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Greg Bernhardt
Sep18-03, 05:27 PM
Most users ever online was 75 on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM.
It would be fun to plan a time that everyone could jump on PF and we could have like a record of 1000 members on the board at once.
Yes, until the board crashes. Then it's not so neat. Ah well, it's a good thing this board isn't running the good old UBB software.
Ivan Seeking
Sep18-03, 06:36 PM
There are currently 31 members and 49 guests on the boards. | Most users ever online was 80 on 09-18-2003 at 04:34 PM
Greg Bernhardt
Sep18-03, 07:16 PM
Most users ever online was 84 on 09-18-2003 at 07:12 PM.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep18-03, 08:07 PM
Most users ever online was 90 on 09-18-2003 at 08:06 PM.
I wonder why the traffic all of a sudden exploded!
Ivan Seeking
Sep18-03, 08:24 PM
Perhaps the newsletter?
Mr. Robin Parsons
Sep19-03, 10:25 AM
Originally posted by Greg Bernhardt
Most users ever online was 90 on 09-18-2003 at 08:06 PM.
I wonder why the traffic all of a sudden exploded!
Probably too much hype! [6)]
Greg Bernhardt
Sep22-03, 08:27 PM
Most users ever online was 109 on 09-22-2003 at 07:40 PM.
StephenPrivitera
Sep22-03, 09:09 PM
Looks like a very positive response to the new format, huh?
Tom Mattson
Sep23-03, 04:12 PM
Most users ever online was 145 on 09-23-2003 at 09:18 PM.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep23-03, 04:15 PM
Originally posted by Tom
Most users ever online was 145 on 09-23-2003 at 09:18 PM.
Glorious, looks like we're finally over our hump. We had an average of 30 people online for almost a year.
There seem to be quite a number of folk who were 'regulars' at superstringtheory.com, and who are now posting regularly here. Some have different names.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep23-03, 06:57 PM
Originally posted by Nereid
There seem to be quite a number of folk who were 'regulars' at superstringtheory.com, and who are now posting regularly here. Some have different names.
Good good, how can you tell if they have different names? Is that where you are from?
Guybrush Threepwood
Sep24-03, 09:36 AM
Originally posted by Greg Bernhardt
It would be fun to plan a time that everyone could jump on PF and we could have like a record of 1000 members on the board at once.
YEAH, let's do it ....
Re superstringtheory.com folks, take a look at this thread:
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5385&perpage=15&pagenumber=2
Dirk, Paul, sol, and I know DickT are all on.
Also:
http://www.superstringtheory.com/forum/partboard/messages23/137.html
Greg Bernhardt
Sep24-03, 03:27 PM
Originally posted by Nereid
Re superstringtheory.com folks, take a look at this thread:
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5385&perpage=15&pagenumber=2
Dirk, Paul, sol, and I know DickT are all on.
Also:
http://www.superstringtheory.com/forum/partboard/messages23/137.html
Great! Welcome to PF!
btw, Most users ever online was 151 on 09-24-2003 at 02:03 PM. [:D]
and 8 hours later, it was up to 162
Greg Bernhardt
Sep30-03, 06:50 PM
Most users ever online was 171 on 09-30-2003 at 04:52 PM.
BoulderHead
Sep30-03, 06:58 PM
That Operation Tips is really working wonders ! [:D]
Mr. Robin Parsons
Sep30-03, 07:08 PM
.............and I was in on it, WOHOOOOO!
Greg Bernhardt
Oct15-03, 03:57 PM
Originally posted by spookz
an amazing forum!
;)
Welcome spookz, sciforums not treating you well? [:D]
On Radioactive Waves
Oct20-03, 03:06 AM
Oh what a relief compared to sciforums!!!!
Greg Bernhardt
Oct21-03, 02:29 PM
Most users ever online was 181 on 10-21-2003 at 01:23 PM. [:D]
nuts
i suspect fake logins, tampering with code, etc
Integral
Oct21-03, 09:08 PM
Originally posted by Greg Bernhardt
Most users ever online was 181 on 10-21-2003 at 01:23 PM. [:D]
Would have been higher, if I could have gotten on! I think we have hit a limit.
lavalamp
Oct22-03, 01:21 PM
I think I was online then during dinner time at school. However I'm running on GMT time, so how many hours behind GMT are you?
