Is the New PF Record for Active Users Reaching 2,035 Today?

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The discussion highlights a recent surge in active users, reaching a new record of 2,096, surpassing a long-standing record. The conversation touches on the inclusion of spiders—automated programs that crawl websites—as part of the user count, with an estimated 1,000-1,200 of the total being spiders. Participants express excitement about the increasing activity and speculate that the recent spike may be linked to new features like a share menu. There is also a humorous acknowledgment of the evolving role of Google spiders, which are perceived as becoming more interactive rather than just data collectors. The thread reflects a sense of community achievement and anticipation for future records.
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Record: 2,035 @ Today

The previous record was at least a year old.
 
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Yay! We should see if we can get those new shipments of fish off of backorder...
 
Does that count spiders? (Seriously, I don't know.)
 
Ki Man said:
Yay! We should see if we can get those new shipments of fish off of backorder...
First Greg needs to order those new freezers. I remember what happened last summer when the freezers broke.

Danger said:
Does that count spiders? (Seriously, I don't know.)
Yes, that would include spiders.
 
Hurray! That record held for a long time! About 1000-1200 of those are spiders, but hey, spiders are visitors too :)
 
Today set another record - 2,096.
 
That last record was due to an unusual spike in activity - I want to say that it went all the way back to the Nick Berg video - so we should start breaking this record regularly now.

Is that right? It was set some time around May 2004?
 
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maybe if there is some type of major break though there will be another spike
 
Record: 2,215 @ 03.14.08
 
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Spiders?
 
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I rather like the Google spider that's been hanging around here lately.
 
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Yes, that was what I was thinking.
 
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Math Is Hard said:
I rather like the Google spider that's been hanging around here lately.

Yes, it seems they're getting friendlier now, not just sucking up data, but actually contributing a little too. :biggrin:
 
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Moonbear said:
not just sucking up data, but actually contributing a little too. :biggrin:

That weirded me out enough to start with, but not nearly as much as noticing that one of them is now sporting a 'Homework Helper' ribbon.
 
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Danger said:
That weirded me out enough to start with, but not nearly as much as noticing that one of them is now sporting a 'Homework Helper' ribbon.

Google decided that it was too easy to just index and archive all the world's information. Now, the Google spiders actively invent new information, too.

- Warren
 
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Record: 2,254 @ Oct13-08
 

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