

What a week! Not only was it Public Access' first birthday this week -- And a very happy birthday to all of you who make Public Access what it is! -- But we also have stats on all the stories from May, details on a comments upgrade, special anniversary topic suggestions and an upcoming mini-contest to find our next Q&A interviewee. So. Many. Activities!



If you'd like to help us celebrate Public Access' first birthday, you can check out our birthday post (which includes a traditional Public Access style GIF party); we've also got a story up that highlights the twelve most-read Public Access stories of the past twelve months. A hearty congratulations to all the authors featured in that story, and a heartfelt happy birthday and thank you to all Public Access members -- we literally could not do it without you!



Over in the comments section, you may have noticed that we now have a user history enabled which means if you click on a user's screenname you'll get a pop up menu that displays all of that users comments. Clicking on the black box with an arrow next to the date will take you to the article that particular comment appeared in. It looks like this:





90 total articles went live in May! Ninety. 9--0. That's not only the best month we've had all year -- it's also the best month we've had since our launch month (June 2015). AND, it's the fifth month in a row that our post count has beat the previous month. AND that is freakin' awesome.

45 different Public Access members published posts -- including 26 members who put up their very first stories. Welcome to all those new members!

The Public Access member with the most posts published in May is: Dianna Labrien, who published nine posts in May. Second-place is a two-way tie between Lovisa Alvin and Jerry Li who each published six posts.

Lastly, keep an eye on the Public Access home page on Monday; we'll be releasing the Q&A contest post that I mentioned in the birthday post -- All the Public Access Weekly headlines are veiled pop culture references and the member or reader who guesses the most correctly will be our next Q&A star. Monday's post will have all the titles, and entry details so if you'd like to be our next Q&A interviewee, this is your chance!Hey how about some Public Access story stats from May?And the top 10 most read Public Access posts for May (as always, not counting the Public Access Weekly) were: