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

[Greg Bernhardt]

Good idea ? Am I crazy ? Too idealistic ? No benefit to be gained by addressing the President, Academic Dean ?

Rhody...

Unfortunately that is called spamming :)

 

[rhody]

Unfortunately that is called spamming :)

Wait, your website has been recognized year after year, and its value is not in dispute. There is genuine benefit to be had here, calling it spamming to me is a stretch. If we had some as yet to be invented great feature and wanted to get the word out, why is this spamming ?

Rhody...

 

[dlgoff]

Wait, your website has been recognized year after year, and its value is not in dispute. There is genuine benefit to be had here, calling it spamming to me is a stretch. If we had some as yet to be invented great feature and wanted to get the word out, why is this spamming ?

Rhody...

I would be afraid that some would be put-off even with the good intentions. I don't think Greg want's to take a chance on that. But I'm with you on wanting to help make this the best science forum on the web. Being a part of helping people is very rewarding.

 

[DaveC426913]

Wait, your website has been recognized year after year, and its value is not in dispute. There is genuine benefit to be had here,

calling it spamming to me is a stretch. If we had some as yet to be invented great feature and wanted to get the word out, why is this spamming ?

Rhody...

Everyone, everywhere who has anything, can claim it's of great value, and that everyone else should be aware of it.

The act of spamming is the act of contacting people in bulk, undifferentiated about whether the recipient has solicited input for that particular kind of value.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I think the best way we can target the higher education crowd is through our PF Proliferation Project https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=338366

Thanks for the brainstorming Rhody!

 

[rhody]

Everyone, everywhere who has anything, can claim it's of great value, and that everyone else should be aware of it.

The act of spamming is the act of contacting people in bulk, undifferentiated about whether the recipient has solicited input for that particular kind of value.

Dave,

Yeah, my idea was the President and Academic Dean of these colleges, a very targeted audience, so spamming it is not, correct ?

Rhody...

 

[micromass]

Dave,

Yeah, my idea was the President and Academic Dean of these colleges, a very targeted audience, so spamming it is not, correct ?

Rhody...

Rhody, these people receive probably 100's of mails every day. A mail from PF would be deleted almost immediately.
Furthermore, the president and the dean are not the people we should target. We should target the students and the professors. But again, spamming is not a solution. The PF proliferation project is ideal in attracting students.

I have mentioned PF to my students as a good way to gain information. It is such a personal communications that can be succesful. Spamming can rarely be succesful, in my opinion.

 

[wukunlin]

wouldn't it be easier to put these record on a "most active user vs. date" line graph? :)

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Record: 8,740 @ T

 

[Evo]

Wow!

 

[turbo]

My second cousin called today, and she asked if I was still involved with "that physics site". I had enlisted her daughter's husband to post a PF flier at his technical college. It's nice to see that she remembered at least, because some people don't catch a clue.

 

[dlgoff]

Record: 8,740 @ T

I think a Congratulations is in order. Outstanding Greg.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Record: 9,033 @ Y

Can we hit 10,000!?

 

[Ryan_m_b]

Record: 9,033 @ Y

Can we hit 10,000!?

That might go some way to explaining the 20+ subscribed threads I woke up to this morning.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Record: 9,062 @ T

 

[Drakkith]

Wooo!

 

[FtlIsAwesome]

Record: 9,033 @ Y

It's over nine thousand!

Couldn't resist.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Record: 9,294 @ T

Crazy!

 

[Evo]

All righty!

 

[lisab]

Crazy!

Amazing!

 

[drizzle]

Amazing!

Magnifique!

 

[Saitama]

Congrats PF!

 

[Drakkith]

Magnifique!

Some Pig!
Wait...wrong type of web...

Outstanding!
There we go...

 

[Evo]

Some Pig!
Wait...wrong type of web...

Outstanding!
There we go...

 

[Integral]

I can remember when 200 online was a lot!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Record: 9,330 @ T

 

[Astronuc]

Record: 9,330 @ T

@ 08:53 pm CDT = 09:53 pm EDT. (01:53 UTC).

Last year, a record was set on Sep 27, then again this year on Feb 7.

The previous record for Most users ever online was 9294, Sep 24 at 08:42 CDT, 09:42 PM EDT

On Sept 25, the peak activity was:
Active Users: 9139 (136m and 9003g) at 10:15 pm EDT
Active Users: 9166 (140m and 9026g) at 10:15 pm
Active Users: 9160 (142m and 9018g) at 10:16 pm
Active Users: 9169 (143m and 9026g) at 10:17 pm
Active Users: 9119 (153m and 8966g) at 10:20 pm

Sept 27 this year didn't quite make it this year. The peak activity was less than on Sep 25.



Now 9350, T at 10:29 PM EDT, 02:29 UTC

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

spoke too soon Record: 9,350 @ T

 

[lisab]

Wow! When will we reach the big 10K?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Wow! When will we reach the big 10K?

Call all your friends to get on PF! :D