SeattlePioneer Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Does anyone know how this number is figured? Not the 1, that I have already figure out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eatmorefrogs Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Since unregistered "users" may browse the forum, anyone who has recently clicked a link to the forum is typically included in that count. Usually the TTL (time to live) on that is about an hour. So anyone who has clicked on a link to this forum in the last hour (just a guess) is included in that count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorum Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I always wondered about that. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutfish Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Wait...this reminds me of something familiar....it's on the tip of my tongue...oh man.....I can almost connect the dots... OH YEAH! I know what it is! 20/80! Of all the active users, only 20% actually do something and write for the other 80% who don't do anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAKWIB Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Just 'cause I wanted to see, I repeatedly clicked the refresh button (about 10 times in a minute) and the number of active users changed every time. I know, I'm easily entertained. The big point of this is to realize that this forum is very public and is visited often. Which, in turn, should govern our behavior on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolesrule Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 The count most likely also includes content crawlers, such as Google and other indexers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoutfish Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 It also means that the count is way off since it probably also goes higher every time you jump from post to post within a forum, and from one forum to the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank10 Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Way I look at it is that every time I look, there may be 1248 users but I'm always glad to know that who ever set this thing up knew that of them I was number 1. Good to have the respect I deserve. Heck, I'd be honored if I fell in the top 100 but number one every time I must be special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolesrule Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 "It also means that the count is way off since it probably also goes higher every time you jump from post to post within a forum, and from one forum to the next. " Not likely. Web servers can identify unique visitors. Otherwise, when you request to view a web page, the server wouldn't know where to send the response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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