Most users ever online was 185 on 10-21-2003 at 04:15 PM
We beat that record greg posted mere hours later.
Would have been higher, if I could have gotten on! I think we have hit a limit.
hehe I dont think so [;)]
Monique
Oct23-03, 02:28 PM
Originally posted by lavalamp
I think I was online then during dinner time at school. However I'm running on GMT time, so how many hours behind GMT are you? They are talking in US Central Time, that is -6 GMT :)
lavalamp
Oct23-03, 02:32 PM
Well in that case it was 22:15 where I was and I think I was online then. I came home from Badminton about 21:30 and spent the rest of the night online.
Greg Bernhardt
Oct26-03, 03:27 PM
Most users ever online was 210 on 10-26-2003 at 03:23 PM.
Monique
Oct26-03, 04:33 PM
Nop, 213 on 10-26-2003 at 10:30 PM (GMT+1) :P
220 on 10-27-2003 at 12:36 AM :D
Greg Bernhardt
Oct26-03, 05:48 PM
Most users ever online was 223 on 10-26-2003 at 05:42 PM.[:D]
Monique
Oct26-03, 06:03 PM
Greg, you know relativity theory?
It would be nice to include the reference frame [6)]
Greg Bernhardt
Oct26-03, 07:15 PM
Most users ever online was 238 on 10-26-2003 at 07:10 PM.
Monique
Oct27-03, 05:26 AM
Sunday was a good evening:
Most users ever online was 240 on 10-27-2003 at 02:49 AM.
Integral
Oct27-03, 05:48 PM
Most users ever online was 275 on 10-27-2003 at 11:51 AM.
Another new record. This is getting to be a daily event. I have started a thread in general asking where people are coming from.
Greg Bernhardt
Oct28-03, 10:18 AM
Originally posted by Integral
Another new record. This is getting to be a daily event. I have started a thread in general asking where people are coming from.
And another!
Most users ever online was 279 on 10-27-2003 at 08:47 PM
Monique
Oct28-03, 12:04 PM
Greg, it seems that boom in guests is due to the indexing of the text archive in Google, right?
I just had a look at the text archive and there doesn't seem to be a link to the forum, Physics forums is not mentioned as a name for the place either.. I think this would be an important thing to consider for recruiting members rather than guests [:D]
Guybrush Threepwood
Oct29-03, 01:36 AM
Originally posted by Greg Bernhardt
And another!
Most users ever online was 279 on 10-27-2003 at 08:47 PM
is it me or this number just keeps getting bigger [:D]
Monique
Nov17-03, 02:11 PM
Breaking records again [:D]
Most users ever online was 326 on 11-17-2003 at 09:15 PM GMT+1
Monique
Nov17-03, 02:53 PM
Holy cow! 50 members at a time, that is a record!
There are currently 50 members and 307 guests on the boards. | Most users ever online was 357 on 11-17-2003 at 09:52 PM GMT+1
Mr. Robin Parsons
Nov17-03, 03:44 PM
Place is gettin "big an busy"......"how far can she go before she blows Captain ****?"
P.s.ssst for your (dirty) mind it's 'Kirk' = ****
Greg Bernhardt
Nov18-03, 06:52 PM
Most users ever online was 382 on 11-17-2003 at 09:16 PM.
I kinda miss the old PF. Used to be more like acommunity. Now its kind of like one of those big time websites which is good but I must say I miss PF version 2 where traffic wasnt so high. It was homey-ish and people had friends there. Now its completely different [:(] . oh well i suppose all things change right?
Originally posted by Shadow
I kinda miss the old PF. Used to be more like acommunity. Now its kind of like one of those big time websites which is good but I must say I miss PF version 2 where traffic wasnt so high. It was homey-ish and people had friends there. Now its completely different [:(] . oh well i suppose all things change right? I don't feel the spirit has changed Shadow, and you are always welcome to stop by at the Biology niche :)
To report the most members I have ever seen online at the same time:
There are currently 60 members and 242 guests on the boards. | Most users ever online was 385 on 12-02-2003 at 11:09 PM.
60 members!
now just wait until we break the 400 barrier :)
whatever happened to the Friday webchats (or whatever they were called)?
BTW, I followed a link re lifegazer, and got a page which looks quite different in the tone of the discussion from what I see here in PF3. Of course that may just be an artifact of the selection, but how was it different back in PF2? in PF??
