A PF milestone is approaching

jtbell

The Lame Jokes thread will probably hit a million views today. As I type this, it's at 999,943.

[added a few minutes later] Oops, now it's 999,972. Blink and you'll miss it!

Have any other PF threads ever reached a million views? The closest current thread I can find right now is the PF Random Thoughts thread, which is at about 893,000.

Pengwuino

Yes, the thread after the Fukushima incident hit over a million views within a few days if I recall correctly.

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=480200

It currently stands at 2.5 million

Astronuc

We're also approaching 4 million posts.

Currently Posts: 3,958,276

Astronuc

It took about 10 weeks or so. The thread hit 1 million views on June 1, 2001 - 05:00 pm, views = 1,000,091

Pengwuino

So I don't recall correctly...

jtbell

Ah, I forgot about the Fukushima thread(s). Now I remember some discussion about the traffic in it, in the weeks/months after the events there.

Lame Jokes crossed the line while I was eating Christmas dinner. Now at 1,000,038.

Borek

First three months (up to a million) are just an approximation, as I don't have data earlier than May 27^th, 2011.

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tahayassen

What is it with PF's obsession with incredibly large threads? It's so disorganized. Why not just make a lame jokes section?

Imagine merging all the calculus threads into one mega-thread.

Drakkith

Hmmm. I'm approaching 9,000 posts...when it goes over 9,000 I will reveal my final form.

Evo

The Fukushima thread was a combination of threads on the disaster, then turned into a thread of news updates. Beats me why people care about the size of a thread. There are many small threads that are of high quality and value that are helpful in terms of learning and being helpful to others. But my understanding is that a thread doesn't have to be meaningful to make us money.

Drakkith

Huge threads are typically useless in my experience. Other than to document the discussion of a specific topic. But that only really helps if the discussion goes well, otherwise it's just 150 pages of arguing, of which everything worthwhile is argued in the first 5 pages, then re-argued about twelve dozen times after that.

micromass

I agree with this. Huge threads typically contain very little valuable discussion. And they tend to be very difficult to moderate as well.

OmCheeto

I've seen threads answered on the first page, with a mere sentence.
I'm amazed when the answer is ignored, and the 150 pages of arguing ensue.
There's a topic for discussion: Why do people love to argue?

Drakkith

A better question has never been asked. Uh oh, that statement might spark an argument! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!

jim mcnamara

A flagrant untruth, them's fightin ' words.

Let's just not argue at all , and say that we did.

Ivan Seeking

If reaching one-million posts constitutes reaching a milestone, then one post ~= 1.61mm. I never knew that.

Borek

I guess it depends on the screen DPI. On my monitor your post takes well over 3" (that's mostly because of your list of badges and avatar), shortest posts by others are around 1.5".