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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: ozar on Sun, 22 February 2009, 15:58:29

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: ozar on Sun, 22 February 2009, 15:58:29

Hey, I just noticed that we beat the old record for "most users ever online" earlier today:

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Most users ever online was 67, 7 Hours Ago at 08:15.

There had been some talk in another thread about trying to beat the old record on the anniversary date of March 12th, but for some reason lots of folks showed up earlier today.

Is the site simply growing and getting busier, or did something special happen to bring in lots of visitors today?

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: wellington1869 on Sun, 22 February 2009, 18:02:25

wow, i hadnt noticed that. Its about time!
yea, the march 12th thing  (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=1504&highlight=march+12th)is still on :)

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: wellington1869 on Sun, 22 February 2009, 18:05:42

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Is the site simply growing and getting busier, or did something special happen to bring in lots of visitors today?

the site's been gaining a person a day since last october. Of course I attribute it to my brilliant noisykeyboards (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=880) thread ;)

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: iMav on Mon, 23 February 2009, 03:27:11

We've been flirting with the old record for a while now.  (which I believe was really a webcrawlers-gone-wild event more than actual users)  It is no surprise that we beat it during regular (steadily increasing) usage.

Now we have an even more lofty goal for March 12th.  :)  (I'm pretty certain we are going to blow the current record out of the water)

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: lam47 on Mon, 23 February 2009, 03:54:44

I swear they are all coming just to see Mr B in my avatar.
And who can blame them?

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: bhtooefr on Mon, 23 February 2009, 10:04:53

And I don't think we care what the real results are, we just care to see that number change. ;)

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: wellington1869 on Mon, 23 February 2009, 14:41:34

yea, this isnt for pride, its just for fun. I dont think us geeks on a niche corner of the universe can get too proud about anything ;)  On the other hand, it'll be like a party at 9am on the 12th :D  Bring your own donuts :D  Its a staff meeting :D

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: iMav on Mon, 23 February 2009, 21:53:45

Yeah.  I don't make any revenue off of geekhack, so I don't really care about the quality of hits...as long as the community is growing and geekhack adds value to that community, I am happy.  I have ads that ONLY display when you aren't logged in.  Those are there simply as incentive for guests to register.  (I may add some ads at some point to help offset some costs...but if I ever do, they will be very unobtrusive)

Anyways...I think it will be fun to see how many "users" we can get on March 12th.

Title: Most users ever online
Post by: FKSSR on Thu, 05 March 2009, 13:11:00

I'm in for the 12th.

I never posted an "intro" thread, because there isn't an intro section on the site.  That may be helpful.  We can ask the regulars to post one as well.  It can be nice to be able to find out a little more about people in one, easy-to-find location.