The_Professional
Dec6-03, 01:12 AM
I actually learned about this site through M Kaku which I first heard watching Tech Tv. He discussed his book Visions and he mentioned this site. I visited every once in a while till I finally decided to sign up.
Part of the reason I signed up is there's a lot of very knowledgeable and intelligent people here, than any other forum I've encountered. The atmosphere seems pretty laidback and there's no extremely egotistical moderators.
Now, wait till you break the 100,000 member barrier..[:D]
Originally posted by The_Professional
I actually learned about this site through M Kaku which I first heard watching Tech Tv. He discussed his book Visions and he mentioned this site. I visited every once in a while till I finally decided to sign up. You are saying he specifically mentioned this site on Tech Tv? Thats cool :)
Greg Bernhardt
Dec9-03, 12:41 PM
Most users ever online was 428 on 12-08-2003 at 03:34 PM
Greg Bernhardt
Jan22-04, 10:21 AM
There are currently 28 members and 664 guests on the boards. | Most users ever online was 885 on 01-22-2004 at 09:13 AM.
Good lord!!
Monique
Jan22-04, 10:25 AM
[o)] That is 04:13 PM at GMT +1 european time, where did these people come from?!
Hmm... that is big. Are you sure this isn't a bug?
Greg Bernhardt
Nov8-09, 10:19 PM
I necro'd this post because I think how funny the first post is. Today we hit over 4700 people on PF at a time and we are poised to break the all time number of posts a day. The record is 1834 and we are at 1698.
I necro'd this post because I think how funny the first post is. Today we hit over 4700 people on PF at a time and we are poised to break the all time number of posts a day. The record is 1834 and we are at 1698.
Wow, fantastic :approve:!
Born2bwire
Nov8-09, 10:41 PM
I necro'd this post because I think how funny the first post is. Today we hit over 4700 people on PF at a time and we are poised to break the all time number of posts a day. The record is 1834 and we are at 1698.
Haha. I remember joining a few forums back within a month or two of their creation. For a while I could read every single post that was made between visits. Boy, is that impossible now.
Moonbear
Nov8-09, 10:44 PM
I necro'd this post because I think how funny the first post is. Today we hit over 4700 people on PF at a time and we are poised to break the all time number of posts a day. The record is 1834 and we are at 1698.
:rofl: Yeah, that's pretty hilarious getting excited about 73 members. :biggrin: My, how this place has grown. (And I'm giving my contribution toward the post per day record before the day is over.)
Yeah, just for Moonie's sake I'll chirp up and post here. Oh... wait... are posts here in Feedback acknowledged, as opposed to the 3 or 4 thousand that I had in GD that don't count? :biggrin:
dE_logics
Dec25-09, 12:19 AM
This will all result in a server overload...nothing else.
DaveC426913
Dec25-09, 12:47 AM
That dE_logics chap has a rather odd sense of humour, doesn't he?
At least, I assume it's a sense of humour. Maybe he just likes to post spurious comments.
dE_logics
Dec25-09, 03:18 AM
I said that in relation to the last post of this thread -
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-16846-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-1675.html
BTW physics forums does have very bad servers.
Once there came a message that the site has reached the limit of it's bandwidth usage...and at times it's very slow...close to unusable.
I said that in relation to the last post of this thread -
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-16846-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-1675.html
BTW physics forums does have very bad servers.
Once there came a message that the site has reached the limit of it's bandwidth usage...and at times it's very slow...close to unusable.
Was that cited somewhere in this thread? If not I don't really see the relevance.
fluidistic
Dec25-09, 10:54 AM
If I'm not wrong (feel free to correct me), there's a "flaw" in the count of people connected.
For example I see "(70 members and 904 guests) ".
It means that there's 70 humans and probably a lot more among the 904 guests. But I think that there are a lot of bots in the guests. The number of people connected is thus less than 974, but there's no way to figure out the exact number or a good approximation.
DaveC426913
Dec25-09, 02:19 PM
I said that in relation to the last post of this thread -
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-16846-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-1675.html
In the dictrionary next to non sequitur, there's a picture of you.:rolleyes:
If I'm not wrong (feel free to correct me), there's a "flaw" in the count of people connected.
For example I see "(70 members and 904 guests) ".
