First thread to hit one-million views?

[Ivan Seeking]

At 733,000+ views, it looks like The Caption Competition thread in the Fun and Games Forum has a chance. Do we have any other contenders?

 

[KrisOhn]

Thread Killer Champions at 673 834.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

Thread Killer Champions at 673 834.

That never got to one million views? I'm surprised.

 

[zomgwtf]

That never got to one million views? I'm surprised.

Now it's at: 673,860

 

[Evo]

Go thread killer Champions!

 

[Gokul43201]

It makes sense that the CCT and TKC - with a large number of posts - have lots of views. And one can also guess the pretty obvious rationale for the disproportionately large number of views (>300,000) for a mere 26 reply-thread by Wollie titled "Blue Tits"! But what causes a 14-reply thread by Zz about a "Really Expensive Cat Toy" to have over 400,000 views? Is this all the proof one needs that slowly but surely, the cats are taking over?

https://www.physicsforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=14&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=views

 

[zomgwtf]

Lol, there was a thread made to find Evo a man... and I missed it??

 

[rewebster]

Lol, there was a thread made to find Evo a man... and I missed it??

that was a typo that keep on repeating---not 'a man'---she was looking for a guy named Aman

 

[Gokul43201]

that was a typo that keep on repeating---not 'a man'---she was looking for a guy named Aman

It was a typo that was repeated alot?

 

[zomgwtf]

It was a typo that was repeated alot?

Must've been that disease spread by Tsu... every post which talks about 'Aman' made the typo 'a man'... craziness of the old days at PF.

 

[rewebster]

why not start a new---'I need a ..."

maybe she's still looking, Amen!



Imean, Aman! oman!

omen?

 

[Dembadon]

It makes sense that the CCT and TKC - with a large number of posts - have lots of views. And one can also guess the pretty obvious rationale for the disproportionately large number of views (>300,000) for a mere 26 reply-thread by Wollie titled "Blue Tits"! But what causes a 14-reply thread by Zz about a "Really Expensive Cat Toy" to have over 400,000 views? Is this all the proof one needs that slowly but surely, the cats are taking over?

https://www.physicsforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=14&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=views

Re "Really Expensive Cat Toy" thread:

One would probably need to take into account the fact that "cat toy" is likely a very popular Google search term. It could be that online shoppers stumble into the thread while surfing/shopping around, but soon move on when they realize that it is not what it seems.

 

[Gokul43201]

Re "Really Expensive Cat Toy" thread:

One would probably need to take into account the fact that "cat toy" is likely a very popular Google search term. It could be that online shoppers stumble into the thread while surfing/shopping around, but soon move on when they realize that it is not what it seems.

Hmmm, interesting! Upon further investigation:

http://www.google.com/trends?q="cat+toy",+"dog+toy",+"hamster+toy"&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

Why does the pet toy market go crazy every Fall? And more importantly, why did hamsters start demanding toys only last year?

http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=%22cat+toy%22,+%22dog+toy%22,+%22hamster+toy%22&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N

red = "dog toy", blue = "cat toy", orange = "hamster toy"

Oh, and what's the deal (see link) with the Germans?

 

[lisab]

Why does the pet toy market go crazy every Fall? And more importantly, why did hamsters start demanding toys only last year?

Hmm, that got me curious. I found this with just "toys":

http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=toys&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N

http://trends.google.com/trends?q=toys&date=all&geo=all&ctab=0&sort=0&sa=N"

So I'm thinking Christmas is the reason for the sudden interest every fall.

 

[Gokul43201]

Excellent! Looks like you've solved one big puzzle. I've noticed that even pigs have gotten into the act of demanding toys for Christmas.

In fact, the only creatures I've found so far, that don't develop a toy craving every Holiday season are boys.

 

[rootX]

Hmm, that got me curious. I found this with just "toys":

http://www.google.com/trends/viz?q=toys&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sort=0&sa=N

http://trends.google.com/trends?q=toys&date=all&geo=all&ctab=0&sort=0&sa=N"

So I'm thinking Christmas is the reason for the sudden interest every fall.

Santa Claus:
http://trends.google.com/trends/viz?q=santa+claus&date=all&geo=all&graph=weekly_img&sa=N

 

[jobyts]

It makes sense that the CCT and TKC - with a large number of posts - have lots of views. And one can also guess the pretty obvious rationale for the disproportionately large number of views (>300,000) for a mere 26 reply-thread by Wollie titled "Blue Tits"! But what causes a 14-reply thread by Zz about a "Really Expensive Cat Toy" to have over 400,000 views? Is this all the proof one needs that slowly but surely, the cats are taking over?

https://www.physicsforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=14&daysprune=-1&order=desc&sort=views

400,000 views for a cat toy looks like a bug to me. Does the number of views count only the PF registered visitors? or anyone who clicks the link after a google search is counted?

 

[Evo]

400,000 views for a cat toy looks like a bug to me. Does the number of views count only the PF registered visitors? or anyone who clicks the link after a google search is counted?

I believe that is is anyone that visits and views a post.

