Will PF Reach 200,000 Members Before Threads Hit 333,333?

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The discussion centers around the Physics Forums' membership milestone of 200,000 members, with participants speculating on the date and time it will be reached. Current membership stands at 197,293, with an average growth rate of 200 to 300 new members daily. Predictions for the milestone range from April 18 to April 22, with various humorous exchanges about the significance of the milestone and past member purges affecting total counts. The forum is noted as one of the largest physics discussion platforms online. As the conversation progresses, members track the growth closely, leading to excitement when the forum finally surpasses the 200,000 mark at approximately 3:40 AM PDT. The discussion concludes with light-hearted banter about future milestones and member engagement.
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Right now we show that we have 197,293 PFers. Do we have any guesses as to the date and time that we hit the 200,000 mark?
 
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The day that we hit 200,000 members will be the day we hit 200,000 members :smile:

Really though that's quite a lot of members for a science homework forum :-p. How fast is it growing that should allow us to better guess. Or would that be cheating?
 
I can tell you that we often see 200 new members per day, somtimes 300 [or nearly so], but it can vary quite a bit.
 
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Wow.


Speaking of records: hey Ivan, did you get a special badge or gold star when you hit 10,000 posts? Should I prepare a speech?
 
DaveC426913 said:
Wow.


Speaking of records: hey Ivan, did you get a special badge or gold star when you hit 10,000 posts?

Do you mean beyond the $10,000 that Greg sent me? Nope.

Should I prepare a speech?

Yes, but only because it is always good to have a speech ready.
 
Correction: Greg sent a bill for $10,000, not a check. My mistake.
 
Ivan Seeking said:
Do you mean beyond the $10,000 that Greg sent me? Nope.

Yeah but you had to give it back once you reached the 10,001 post fine.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Yeah but you had to give it back once you reached the 10,001 post fine.

Oh yeah, that was it.
 
I'm guessing April 18th in the afternoon.

Anyway, as far as I can tell, this is the largest physics discussion forum on the internet. All the other science forums I've come across have little to no activity.
 
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Leptos said:
I'm guessing April 18th in the afternoon.

In what time zone? Or did you intend to keep that option open? :biggrin:
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
In what time zone? Or did you intend to keep that option open? :biggrin:
Forum software time.
 
  • #12
I'm going to say the Thursday April 22.
 
  • #13
Didn't we used to have more members?
 
  • #14
lisab said:
Didn't we used to have more members?

yeah but the sarlacc was getting hungry
 
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lisab said:
Didn't we used to have more members?

No. We have been climbing since day 1. From time to time, Greg purges the database, which drops up to about 10,000-15,000 members, IIRC, but we have never passed the 200,000 mark.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
yeah but the sarlacc was getting hungry

...now we know what happens to banned members...
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
No. We have been climbing since day 1. From time to time, Greg purges the database, which drops up to about 10,000-15,000 members, IIRC, but we have never passed the 200,000 mark.

well, he just can't get in on the bet---you know, with absolute power...

no, wrong one----what's the one with Spiderman?
 
  • #18
Also notable we just beat our previous record for posts in a day from 2045 to 2071!
 
  • #19
May 14, 2010, 9 pm EST
 
  • #20
May 6, 2010 at 21:00 GMT

+/- 3 days. :biggrin:
 
  • #22
April 20, 2010, at 3:14.16 PM EDT.

Plus or minus 5 months.
 
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Char. Limit said:
April 20, 2010, at 3:14.16 PM EDT.

Plus or minus 5 months.

The uncertainty of your measurement is unacceptable!

Ivan, I motion for Char's prediction to be removed from the record and for all further input from him to be considered inadmissible! :devil:







:biggrin:
 
  • #24
Chat time on Sunday the 18th. 11am Eastern.
 
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Dembadon said:
The uncertainty of your measurement is unacceptable!

Ivan, I motion for Char's prediction to be removed from the record and for all further input from him to be considered inadmissible! :devil:







:biggrin:

Hmm... you might be right, let me change my uncertainty. It was caused by an extremely slow convergence with an extremely large error anyway.

April 20, 2010, at 3:14.16 EDT.

Plus or minus \hbar
 
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Char. Limit said:
... Plus or minus \hbar

:smile:
 
  • #27
I say April 18 at around 3 PM.
 
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7/7 at 7:42 am [MY TIME ZONE] :biggrin:
 
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197,583
 
  • #31
198,008

Do we have any more predictions? We should probably cut this off at the end of the day, Saturday [PDT].
 
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So far we have:

Leptos said:
I'm guessing April 18th in the afternoon [forum time].

zomgwtf said:
I'm going to say the Thursday April 22.[forum time]

hypatia said:
May 14, 2010, 9 pm EST

Dembadon said:
May 6, 2010 at 21:00 GMT

Char. Limit said:
April 20, 2010, at 3:14.16 PM EDT.

turbo-1 said:
Chat time on Sunday the 18th. 11am Eastern.

Char. Limit said:
April 20, 2010, at 3:14.16 EDT.

Stratosphere said:
I say April 18 at around 3 PM.

drizzle said:
7/7 at 7:42 am [MY TIME ZONE] :biggrin:

The winner will receive a credit for 10 fish slaps from Evo.
 
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Hahaaaa, I knew it!

Even if I get it right how would you know that? :biggrin:

Hmmm, giving it a second thought, I would guess 21st April- 6:10 am... YOUR time zone! :biggrin:
 
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drizzle said:
Even if I get it right how would you know that? :biggrin:

We know. :wink:
 
  • #35


april 17th--11pm forum time
 
  • #36


April 15th at 4pm CST
 
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Is one allowed to change one's prediction?
 
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Dembadon said:
Is one allowed to change one's prediction?

Sure, this is just for fun anyway.
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Sure, this is just for fun anyway.

Excellent. I will say April 20th, 06:00 GMT.
 
  • #40


April 19th, noon.
 
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I would like to change my prediction to April 10-30, GMT+/-12hr.
 
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MotoH said:
I would like to change my prediction to April 10-30, GMT+/-12hr.

You so wish to be slapped by Evo's BIG fish :biggrin:
 
  • #43


April 20th, 6pm Central time.
 
  • #44


4-19, 10 pm pdt
 
  • #45


six hours left to vote
 
  • #46


April 23rd, 5 PM EST
 
  • #47
Stratosphere said:
I say April 18 at around 3 PM.
I should have jumped on that time. Exactly 58 years after the issuance of my birth certificate. I thought that Sunday chat might spur a little spike, though.
 
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1735 to go.
 
  • #49


april 19 12 noon
 
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april 19 1159 hours. ;-p
I watched too much the price is right as a kid
 

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