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#1 Postby brunota2003 » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:58 am

Does anyone else, on the Index, see a thing showing how many people are viewing each forum? I know I'm not so tired that I am seeing things... :lol: I looked in the annocuments and dont see anything about a new item they added...so I honestly have no clue...anyone out there see it???
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#2 Postby TexasStooge » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:00 am

I've seen it as well. :D
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#3 Postby brunota2003 » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:02 am

ok...at least I know I am not the only one nor have I gone crazy...:lol:
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#4 Postby Brent » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:03 am

I noticed it too, and I know it wasn't there last night.
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#5 Postby O Town » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:05 am

Yeah I noticed first thing this morning. Also I noticed it went a bit wacko too. It said at the bottom: total users on line is 47, but talkin tropic said there were 91 viewing, and off topic said something like 32 viewing. I know my math is bad but 91+32 is way higher that 47. :lol:

BTW I like the new feature, I guess there is a few kinks that needs to be worked out. :P
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#6 Postby Janice » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:05 am

Yes, I noticed it too.....
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#7 Postby angelwing » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:10 am

Ok then I don't need new glasses, thought I was seeing things
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#8 Postby P.K. » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:15 am

I'm not sure it is correct. I was on earlier with I think two other users and five guests yet some forums claimed to have 100 people reading them. :lol:
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#9 Postby beachbum_al » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:22 am

Yes and I don't think it is correct unless there are some unregister user viewing the forums.
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#10 Postby Stephanie » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:29 am

beachbum_al wrote:Yes and I don't think it is correct unless there are some unregister user viewing the forums.


Some forums can be seen by "guests".

Also, the forums list those that are "browsing" the forum and not necessarily posting. When you post, your userid disappears. :wink:
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#11 Postby WindRunner » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:52 am

O Town wrote:Yeah I noticed first thing this morning. Also I noticed it went a bit wacko too. It said at the bottom: total users on line is 47, but talkin tropic said there were 91 viewing, and off topic said something like 32 viewing. I know my math is bad but 91+32 is way higher that 47. :lol:

BTW I like the new feature, I guess there is a few kinks that needs to be worked out. :P


Yeah, it appears to be having some simple math issues :lol:

Or, more likely, it's that the thing at the bottome displays the users active over the past five minutes, and the forums are pulling users active over some longer time interval.
It could also be that it's counting total view over a 5 minute period and not correctly identifying people by their user id's, so that if you view, post, and return to forum, that counts as two viewers.

I really don't know anything other than the fact that I tend to overanalyze things like this.
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#12 Postby CajunMama » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:57 am

It's possible that it is within a 5 minute time frame like the "who's on online" feature. People could be jumping around from forum to forum.

Also it may be that some people have more than one window up with s2k open.
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#13 Postby chadtm80 » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:19 pm

It is a combination of a few things. Like stated there is a time frame.. IE: over last 5 minute etc.. But also, it will show bots and bots dont show at the bottom of the page as being on the forum.. When I say bots I mean search engine bots.. Like Google Spidering (witch is actually a good thing)
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#14 Postby O Town » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:23 pm

WindRunner wrote:I really don't know anything other than the fact that I tend to overanalyze things like this.

I tend to do the same thing. :roll:

Chad, thanks for the simple reasoning behind it. And yes that is a good thing. :D
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#15 Postby wx247 » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:53 pm

Looks good whatever the math may be... ;)
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#16 Postby Jim Cantore » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:56 pm

I like it personally, cool idea 8-)
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#17 Postby TexasStooge » Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:07 am

Hurricane Floyd wrote:I like it personally, cool idea 8-)


Same here. :D
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#18 Postby brunota2003 » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:09 pm

TexasStooge wrote:
Hurricane Floyd wrote:I like it personally, cool idea 8-)


Same here. :D
Ditto here...thanks Chad :D
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#19 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:42 pm

I like it too, I noticed that Talkin' Tropics has more people viewing it allthe time. :ggreen:
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#20 Postby Skywatch_NC » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:59 pm

Very nice addition to the site. :)
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