Posts per hour?

Dauphin · July 31, 2002, 08:37

Is there anyway of getting stats on how many posts are made during a given time span. It would be interesting to see the stats on which hours of the day are the busiest, and also what day of the week is busiest.

I always find Sundays really slow, and Saturday night/Sunday morning ~12-3am quite frantic for posts.

Dauphin · July 31, 2002, 08:38

BTW thats posts on the site as a whole, not posts by an individual, as stated in profiles.

aaglo · July 31, 2002, 08:42

So you don't want to know who is posting on-topic like a possessed soul?

About posts/hour: It's quite unnecessary information for members. Admins might have use for that, but I sure don't.

Skanky Burns · July 31, 2002, 09:57

Most stats are considered "unnecessary", but they are still interesting.

GhengisFarb™ · July 31, 2002, 11:06

It would be kinda of nice to know when peak times were. Then you could post previews right before and have a better chance of getting quick feedback.

DarkCloud · July 31, 2002, 11:41

MarkG's hitbox site provides those listings I think... I think you can access it by goingt to the Hitbox link http://rd1.hitbox.com

I think...

GhengisFarb™ · July 31, 2002, 13:14

Quote:

Originally posted by DarkCloud
MarkG's hitbox site provides those listings I think... I think you can access it by goingt to the Hitbox link http://rd1.hitbox.com

I think...

I'll I found was a blank white screen and the words "Thank you for the gift of your soul - DarkCloud"

Oops, sorry, wrong page. All I found was the words, "Hitbox Gateway"

The Pioneer · July 31, 2002, 13:18

http://apolyton.net/misc/column/212_468.shtml

The column by Dan might give you some idea. Stats are not trivial in this case, they show the tremendous success this site has had which in turn is a reflection of the enormous work behind the scenes.!

MarkG · July 31, 2002, 14:06

we dont currently have a script to get stats on posts/hour

here are some posts/day stats for the last month



July 31st        1563 
July 30th        3490 
July 29th        2539 
July 28th        2293 
July 27th        2317 
July 26th        2830 
July 25th        3467 
July 24th        3258 
July 23rd        3395 
July 22nd        2830 
July 21st        2413 
July 20th        2563 
July 19th        2768 
July 18th        3429 
July 17th        3778 
July 16th        3243 
July 15th        2990 
July 14th        2095 
July 13th        2250 
July 12th        3149 
July 11th        2895 
July 10th        3049 
July 09th        2643 
July 08th        3059 
July 07th        2646 
July 06th        2157 
July 05th        2406 
July 04th        2683 
July 03rd        3095 
July 02nd        2886 
July 01st        1881

Dauphin · July 31, 2002, 14:55

Saturdays and Sundays are the slowest days. And what's so special about Tuesdays and Thursdays?

tniem · July 31, 2002, 15:00

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Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin

Saturdays and Sundays are the slowest days. And what's so special about Tuesdays and Thursdays?

Days when little is getting done at the office?

Dauphin · July 31, 2002, 15:02

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GhengisFarb™ · July 31, 2002, 15:58

Quote:

Originally posted by tniem

Days when little is getting done at the office?

That would be my guess. Thanks, MarkG.

The Pioneer · August 1, 2002, 02:00

Well, I actually post from work since I have free time there I rarely post from home and on the weekends I spent with my wife or actually playing Civ and/or other games.

I guess if there was a general ban of the use of the internet during work those numbers will drop dramatically!

So long....

aaglo · August 1, 2002, 03:00

Hehee... Graphs are my favourites....

Dauphin · August 1, 2002, 08:19

What is the server capacity like at the moment, whats the most number of posts it can handle in a given time period.

*~~secretly~~ openly plots to get everyone on Poly to post at the exact same time to test*

Mr. President · August 1, 2002, 08:26

Yes, get everyone to post at the same time! Probably if we do, some other forum on the other side of the virtual world will crash or something like that. It's chaos theory, or something.

And I do post less on weekends because there's more on TV and things to do during the day. I often spend time between lectures trolling . . . oops, I mean posting . . . on Apolyton.

The Pioneer · August 1, 2002, 09:35

In the last couple weeks I did have some problems going into the Forums, it kept telling me that there are too many users! Has anybody else notice this? It was actually no problem since I after a couple tries I got a place in Apolyton too!

Pavlov · August 1, 2002, 13:04

Yup, happens a lot. Always when you've written a long and intelligent post and try to post it. Doh!

August Borms · August 1, 2002, 13:16

Quote:

Originally posted by The Pioneer
In the last couple weeks I did have some problems going into the Forums, it kept telling me that there are too many users! Has anybody else notice this?

Yeah, I've noticed that too. But after refreshing 1 or two times it usually works again..

Richelieu · August 1, 2002, 15:02

I've been getting that this afternoon.

H Tower · August 1, 2002, 23:42

Quote:

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
*~~secretly~~ openly plots to get everyone on Poly to post at the exact same time to test*

or you could just have all members constantly posting, trying to overload the server (and the mods patience and time

)

MattyBoy · August 1, 2002, 23:48

I think we need an award for the highest post rate per minute spent on poly.

H Tower · August 1, 2002, 23:52

judging by who's posted last in 90% of the threads in the community forum, i'd say that you win

MattyBoy · August 2, 2002, 00:32

I live to serve.

tniem · August 2, 2002, 09:31

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Originally posted by MattyBoy
I live to serve.

At a .79 posts per day rate, I doubt you would win. Ming has over 11 posts a day but he has been here since the beginning. Got to imagine that there is someone here a shorter time with more posts. Probably AH would have more except for countless PCRs. But there is little chance that you have the most posts per hour.

DarkCloud · August 2, 2002, 10:52

Mao has about 10ppd still- once he was at about 20

Mao could have had more posts, but he slacked off after Aug 2000

Panag · August 3, 2002, 11:42

Quote:

Originally posted by Sagacious Dolphin
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hi ,

, maybe we should look at it over a whole year , ....

have a nice day