It means that there's 70 humans and probably a lot more among the 904 guests. But I think that there are a lot of bots in the guests. The number of people connected is thus less than 974, but there's no way to figure out the exact number or a good approximation.Greg knows. Even at times that we've hit over 3,000 online, he said there were no more than 500 bots. IIRC.
fluidistic
Dec25-09, 03:24 PM
Greg knows. Even at times that we've hit over 3,000 online, he said there were no more than 500 bots. IIRC.
Glad to know this. Glad to know also that there was so few bots.
By the way, what does IIRC means?
Glad to know this. Glad to know also that there was so few bots.
By the way, what does IIRC means?If I Recall Correctly
fluidistic
Dec25-09, 03:31 PM
If I Recall Correctly
Thanks. :)
dE_logics
Dec26-09, 08:25 AM
In the dictrionary next to non sequitur, there's a picture of you.:rolleyes:
Ok, lets just get things straight here, if there are a million people online at a single instance, then assuming physicsforums server have enough bandwidth available, following will the consequences -
1) If physicsforums have their own servers
1.1) and its windowsed, it will result in a crash with complete data loss (property of the classic windows file systems) if PF has not taken backups.
1.2) If it's running Linux, the browsing speed will slow down terribly giving the end user a miserable experience for the day.
2) If physicsforums is hosted by a data center organization (very likely) -
2.1) Their servers crashing, but here it's completely safe, since they most probably have good baking up mechanism, being an organization.
2.2) The servers slowing down terribly resulting in consequence similar to point 1.2.
2.3) The allocated bandwidth usage expiring before hand, like it has happen before under my experience, rendering physicsforums completely useless for the time being.
Thus a lots of people online simply for setting up a record is not a good idea.
Verdict -- Before making a sequitur ensure that you understand the context.
Greg Bernhardt
Dec26-09, 10:10 AM
Thus a lots of people online simply for setting up a record is not a good idea.
We certainly could not support a million people online at once! Not even close lol. But as we scale up in visitors we can scale up in power. So it's not a problem. The more the merrier.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep8-10, 08:52 PM
Record: 5,932 @ T
Record: 5,932 @ T
Wow!
I guess a spike at this time of year isn't a big surprise - school just started.
Congrats Greg!! You rawk!
I think we will need to set up vending machines in the lobby.
Astronuc
Sep15-10, 09:14 PM
Record: 5,932 @ T, where T = Sep8-10
Record: 6,293 @ Y
Quite a boost. Very good for the site.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep6-11, 09:43 PM
Sept is good to PF!
6,517 today!
Sept is good to PF!
6,517 today!Even now, there are 2,810 in Homework!
micromass
Sep6-11, 10:18 PM
Sept is good to PF!
6,517 today!
Wow great!!!! September is busy it seems...
Even now, there are 2,810 in Homework!
Ah, September! That magical time of year when thousands of students start to think, "why the **** did I decide to take this physics class?!?!" :eek:
jhae2.718
Sep6-11, 11:19 PM
Ah, September! That magical time of year when thousands of students start to think, "why the **** did I decide to take this physics class?!?!" :eek:
:rofl:
Most users ever online was 75 on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM.
It would be fun to plan a time that everyone could jump on PF and we could have like a record of 1000 members on the board at once.
It's funny to read this now. I don't think I've ever logged on to PF without seeing at least 3000 active users, even in the middle of the night(EST).
It's funny to read this now.
Yes it is. Greg thinks so too, as you can see in post #54, where he bumps this thread after it's been inactive for 5 years.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep7-11, 08:50 PM
another record today: 6,647
PF is on a roll! :D
Update: New record! 6,665!
Update 2: Now it is 6,677 lol!
Last and final update: Now it is 6,680. I am going to stop because each time I look at it, the number just keeps increasing lol!
Drakkith
Sep7-11, 10:44 PM
Most users ever online was 75 on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM.
It would be fun to plan a time that everyone could jump on PF and we could have like a record of 1000 members on the board at once.
The above was in 2003.
PF is on a roll! :D
Update: New record! 6,665!
Update 2: Now it is 6,677 lol!
Last and final update: Now it is 6,680. I am going to stop because each time I look at it, the number just keeps increasing lol!
This is just recently. Amazing lol.
I remember one day and 27 members (not including guests) were online and I thought "now we've made it!"
Drakkith
Sep8-11, 12:23 AM
I remember one day and 27 members (not including guests) were online and I thought "now we've made it!"
