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The Minecraft Forums is a community forum for Minecraft. It was created on Jun. 16, 2009 by community member citricsquid and has continued to be operated by the community, with Mojang Mojang AB Type Subsidiary Founder(s) Markus Persson, Jakob Porsér, and Carl Manneh Founded 2009 Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden Key people Jens Bergensten Products Minecraft, Scrolls, Cobalt, and Crown and Council Parent @@@#@@@Microsoft(microsoft.com)###@### Studios Links Site Mojang 
having no involvement in day-to-day operations (although some Mojang employees have accounts on the site).
In Sep. 2010 Redstone Wire Ltd was formed to manage the site, and on Nov. 15, 2010, the site was acquired by Curse, who now own and operate the site. The forum software used is called Cobalt and is developed in-house by Curse.
The forum serves as a hub for the Minecraft community with game modifications The contents of this page are not supported by Mojang AB, the Minecraft Wiki, the Minecraft IRC channel or the Minecraft Forums. See game modifications. For server moderators, see Operator. An example 
, custom maps, servers See the multiplayer software in Minecraft. For the multiplayer experience, see Multiplayer. For the official Mojang paid-for servers, see Realms. For other unofficial Minecraft server software, see custom servers. Minecraft servers allow (see: Server List) and resource packs See the system to customize assets since 1.6.1. For the system used before 1.6.1, see Texture pack. The default textures, with a custom resource pack (DokuCraft) in the center. The resource pack 
all being shared. Registration to the site is free and anyone with or without a Minecraft account is allowed to use the site. Forum administration is managed by citricsquid and PuyoDead and the forum moderation team is made up of over 100 volunteers.
The site front page provides news, videos, interviews, contests and articles, relating to Minecraft, Mojang and the Minecraft community in general. The front page news is managed by Sacheverell with videos from the MCSpotlights @@@#@@@YouTube(youtube.com)###@### Channel and the Curse YouTubeTechnology company channel.
Statistics
The following is a collection of statistics relating to the growth of the forum. All dates are in the YYYY-MM-DD format.
Videos
Posts per day
| Description | Period | Posts per day (average)citationneeded |
|---|---|---|
| First month | 2009-06-17 - 2009-07-17 | 231 |
| Peak day | 2011-09-11 | 44858 |
| Latest month | 2012-01-01 - 2012-01-31 | 27275 |
Registrations per day
| Description | Period | Registrations per day (average)citationneeded |
|---|---|---|
| First month | 2009-06-17 - 2009-07-17 | 20 |
| Peak day | 2011-04-01 | 5020 |
| Latest month | 2012-01-01 - 2012-01-31 | 2600 |
Milestones
| Milestone type | Date | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total posts | 2010-10-25 | 1,000,000 | Post no longer available |
| Total posts | 2011-05-30 | 5,000,000 | Post no longer available |
| Total posts | 2011-11-06 | 10,000,000 | Posted by 1337snake |
| Total members | 2010-12-03 | 100,000 | User Magni10001 |
| Total members | 2011-12-28 | 1,000,000 | User no longer active |
| Total members | 2014-02-10 | 3,000,000 | Samuel_Ford |
