Countdown to 3 million posts

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The discussion revolves around predictions for reaching 3 million posts on the forum, with various members suggesting dates ranging from March 15 to March 30, 2011. Some participants express curiosity about potential rewards for accurately guessing the date, such as a free premium membership. The conversation also touches on the average daily post count, estimated at around 1,700, and the impact of weekends on posting activity. Members speculate on the nature of the 3 millionth post and engage in light-hearted banter about posting strategies. Overall, the excitement builds as the community anticipates this milestone.
  • #51
Another 48 hours, 2,995,103 - that means 2000 per day. We will be there on Friday.
 
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  • #54
What was the 1 millionth post, I wonder?
 
  • #55
What about the 1,000,000th post?

EDIT: Ah, beat me to it.
 
  • #56
By 11 minutes... *chuckles*
 
  • #57
Greg Bernhardt said:
Any predictions? I'm guessing we reach it 3/15! My birthday! :biggrin:

Wish it was a bet...:biggrin:
 
  • #58
I'm guessing we reach it 18/3 - my birthday! :D
 
  • #59
Evo said:
The infamous 2 millionth post.

https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2159447&postcount=72

I'm sure glad it wasn't my post. Come to think of it; when it get really close to 3 million, I might hold off on posting. It would be my luck to be the one posting it and it would have several spelling and grammatical errors. Or worse.
 
  • #60
dlgoff said:
It would be my luck to be the one posting it and it would have several spelling and grammatical errors. Or worse.
:D
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  • #61
dlgoff said:
It would be my luck to be the one posting it and it would have several spelling and grammatical errors. Or worse.

If that happened to me, I would pull a George Lucas and change it and insist it was always that way.
 
  • #62
4000 posts to go!
 
  • #63
1930 posts to go when I started this post, then 1925 when I submitted it!

It will definitely happen tomorrow.
 
  • #64
Getting close...
 
  • #65
Ready...
 
  • #66
Set...
 
  • #67
Seven.
 
  • #68
Go...

Rhody...

P.S. Let the machine gun posts fly, only to be deleted by Evo after... o:)
 
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  • #69
We should give the 3 millionth poster a Gold membership. Whadaya say?
 
  • #70
Anyone want to write a script that takes users' post per day count, times of posting, and the data on time and number of posts until 3e6 to predict who will be the 3e6-th poster?
 
  • #71
The most ironic thing is that the 3rd million post would be something in this topic, alluding to the 3 millionth post. I'm pretty sure that will rip a hole in the space time continuum.
 
  • #72
Femme_physics said:
The most ironic thing is that the 3rd million post would be something in this topic, alluding to the 3 millionth post. I'm pretty sure that will rip a hole in the space time continuum.

:smile:
 
  • #73
Femme_physics said:
The most ironic thing is that the 3rd million post would be something in this topic, alluding to the 3 millionth post. I'm pretty sure that will rip a hole in the space time continuum.
What would be even better if a post like this was the 3 millionth post.
 
  • #74
Maybe the three millionth post will be a post stating that the three millionth post will be about the three millionth post being a post in the thread about the three millionth post...

<br /> \lim_{t \to \infty} recursion = \infty<br />
 
  • #75
1000 posts to go! Anybody wants to make a prediction in what forum the post is going to be? I think it's going to be in academic guidance...
 
  • #76
I'll guess one of the Homework Help forums.
 
  • #77
It'll be a crackpot post or spam. :-p
 
  • #78
Evo said:
It'll be a crackpot post or spam. :-p

The government is using logarithms to control our minds! Wake up, the evidence is here: <link to single page site with rambling text using every possible combination of font and color> :biggrin:
 
  • #79
779 to go!
 
  • #80
astronuc said:
779 to go!

778...
 
  • #81
678!

Wait, that equals approximately

8.65e+1626
 
  • #82
646

Not too much longer!
 
  • #83
596

But don't be too excited: By Zeno's paradox, we will never reach 3000000 posts :frown:
 
  • #84
But we'll converge on 3000000 posts!
 
  • #85
Well, we'll probably reach 2999999,9999... posts, but would we have reached 3000000 then?
 
  • #86
We could get to three million just by arguing the 1 = 0.9999... thing; there's always someone who contends it's false.
 
  • #87
Being the risk taker that I am, I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that we'll hit 3 million today.
 
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  • #88
You're going out on a limb there, Evo. :biggrin:
 
  • #89
If it breaks, make sure you're wearing a parachute.
 
  • #90
Do GD posts add to the total PF post count?
 
  • #91
FtlIsAwesome said:
Do GD posts add to the total PF post count?

yes they are counted
 
  • #92
Greg Bernhardt said:
yes they are counted
Yay!

So that means I can post in Lame Jokes and if its 3mth one I will be the absolute pwner of Lame Jokes!

:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
 
  • #93
411 to go!
 
  • #94
So close...
 
  • #95
Only about 300 posts left!
 
  • #96
225 posts left.
 
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  • #97
I have an idea. No one post anything for the rest of the day.

Why? So we can delay this to Saturday.
 
  • #98
About 140 now...

Oops. :)
 
  • #99
Why delay it till Saturday?
 
  • #100
FtlIsAwesome said:
Why delay it till Saturday?

Oh, no reason... I'm especially not trying to eliminate competition or anything.
 

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