Record-Breaking: Most Users Online (75) on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM

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The forum experienced a record-breaking online user count of 75 on September 18, 2003, which sparked discussions about aiming for even higher numbers. Users expressed excitement about the potential to reach 1,000 members online simultaneously, although concerns about server stability were raised. The increase in traffic was speculated to be linked to a newsletter and the positive reception of a new forum format. As the discussion progressed, user counts continued to rise, eventually surpassing 400, indicating a growing community. The thread highlighted both the excitement of increased participation and nostalgia for the forum's earlier, more intimate atmosphere.
  • #51
There are currently 28 members and 664 guests on the boards. | Most users ever online was 885 on 01-22-2004 at 09:13 AM.


Good lord!
 
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  • #52
That is 04:13 PM at GMT +1 european time, where did these people come from?!
 
  • #53
Hmm... that is big. Are you sure this isn't a bug?
 
  • #54
I necro'd this post because I think how funny the first post is. Today we hit over 4700 people on PF at a time and we are poised to break the all time number of posts a day. The record is 1834 and we are at 1698.
 
  • #55
Greg Bernhardt said:
I necro'd this post because I think how funny the first post is. Today we hit over 4700 people on PF at a time and we are poised to break the all time number of posts a day. The record is 1834 and we are at 1698.

Wow, fantastic :approve:!
 
  • #56
Greg Bernhardt said:
I necro'd this post because I think how funny the first post is. Today we hit over 4700 people on PF at a time and we are poised to break the all time number of posts a day. The record is 1834 and we are at 1698.

Haha. I remember joining a few forums back within a month or two of their creation. For a while I could read every single post that was made between visits. Boy, is that impossible now.
 
  • #57
Greg Bernhardt said:
I necro'd this post because I think how funny the first post is. Today we hit over 4700 people on PF at a time and we are poised to break the all time number of posts a day. The record is 1834 and we are at 1698.

:smile: Yeah, that's pretty hilarious getting excited about 73 members. :biggrin: My, how this place has grown. (And I'm giving my contribution toward the post per day record before the day is over.)
 
  • #58
Yeah, just for Moonie's sake I'll chirp up and post here. Oh... wait... are posts here in Feedback acknowledged, as opposed to the 3 or 4 thousand that I had in GD that don't count? :biggrin:
 
  • #59
This will all result in a server overload...nothing else.
 
  • #60
That dE_logics chap has a rather odd sense of humour, doesn't he?

At least, I assume it's a sense of humour. Maybe he just likes to post spurious comments.
 
  • #62
dE_logics said:
I said that in relation to the last post of this thread -

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-16846-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-1675.html


BTW physics forums does have very bad servers.

Once there came a message that the site has reached the limit of it's bandwidth usage...and at times it's very slow...close to unusable.

Was that cited somewhere in this thread? If not I don't really see the relevance.
 
  • #63
If I'm not wrong (feel free to correct me), there's a "flaw" in the count of people connected.
For example I see "(70 members and 904 guests) ".
It means that there's 70 humans and probably a lot more among the 904 guests. But I think that there are a lot of bots in the guests. The number of people connected is thus less than 974, but there's no way to figure out the exact number or a good approximation.
 
  • #65
fluidistic said:
If I'm not wrong (feel free to correct me), there's a "flaw" in the count of people connected.
For example I see "(70 members and 904 guests) ".
It means that there's 70 humans and probably a lot more among the 904 guests. But I think that there are a lot of bots in the guests. The number of people connected is thus less than 974, but there's no way to figure out the exact number or a good approximation.
Greg knows. Even at times that we've hit over 3,000 online, he said there were no more than 500 bots. IIRC.
 
  • #66
Evo said:
Greg knows. Even at times that we've hit over 3,000 online, he said there were no more than 500 bots. IIRC.

Glad to know this. Glad to know also that there was so few bots.
By the way, what does IIRC means?
 
  • #67
fluidistic said:
Glad to know this. Glad to know also that there was so few bots.
By the way, what does IIRC means?
If I Recall Correctly
 
  • #68
Evo said:
If I Recall Correctly
Thanks. :)
 
  • #69
DaveC426913 said:
In the dictrionary next to non sequitur, there's a picture of you.:rolleyes:

Ok, let's just get things straight here, if there are a million people online at a single instance, then assuming physicsforums server have enough bandwidth available, following will the consequences -

1) If physicsforums have their own servers
1.1) and its windowsed, it will result in a crash with complete data loss (property of the classic windows file systems) if PF has not taken backups.
1.2) If it's running Linux, the browsing speed will slow down terribly giving the end user a miserable experience for the day.
2) If physicsforums is hosted by a data center organization (very likely) -
2.1) Their servers crashing, but here it's completely safe, since they most probably have good baking up mechanism, being an organization.
2.2) The servers slowing down terribly resulting in consequence similar to point 1.2.
2.3) The allocated bandwidth usage expiring before hand, like it has happen before under my experience, rendering physicsforums completely useless for the time being.

