PDA

View Full Version : Active members


hobbes
10-09-2004, 12:41 AM
Should we show active members aor members active in last 15 minutes.

Seeing 17 people on instead of 105 makes me lonely.

BTW, did people get lost in the move?
Busyman
10-09-2004, 12:44 AM
Should we show active members aor members active in last 15 minutes.

Seeing 17 people on instead of 105 makes me lonely.

BTW, did people get lost in the move?
I personally would rather see active members.

It would advantagous to management if it showed active members in the last 15 minutes.

It makes the board seem bigger and...uh...more active. :unsure:
Benno
10-09-2004, 12:58 AM
whats the difference?

i mean what time span would "active members" include :unsure:
hobbes
10-09-2004, 01:16 AM
If I go to a board that has 17 active members vesus 76 active in last 15 minutes, I will probably get a b better idea of the forum dynamics and be more likely to stay a while. they will also be more likely to refer people this way.

I know that the size of the forum is what attracted me.
Busyman
10-09-2004, 01:41 AM
If I go to a board that has 17 active members vesus 76 active in last 15 minutes, I will probably get a b better idea of the forum dynamics and be more likely to stay a while. they will also be more likely to refer people this way.

I know that the size of the forum is what attracted me.
And size does matter huh hobbes?
maskawaih
10-09-2004, 01:59 AM
size does matter. i was attracted here in fst before since there are a lot of ppl.
motherflux
10-09-2004, 04:40 AM
I've never really paid attention to how many people are on at the moment...I just read/reply/post.

*shrug*
hobbes
10-09-2004, 04:50 AM
I've never really paid attention to how many people are on at the moment...I just read/reply/post.

*shrug*

Why the shrug, are you cool or something?

I post as I see fit, but I hang around, rather than log off, if the forum appears active.

Sometimes it is fun to shoot the shit with a worldwide population base.

I couldn't give a fuck about filesharing.

Thanks for not getting it, daddy-o. *sigh*
Jayhawk
10-09-2004, 04:52 AM
i think that the posts and members that have joined the board make this place seem large already and the members active doesnt say much compared to those 2
hobbes
10-09-2004, 04:54 AM
i think that the posts and members that have joined the board make this place seem large already and the members active doesnt say much compared to those 2

Appearance is not reality.
natedogg
10-09-2004, 05:06 AM
i don't give a care about how many members are on, do whatever u guys want i don't care
Cheese
10-09-2004, 05:07 AM
It is currently set to show users in the last 15 minutes.

The old board showed users who had been online for 45 minutes but claimed to be showing users who had been online for 15 minutes.
hobbes
10-09-2004, 05:08 AM
i don't give a care about how many members are on, do whatever u guys want i don't care

I'm going to eviserate you and burn your house to the ground. Thanks for your approval.
hobbes
10-09-2004, 05:10 AM
It is currently set to show users in the last 15 minutes.

So why the precipitous drop off? I must have offended them, that is all I can think of.
natedogg
10-09-2004, 05:15 AM
I'm going to eviserate you and burn your house to the ground. Thanks for your approval.
i already put a match in ur house go check ur basement :dry:
Cheese
10-09-2004, 05:15 AM
You might have missed my edit in between burning peoples houses down... ;)

The old board showed users who had been online for 45 minutes but claimed to be showing users who had been online for 15 minutes.

I guess that would explain some of the "drop-off".
hobbes
10-09-2004, 05:21 AM
You might have missed my edit in between burning peoples houses down... ;)

The old board showed users who had been online for 45 minutes but claimed to be showing users who had been online for 15 minutes.

I guess that would explain some of the "drop-off".


I saw a post by someone that indicated that the old board used 15 minutes as well.

They made a post from last November. It gave a total of active members and those active in the last 15 minutes. Add the numbers up and they were equal.

If the old board was wrong, I guess I was used to the delusion. :D
rookiecrd1
10-09-2004, 01:41 PM
The old board said 15 minutes but was set at 45 minutes when I purchased it. I left it at 45 minutes. This board is actually set at 15 minutes, therefore the active users should be about 1/3 of what it said on the old IPB board.

Hope this explains
Brian
Nimdock
10-09-2004, 01:52 PM
So, one could say false statistics were being shown... worse thing is that it was on purpose... it wasn't even an error... hobbes is right, the place somehow seems slower now (less dynamic?), even though it was all an illusion.
rookiecrd1
10-09-2004, 03:36 PM
the false statistcs were being shown, correct. I was not aware of this until Withcheese brought it up a few weeks ago, however.

7 out of 10 forums do this. IPB has a setting to change the number of minutes the member list is for. You can change it, but it doesn't change on the main page where it states the minutes. This is just one of the flaws in the IPB script.

Brian
toco004
10-09-2004, 03:54 PM
why did we chang forum software?
hobbes
10-10-2004, 01:17 AM
For reasons dealing with human psychology, I would recommend displaying members active in the last 45 minutes.

People see 17 people online, think the site is dead and move on.

It's just my opinion, but I'm right.

certainly can't argue that posting has almost come to a complete stop.
Rip The Jacker
10-10-2004, 07:13 AM
http://img47.exs.cx/img47/2273/neowin.jpg

That screenshot was taken at midnight, now thats what a forum should be like!
BawA
10-10-2004, 08:51 AM
Offcorse Active members,
man there was days that we had minimum of 400 members online :(
newcster68
10-11-2004, 01:07 PM
Just popped in..dunno why..but I can see why. I like this new layout but obvously in was a bad move to change seeing that the member count is waaaaaay down. That's it ..bye bye :cool:
Busyman
10-11-2004, 02:46 PM
Offcorse Active members,
man there was days that we had minimum of 400 members online :(
...but now...

Howling winds
Tumbleweed rolling

and

Frogs burping
Cricket chirping
RGX
10-11-2004, 03:31 PM
Just not how it used to be. :(
RealitY
10-11-2004, 04:19 PM
Perhaps show user online within the last 24hrs and be honest and show that figure in the tale as well, maybe thatll make you all feel better again, otherwise you all may consider therapy also...
lynx
10-11-2004, 05:08 PM
The difference in numbers between showing active members in the last 15 mins and last 45 mins is only going to be those who have left in the last half hour less those who have come in in the last half hour. That is only likely to be significant if there are a lot of people who pop in for just a few minutes.

Obviously we need more people visiting. However those two statistics would tell us whether we need more people in general, or if we need people who are going to stick around a little longer. But statistics won't make the board any busier.