 

[Andre]

Here is an overview of some threads and average daily visiting rate, the views are of last hour.

Obviously we need to monitor the views for some time to have an idea of which thread is likely to hit seven figures and when.

 

[Evo]

Here is an overview of some threads and average daily visiting rate, the views are of last hour.

Obviously we need to monitor the views for some time to have an idea of which thread is likely to hit seven figures and when.

Woot! Look at Zz's Disney Mania!

 

[BobG]

None of those are in a science forum?

In fact, the two most viewed threads in the General Phsics forums is a thread about "The Final Theory" that disputes just about all known physics principles and a merged thread about Airplanes and Conveyor Belts. (Can we change the name of that thread to "The Great Red Spot of Jupiter" seeing as how that question is similar to a never ending storm?)

 

[Andre]

None of those are in a science forum?

In fact, the two most viewed threads in the General Phsics forums is a thread about "The Final Theory" that disputes just about all known physics principles and a merged thread about Airplanes and Conveyor Belts. (Can we change the name of that thread to "The Great Red Spot of Jupiter" seeing as how that question is similar to a never ending storm?)

Sorry Bob, both threads are around 50K hits.

Anyway, 24 hrs later, and errouneously assuming a constant daily hit rate, a very rough prediction can be done, error margin a decade or so:

Note my excel insists on a dd-mm-yyyy format for the date. Sorry.

After a few weeks we'd have a better trend I guess, although many factors could change that.

 

[Andre]

Update with another 24hrs of views. The million hit prediction is based on the average of the last two days. Will the expensive cat toys overtake the captions?

 

[Andre]

Update with another 24 hrs:

 

[Andre]

Will we ever understand why the member photo thread made such a leap all of a sudden?

 

[Andre]

I was a bit late taking the vitals but that would be corrected by tomorrow.

 

[Andre]

Sorry a bit late again.

Beware, the Member photos thread is dashing suddenly.

 

[Andre]

The daily update

 

[Andre]

The hit rate appears to be decreasing gradually.

 

[Andre]

 

[dlgoff]

Wow Andre. I just realized the the caption competition thread should hit the million mark before the end of the earth.

 

[Andre]

Wow Andre. I just realized the the caption competition thread should hit the million mark before the end of the earth.

Well we have to keep hitting it.

 

[Andre]

The daily hit record

 

[rewebster]

which poster will be the first to hit 100K posts?

 

[Evo]

which poster will be the first to hit 100K posts?

I'll bet I'm close if you count my GD posts.

 

[rewebster]

I'll bet I'm close if you count my GD posts.

well, its not specific or scientific...


is there a 'count' that includes GD posts?


and, just how close are you then (counting GD posts), Evo?

 

[Andre]

Updating after 40 days:

It appears that the Expensive cat toys thread is continuing the challenging dash for the caption competition. Maybe Greg can see which big site(s) links to that thread.

 

[Borek]

It appears that the Expensive cat toys thread is continuing the challenging dash for the caption competition. Maybe Greg can see which big site(s) links to that thread.

Google? It is enough that it is high in SERP for some popular phrase.

 

[tribdog]

I just want to say that as the starter of "thread killer champions" I think it got robbed. It would have hit a million views if it wouldn't have been locked. I'm not complaining that it got locked. It was out of control, but had I known there was a million view possibility I might have fought to keep it alive. Actually now that I think about I might have campaigned to close it.

 

[Borek]

tribdog! Long time no see

 

[tribdog]

All it would take for thread killer champions to hit a million views is for about three people to actually sit down and read it all.

 

[tribdog]

Hi Borek. I read the thread where my exgirlfriend was looking for me. You are right I do like you. For the record I've never been in prison, I'm not a gypsy and the closest I've ever been to being called "Paladin" is "Paininthe..."

 

[Andre]

Meanwhile 10 more days

The million hit forecast/estimate is based on the average of the last 50 days, however this would happen if we use the average of the last ten days:

 

[Andre]

Another update since the start of the monitoring, again 'expensive cat toys' clearly challenging the caption competition when looking at the last ten days.

 

[zomgwtf]

Holy crap, who would have guessed that cat toys thread would get so many views.

 

[Borek]

My guess is that it is a topic that is quite often searched for, and PF is in general high in SERPS, so thread is quite often visited by those searching for "cat toys" on google - but most people are not from the PF, just guests.

 

[Evo]

My guess is that it is a topic that is quite often searched for, and PF is in general high in SERPS, so thread is quite often visited by those searching for "cat toys" on google - but most people are not from the PF, just guests.

I just did a google search on "cat toys" and I'm on page 20 and PF still has not come up. It must be some other search word(s) that are bringing traffic.

 

[rewebster]

try "Expensive Cat Toys"

 

[Evo]

try "Expensive Cat Toys"

Second page. Apparently a lot of people want expensive cat toys.

 

[Borek]

If not just "cat toys" it can be so called "tail" - that is, people do searches on many related queries, and PF pages show often enough. I suppose Greg could be able to trace it in server logs (assuming he is bored and has nothing better to do).