:rofl:
edgar_veith
Sep8-11, 08:20 AM
What a great record!
I_am_learning
Sep10-11, 09:36 AM
Does someone knows how these numbers compare with other popular forums?
micromass
Sep10-11, 09:50 AM
Does someone knows how these numbers compare with other popular forums?
Maybe check here: http://boardreader.com/pop/sites.html?o=350
Greg Bernhardt
Sep10-11, 11:07 AM
Does someone knows how these numbers compare with other popular forums?
PF isn't close to the top, but it's quality not quantity. There are a couple forums with over a billion posts. Not surprisingly they are for anime games.
Record: 6,756 @ T
:approve:
micromass
Sep12-11, 08:15 PM
6891!! :surprised
Greg Bernhardt
Sep12-11, 08:25 PM
6,955
Astronuc
Sep12-11, 08:28 PM
I saw 6974, found Greg's post, went back to check and found 6,986 @ T.
It must be Evo's Fall Fashions for Men. :uhh:
micromass
Sep12-11, 08:29 PM
7001!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Astronuc
Sep12-11, 08:30 PM
7001!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was just about to edit my post and say that we'll probably break 7K this week.
and I'll raise you 7,023 7,028
I am sorry Astro. I will raise that to 7190. Care to raise it even more? :)
I think it was Newai's post in Men's Fall Fashion. :tongue2:
Houston, we have ignition...
Rhody... :cool:
Astronuc
Sep13-11, 05:44 AM
I think it was Newai's post in Men's Fall Fashion. :tongue2: Ah yes - silly men. :biggrin:
7,437!!!
4,000 in Homework!!
Greg, where are these coming from at night?
micromass
Sep13-11, 09:17 PM
We might hit 8K soon...
micromass
Sep13-11, 09:36 PM
7,437!!!
4,000 in homework!!
Greg, where are these coming from at night?
7493!!
micromass
Sep13-11, 09:51 PM
7564! Haha!
7569!!!
Astronuc
Sep19-11, 08:19 PM
We keep setting new records - 7,658 @ T
Fredrik
Sep19-11, 09:02 PM
7799
Is there anyway we could get stats of the number of viewers at regular intervals, like every hour or 30 minutes? It would be interesting to see it graphed.
DaveC426913
Sep19-11, 10:41 PM
7799
Hah! Classic!
Oh. Wrong thread.
I thought this was the math nerds Joke thread.
Astronuc
Sep20-11, 09:06 PM
8,100!!! and we're still over 8K!
Well - we were until just after 9 pm CDT. Interseting that we see these peaks between 8-9 pm CDT. Must be nothing better to do after work on the west coast.
8,100!!!
Yes!!!
http://us.cdn3.123rf.com/168nwm/puma/puma0703/puma070300066/833537-lady-applauding-someone-who-is-giving-a-good-performance.jpg
Yes!!!
http://us.cdn3.123rf.com/168nwm/puma/puma0703/puma070300066/833537-lady-applauding-someone-who-is-giving-a-good-performance.jpg
Interesting. The sound of one hand clapping is the same as two hands not clapping.
Oops, this isn't the philosophy forum....
I wonder when we will hit 10,000!
Fredrik
Sep21-11, 12:09 AM
Interesting. The sound of one hand clapping is the same as two hands not clapping.
Oops, this isn't the philosophy forum....
I can clap with one hand. The trick is to keep the wrist in a fixed position when you move your arm back and forth. If you can relax your fingers at the same time, they will hit your palm hard enough to make a clapping sound.
206PiruBlood
Sep26-11, 08:35 PM
Dangerously close to the record. Each time I refresh it goes up! 50 more.
edit: it stopped :(
edit: oooh 25 more
yaaaay new record
Dangerously close to the record. Each time I refresh it goes up! 50 more.
OK I was about to sign out, but now I guess I'll hang out a bit longer :smile:.
Active Users: 8118
(162 members and 7956 guests)
Record: 8,118 @ T
OK I'll leave now, haha.
Astronuc
Sep26-11, 08:40 PM
09:39 EDT Active Users: 8126 (162 members and 7964 guests) or 8127
then
09:42 EDT 8145
09:44 EDT 8172
09:45 EDT 8177
09:47 EDT Active Users: 8175 (165 members and 8010 guests) to 8,184 (165 members and 8019 guests)
09:49 EDT Active Users: 8178 (163 members and 8015 guests) Record: 8,217 @ T
but wait until 10:00 EDT.
