what the new releases will be, or want to be "in the know" once their convention comes around.
Visits from such ones may be a mere trickle compared to the numbers who flooded to the article when it was first released, but it's a trickle nonetheless. If my article can educate even a handful of parents about the harmful effects of the video, or result in just one impressionable child not seeing the video who otherwise would, then I would consider that "mission accomplished".
Cedars