PF Thread Milestones: Reaching a Million Views and Beyond

[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 https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=338126 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.

https://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]

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

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

It currently stands at 2.5 million

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]

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

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

It currently stands at 2.5 million

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

 

[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]

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.

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]

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.

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]

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.

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

 

[OmCheeto]

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.

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]

There's a topic for discussion: Why do people love to argue?

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

 

[jim mcnamara]

A better question has never been asked.

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]

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

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".

 

[mfb]

We're also approaching 4 million posts.

Currently Posts: 3,958,276

4 million existing posts, the postid (the number of posts ever posted, or copied) is at 4210910. Which corresponds to ~5% deleted posts.

Which thread has most posts? Random thoughts has 17,651.

 

[Borek]

Which thread has most posts? Random thoughts has 17,651.

And it is reported as the longest thread by vBulletin.

 

[Astronuc]

4 million existing posts, the postid (the number of posts ever posted, or copied) is at 4210910. Which corresponds to ~5% deleted posts.

Yes, the number would be existing posts. We have deleted a fair amount of spam.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Looks like we'll hit 4 million post the first week of Feb!

 

[dlgoff]

Looks like we'll hit 4 million post the first week of Feb!

Awesome! Who would have guessed this 10 years ago? You ARE the man.

 

[Astronuc]

Looks like we'll hit 4 million post the first week of Feb!

About 24,300 to go.

 

[Drakkith]

About 24,300 to go.

I'll start typing...get me some Bengay.

 

[drizzle]

Do GD posts count?

 

[mfb]

Posts: 3,975,838

For that, all existing posts are counted. It does not matter where they are, if they do not get deleted.

 

[Astronuc]

Do GD posts count?

Yes - it applies to all posts in the database, which are not deleted.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Yes - it applies to all posts in the database, which are not deleted.

If deleted posts were counted we'd be close to 5 million

 

[drizzle]

Yes - it applies to all posts in the database, which are not deleted.

Let the fun begin!

If deleted posts were counted we'd be close to 5 million

You know that would've been a much more easier task for me to do.

 

[mfb]

If deleted posts were counted we'd be close to 5 million

Just 4.2 millions, as you can see at the postids .
This is post 4227730 (including deleted and copied posts).