206PiruBlood
Sep26-11, 08:53 PM
The universities and colleges in Seattle seem to begin this Wednesday. Anyone know if the ones in your area started today?
Astronuc
Sep26-11, 09:15 PM
10:14 edt 8248
micromass
Sep26-11, 09:17 PM
8305
Fredrik
Sep26-11, 09:28 PM
Why do we have so many guests? Compare these numbers from roughly five minutes ago:
Physics Forums: 176 members and 7968 guests
JREF: 158 members and 255 guests
JREF is the James Randi educational foundation.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep26-11, 09:29 PM
Why do we have so many guests? Compare these numbers from roughly five minutes ago:
People desire quality, PF has quality, people come. :smile:
There is a lot of valuable information here.
Once in a while a member will register just to Pm me and thank me for posts I made 3 years ago that solved the problem they were googling for. That's always a nice feeling.
Friendly bets on when we will reach 10K ?
I say Thanksgiving 2011, November 22nd, 10:30 pm EST
Rhody... :approve:
Astronuc
Sep27-11, 08:34 PM
Active Users: 8314 (139 members and 8175 guests) and still another hour to go.
It jumped to 8344 within less than 30 s.
Last night's record was made with 190 members active.
More than half are visiting the homework forums.
Astronuc
Sep27-11, 09:01 PM
8,418 02:39 BST Active Users: 8352 (133 members and 8219 guests)
02:39 BST Active Users: 8372 (136 members and 8236 guests)
02:40 BST Active Users: 8405 (139 members and 8266 guests)
02:41 BST Active Users: 8414 (139 members and 8275 guests)
jumped to 8418 shortly thereafter
There could be a second peak during the next 30 min.
Remember Roy Scheider's famous line (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8) in the movie Jaws ? "You are gonna need a bigger boat", does that gradually increasing site traffic mean PF needs a bigger boat, more and faster hardware to deal with the load ? Greg ?
Rhody... :smile:
micromass
Sep27-11, 09:14 PM
8434!!!!
micromass
Sep27-11, 09:14 PM
8479!!!!
micromass
Sep27-11, 09:19 PM
8600!!!!!!!!!!!! :surprised
Astronuc
Sep27-11, 09:20 PM
Active Users: 8612 (155 members and 8457 guests) and it could still bump higher.
like
Active Users: 8637 (152 members and 8485 guests)
Active Users: 8655 (152 members and 8503 guests)
micromass
Sep27-11, 09:23 PM
8660
edit: 8661
Astronuc
Sep27-11, 09:24 PM
8660
edit: 8661
Active Users: 8661 (149 members and 8512 guests)
micromass
Sep27-11, 09:26 PM
8666 :devil:
Astronuc
Sep27-11, 09:40 PM
8,693 My browser started hanging up and the pages wouldn't load.
206PiruBlood
Sep27-11, 09:44 PM
That is almost 400 more than yesterday's record of 8305.
That is almost 400 more than yesterday's record of 8305.
That makes the question of when we hit 10,000 very interesting! I suspect most of this surge is because of the new fall quarter, and it won't be sustained too long. Maybe it will ebb a bit after the first midterms...?
206PiruBlood
Sep27-11, 10:05 PM
That makes the question of when we hit 10,000 very interesting! I suspect most of this surge is because of the new fall quarter, and it won't be sustained too long. Maybe it will ebb a bit after the first midterms...?
That's kind of what I was thinking. The University of Washington and many of the community colleges in the area don't start until Wednesday so we'll perhaps see new records all week!
Astronuc
Sep27-11, 10:15 PM
That's kind of what I was thinking. The University of Washington and many of the community colleges in the area don't start until Wednesday so we'll perhaps see new records all week! I found numerous guests from universities across the US, and many across Canada. We also get a morning surge from Asia, particularly Pakistan and India.
Last week we were getting a peak around 6:30-7:00 pm PDT/9:30-10:00 EDT, but now we get a second peak between 7:00-7:45 PDT/10:00-10:45 EDT. The peak period may be broadening.
