Response to El D's request for online user count by forum

[El Diablo]

Kot,

Apparently you are not aware that to find out information about viewers in any single forum, all I or anyone else has to do is LOOK AT THE MAIN INDEX PAGE!

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a question about the data:

if a user has tabs open with threads from multiple forums, how would what he is 'viewing' be calculated?

[T-God]

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what it do OOT?

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How do you not say "What it dOOT" there? Geez you guys are lame.

[iron81]

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a question about the data:

if a user has tabs open with threads from multiple forums, how would what he is 'viewing' be calculated?

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Sniper believes that a user is counted as viewing a forum if he has opened a thread there within the last 15 minutes. So as long as each tab keeps getting refreshed, each counts as a separate user.

[Sniper]

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a question about the data:

if a user has tabs open with threads from multiple forums, how would what he is 'viewing' be calculated?

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ed, the answer to this is not clear, it could be...

1. multi counting them, which might account for the difference with big-boards numbers.

2. only counting the last user action.

[tuq]

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Sniper believes that a user is counted as viewing a forum if he has opened a thread there within the last 15 minutes. So as long as each tab keeps getting refreshed, each counts as a separate user.

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This could lead to things like Dids constantly refreshing BBV in order to pump up their numbers:

[iron81]

I think I screwed that up. My post above only applies if you're using different accounts. A user can be counted as viewing more than one forum, but each account can only be counted as viewing any particular forum once.

[Sniper]

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a question about the data:

if a user has tabs open with threads from multiple forums, how would what he is 'viewing' be calculated?

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Sniper believes that a user is counted as viewing a forum if he has opened a thread there within the last 15 minutes. So as long as each tab keeps getting refreshed, each counts as a separate user.

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Iron, worth noting that even if the first sentence is true (and you would think looking at the thread list would also count, right?), does not make your 2nd sentence true.

[Tickner]

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I think I screwed that up. My post above only applies if you're using different accounts. A user can be counted as viewing more than one forum, but each account can only be counted as viewing any particular forum once.

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This isnt something we would have to really worry about. Its a rare case, if ever.

[StevieG]

Post deleted by Mike Haven per StevieG's request.