electrauke
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Hey guys, you know how it say how many people are viewing each section of the UU Forums. I do not believe there are that many people viewing, is it true?
Are there really that many people viewing?
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Hippie Dribble
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hey Andre
No I think you'll find the figures are accurate mate. 'Viewers' also takes into account the guests (non-members), whose names do not appear at the bottom of the screen, and those members who, for whatever reason, wish to remain private, their names do not appear either. When you first log in you will see the list of people currently on the website. The ratio of guests - usually - far outweighs the membership at any given time. Right now for example it's a 4:1 ratio.
No I think you'll find the figures are accurate mate. 'Viewers' also takes into account the guests (non-members), whose names do not appear at the bottom of the screen, and those members who, for whatever reason, wish to remain private, their names do not appear either. When you first log in you will see the list of people currently on the website. The ratio of guests - usually - far outweighs the membership at any given time. Right now for example it's a 4:1 ratio.
Bill Mc
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I never "log out" - too much of a pain to sign in. Does that mean I am always counted as viewing even when I am far away from my computer and not viewing ?
The Big Kahuna
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Most of the "viewers" are search engine web crawlers.
Bill Mc
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bennyhana22
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Well I'M here. Anyone else here?!
Ben
Ben
Freeda
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Bill Mc
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Yup. I'm a bug ! Seriously, thanks for your answer.
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Hippie Dribble
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thanks Freeda and Big K, you learn something new everyday 
ld: And here I thought we were all real people Shucks...I need to get out more he he
ld: And here I thought we were all real people Shucks...I need to get out more he he
coolkayaker1
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I'm sorry, I'm not here. A Bot ate me for lunch.
barefootgypsy
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Thanks, coolkayaker1, I laughed out loud. Wonderful....
chrimess
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Big Brother is watching you- that is the FBI, CIA(they don't even have a boss) and the NSI, not to mention the FBU(Federal Bureau of Ukulele) and that Australian spy moderator.
gitarzan
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The FBU? I thought that was just a story. They're real?
OldePhart
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One of the things to remember is that, depending on how the web server is configured, a user that is listed as viewing the site may have actually left hours ago - it all depends on how long the server keeps http sessions open in the absence of activity.
When you are viewing UU (or most any other forum) your computer is not in constant contact with the server. Instead, when you hit a page the session is updated and the session timer kept alive. If you don't do anything that hits the server for a while then the session will close. You may have seen this if you've ever edited a long, thoughtful, extroardinarily brilliant post only to have the system poop on you when you hit the submit button - it means the session timed out and you need to log back in before you can submit a message.
This is, however, a very active forum and I don't think the session timeout is unusually long (which would tend to inflate the "users here now" stats). I have had the session time out on me once or twice when I was editing a particularly wonderful post... LOL
John
When you are viewing UU (or most any other forum) your computer is not in constant contact with the server. Instead, when you hit a page the session is updated and the session timer kept alive. If you don't do anything that hits the server for a while then the session will close. You may have seen this if you've ever edited a long, thoughtful, extroardinarily brilliant post only to have the system poop on you when you hit the submit button - it means the session timed out and you need to log back in before you can submit a message.
This is, however, a very active forum and I don't think the session timeout is unusually long (which would tend to inflate the "users here now" stats). I have had the session time out on me once or twice when I was editing a particularly wonderful post... LOL
John
Bill Mc
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That answers my original query nicely John. Thanks.
anthonyg
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What John said. Also if a viewer goes to several different subsections then the 1 viewer will be counted on each subsection until it times out.
Anthony
Anthony
Ukuleleblues
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I didn't know they played ukulele!! They probably carry sopraninos under their trenchcoats.
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Hippie Dribble
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oi...I resemble that remark! Truth is brother, not too much spying goes on down in these parts, 'bout the most exciting thing I saw today was a kookaburra doing a poo off the washing line
hoosierhiver
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This thread reminded me of the ol' Undie Awards they had once a year with give-aways and stuff, I miss those. Reminded me of it, bcause I remember the first time UU had 1000 viewers at once.
