Yes, it’s been that long already, although sometimes it feels more like 70 years. 11,770 published posts, over a half million comments, and over 12 million visitors will tend do that. But CC’s birthday is not about blowing our horn; it’s become our annual day of expressing appreciation for all the contributors that make this site such a successful collaboration.
Regretfully, there is no easy or quick way for me to list all those that contributed in this past year. You know who you are, and so do our readers. So I ask you all to virtually stand up and take a bow, and we’ll applaud you all. It’s an honor to share these pages with you all.
And it’s incredibly gratifying to see how CC continues to attract new contributors on a steady basis. Understandably, some move on and others stay. That’s the nature of the internet. In total, we’ve had some 200 contributors, and we have another 40 or so more regular authors and editors. The birthday party keeps getting bigger; we’ll need a much bigger cake than this to feed you all.
The continued success of CC in carving out a well-defined niche in the huge automotive online world is directly the result of the content that magically appears here day-in and day-out, thanks to all of you contributors. CC will never grow beyond a certain size, because we’re not about the click-bait and shallow Top Ten lists. Our audience comes for substance, not empty calories. And we don’t do this for the money. It’s a labor of love by every contributor. So let’s give some of it back.
7 years of amazing articles and kickass commentary from Curbivores. I wake up, I shower, I brush my teeth, I read Curbside Classic. And I’m so grateful I can be part of it all!
A big thank you to all the contributors! I try to make it on hear at least once a day, to read the articles. Even if I don’t always have time to comment, I very much appreciate the efforts of all the contributors and of course Paul. Like other have said, the commenters here are top notch with a massive amount of knowledge. There is no doubt this the best classic car website bar none. There is no where else that I know of where so many car geeks get together and discuss all these great cars.
Best car website in sight!!! love coming here to talk to all of you guys!!! i love the cars and the articles, it’s a great place to be!! thank you all!!!
Happily surprised at the interest CC’s petrolheads take in my occasional non-car musings too – the feedback and the left field turns btl can be fascinating.
Thanks Paul and all writers and commenters. I’ve learned much here. Besides high quality articles, I love this blog due to the high level of civility on the comments. Very proud to have a few posts here and with good feedback.