Thus a lots of people online simply for setting up a record is not a good idea.

Verdict -- Before making a sequitur ensure that you understand the context.
 
  • #70
dE_logics said:
Thus a lots of people online simply for setting up a record is not a good idea.

We certainly could not support a million people online at once! Not even close lol. But as we scale up in visitors we can scale up in power. So it's not a problem. The more the merrier.
 
  • #72
Greg Bernhardt said:
Record: 5,932 @ T

Wow!

I guess a spike at this time of year isn't a big surprise - school just started.
 
  • #73
Congrats Greg! You rawk!
 
  • #74
I think we will need to set up vending machines in the lobby.
 
  • #75
Greg Bernhardt said:
Record: 5,932 @ T, where T = Sep8-10
Record: 6,293 @ Y
 
  • #76
Quite a boost. Very good for the site.
 
  • #78
Greg Bernhardt said:
Sept is good to PF!

6,517 today!
Even now, there are 2,810 in Homework!
 
  • #79
Greg Bernhardt said:
Sept is good to PF!

6,517 today!

Wow great! September is busy it seems...
 
  • #80
Evo said:
Even now, there are 2,810 in Homework!

Ah, September! That magical time of year when thousands of students start to think, "why the **** did I decide to take this physics class??" :eek:
 
  • #81
jtbell said:
Ah, September! That magical time of year when thousands of students start to think, "why the **** did I decide to take this physics class??" :eek:

:smile:
 
  • #82
Greg Bernhardt said:
Most users ever online was 75 on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM.

It would be fun to plan a time that everyone could jump on PF and we could have like a record of 1000 members on the board at once.

It's funny to read this now. I don't think I've ever logged on to PF without seeing at least 3000 active users, even in the middle of the night(EST).
 
  • #83
TylerH said:
It's funny to read this now.
Yes it is. Greg thinks so too, as you can see in post #54, where he bumps this thread after it's been inactive for 5 years.
 
  • #85
PF is on a roll! :D

Update: New record! 6,665!

Update 2: Now it is 6,677 lol!

Last and final update: Now it is 6,680. I am going to stop because each time I look at it, the number just keeps increasing lol!
 
  • #86
Greg Bernhardt said:
Most users ever online was 75 on 09-18-2003 at 04:51 PM.

It would be fun to plan a time that everyone could jump on PF and we could have like a record of 1000 members on the board at once.

The above was in 2003.

Ivan92 said:
PF is on a roll! :D

Update: New record! 6,665!

Update 2: Now it is 6,677 lol!

Last and final update: Now it is 6,680. I am going to stop because each time I look at it, the number just keeps increasing lol!

This is just recently. Amazing lol.
 
  • #87
I remember one day and 27 members (not including guests) were online and I thought "now we've made it!"
 
  • #88
Evo said:
I remember one day and 27 members (not including guests) were online and I thought "now we've made it!"

:smile:
 
  • #89
What a great record!
 
  • #90
Does someone knows how these numbers compare with other popular forums?
 
  • #91
I_am_learning said:
Does someone knows how these numbers compare with other popular forums?

Maybe check here: http://boardreader.com/pop/sites.html?o=350
 
  • #92
I_am_learning said:
Does someone knows how these numbers compare with other popular forums?

PF isn't close to the top, but it's quality not quantity. There are a couple forums with over a billion posts. Not surprisingly they are for anime games.
 
  • #93
Record: 6,756 @ T

:approve:
 
  • #94
6891!
 
  • #95
6913! Win!
 
  • #97
I saw 6974, found Greg's post, went back to check and found 6,986 @ T.

It must be Evo's Fall Fashions for Men. :rolleyes:
 
  • #98
7001!
 
  • #99
micromass said:
7001!
I was just about to edit my post and say that we'll probably break 7K this week.

and I'll raise you [strike]7,023[/strike] 7,028
 
  • #100
I am sorry Astro. I will raise that to 7190. Care to raise it even more? :)
 

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