This is fun to watch and while our quality is spreading in a natural "academic" way, may I suggest the following:
An e-mail with a brief history and current ranking of the benefits of our wonderful site addressed to the President and Academic Dean of the following institutions:
All US Ivy League Institutions:
The top 10 colleges by rank in China, India, Pakistan, Austrialia, New Zealand, Great Britain, etc... you get the idea.
As a test case, just start with US Ivy League colleges.
Good idea ? Am I crazy ? Too idealistic ? No benefit to be gained by addressing the President, Academic Dean ?
Rhody... o:)
Astronuc
Oct10-11, 07:43 PM
Interestingly, we seem to be approaching 8K early in the evening, and it would be interseting to see if we break the current record, or even exceed 9K, this evening.
Greg Bernhardt
Oct11-11, 02:14 AM
Good idea ? Am I crazy ? Too idealistic ? No benefit to be gained by addressing the President, Academic Dean ?
Rhody... o:)
Unfortunately that is called spamming :)
Unfortunately that is called spamming :)
Wait, your website has been recognized year after year, and its value is not in dispute. There is genuine benefit to be had here, calling it spamming to me is a stretch. If we had some as yet to be invented great feature and wanted to get the word out, why is this spamming ?
Rhody... :smile:
Wait, your website has been recognized year after year, and its value is not in dispute. There is genuine benefit to be had here, calling it spamming to me is a stretch. If we had some as yet to be invented great feature and wanted to get the word out, why is this spamming ?
Rhody... :smile:
I would be afraid that some would be put-off even with the good intentions. I don't think Greg want's to take a chance on that. But I'm with you on wanting to help make this the best science forum on the web. Being a part of helping people is very rewarding.
DaveC426913
Oct11-11, 01:17 PM
Wait, your website has been recognized year after year, and its value is not in dispute. There is genuine benefit to be had here,
calling it spamming to me is a stretch. If we had some as yet to be invented great feature and wanted to get the word out, why is this spamming ?
Rhody... :smile:
Everyone, everywhere who has anything, can claim it's of great value, and that everyone else should be aware of it.
The act of spamming is the act of contacting people in bulk, undifferentiated about whether the recipient has solicited input for that particular kind of value.
Greg Bernhardt
Oct11-11, 01:39 PM
I think the best way we can target the higher education crowd is through our PF Proliferation Project http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=338366
Thanks for the brainstorming Rhody!
Everyone, everywhere who has anything, can claim it's of great value, and that everyone else should be aware of it.
The act of spamming is the act of contacting people in bulk, undifferentiated about whether the recipient has solicited input for that particular kind of value.
Dave,
Yeah, my idea was the President and Academic Dean of these colleges, a very targeted audience, so spamming it is not, correct ?
Rhody...
micromass
Oct11-11, 01:50 PM
Dave,
Yeah, my idea was the President and Academic Dean of these colleges, a very targeted audience, so spamming it is not, correct ?
Rhody...
Rhody, these people receive probably 100's of mails every day. A mail from PF would be deleted almost immediately.
Furthermore, the president and the dean are not the people we should target. We should target the students and the professors. But again, spamming is not a solution. The PF proliferation project is ideal in attracting students.
I have mentioned PF to my students as a good way to gain information. It is such a personal communications that can be succesful. Spamming can rarely be succesful, in my opinion.
wukunlin
Oct12-11, 01:52 AM
wouldn't it be easier to put these record on a "most active user vs. date" line graph? :)
Greg Bernhardt
Jan30-12, 09:47 PM
Record: 8,740 @ T
My second cousin called today, and she asked if I was still involved with "that physics site". I had enlisted her daughter's husband to post a PF flier at his technical college. It's nice to see that she remembered at least, because some people don't catch a clue.
Record: 8,740 @ T
I think a Congratulations is in order. Outstanding Greg.
Greg Bernhardt
Feb7-12, 10:34 AM
Record: 9,033 @ Y
Can we hit 10,000!?
Ryan_m_b
Feb7-12, 11:18 AM
Record: 9,033 @ Y
Can we hit 10,000!?
That might go some way to explaining the 20+ subscribed threads I woke up to this morning.
Greg Bernhardt
Feb13-12, 09:38 PM
Record: 9,062 @ T
Drakkith
Feb13-12, 09:40 PM
Wooo!
FtlIsAwesome
Feb15-12, 09:42 PM
Record: 9,033 @ Y
It's over nine thousand!!!!
Couldn't resist. :biggrin:
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