just a meaningless observation - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

flat5 · 08-01-2005, 12:57 PM

I've noticed over the last few days how many posts have a responce one less than that read.

I mean 10 people are listed as having read a thread and 9 people have posted a reply.

Strange.

(I don't expect this useless thread to be one of them)

Grasshopper Green · 08-01-2005, 01:40 PM

I've actually noticed that too, flat. Odd.

stevie667 · 08-01-2005, 01:50 PM

I always thought it was because when you post the thread, you (the thread starter) clock up the first view, so you will always have at least that one view before anyone else takes a look, and they add up from there.

Zephyr66 · 08-01-2005, 01:51 PM

Wow, your right... weird...

Charlatan · 08-01-2005, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevie667

I always thought it was because when you post the thread, you (the thread starter) clock up the first view, so you will always have at least that one view before anyone else takes a look, and they add up from there.

That is exactly why...

bernadette · 08-01-2005, 01:58 PM

it's magic. don't question it else you ruin the illusion.

Senor Roboto · 08-01-2005, 02:22 PM

this shows how great the TFP community is. there aren't that many lurkers sucking up bandwith, everyone contributes that views a thread!

stevie667 · 08-01-2005, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlatan

That is exactly why...

Excellent, my powers of deduction still work

El Pollo · 08-01-2005, 03:23 PM

Well I was just going to read this thread without posting a reply, but then I'd ruin the numbers.
So here you go.

Sp0rAdiC · 08-01-2005, 03:27 PM

I viewed this thread before there were any replies and I didn't post, but it kept being one more view than reply, so I don't know that the posters original view is what does it.

amonkie · 08-01-2005, 03:43 PM

I first noticed it in the Lit forum.. it seems the view counter for views only are not getting recorded for some reason, so the 1 off is the first poster then subsequent replies.

ratbastid · 08-01-2005, 03:51 PM

It's me, sorry. Lately I've been taking one look at a thread and then smirking smugly to myself rather than posting.

I'll stop that now.

kramus · 08-01-2005, 04:06 PM

I have been seeing 0 views and multiple responses. Just figure Stephen Hawking will give a pop science answer I can swallow whole and get on with my TFPing.

Redlemon · 08-01-2005, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by El Pollo

Well I was just going to read this thread without posting a reply, but then I'd ruin the numbers.
So here you go.

Ha! I read the thread without posting just to mess up the numbers!

...no, wait a second... damn. Nevermind.

TM875 · 08-01-2005, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kramus

I have been seeing 0 views and multiple responses. Just figure Stephen Hawking will give a pop science answer I can swallow whole and get on with my TFPing.

I do believe, dear sir, that this means the world is spinning out of control and will soon crash into the sun.

kramus · 08-01-2005, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TM875

I do believe, dear sir, that this means the world is spinning out of control and will soon crash into the sun.

Phew. Thanks TM875. Some of those pop science things are actually still a bit opaque for me. Thankyou for the clarity

uh . . . but -

oh to hell with it

Stiltzkin · 08-01-2005, 05:18 PM

I hate it when a thread has 19275 views and two replies... so here's my reply. Cheers!

Suave · 08-01-2005, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlatan

That is exactly why...

But it also means that every time someone views the thread, they post.

present_future · 08-01-2005, 07:01 PM

Well I don't want to ruin the numbers... so here's my reply (however weak it may be).

OFKU0 · 08-01-2005, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senor Roboto

this shows how great the TFP community is. there aren't that many lurkers sucking up bandwith, everyone contributes that views a thread!

Titty board is a good example

JumpinJesus · 08-01-2005, 08:25 PM

I, like redlemon, read this without posting a reply.

Zeraph · 08-01-2005, 08:44 PM

Ah now I had to post.

Daknjak · 08-04-2005, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OFKU0

Titty board is a good example

How true...20,000 one handed viewings, and a few one handed posts..

kramus · 08-04-2005, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daknjak

How true...20,000 one handed viewings, and a few one handed posts..

I was under the impression that the Titty Board is unique - almost every viewer has a post - and the "post" is at the viewers end

leading to such skewed numbers here in the host site end.

If the TB required a webcam feed to allow return access, the demographic of TFP would quite possibly "swing" wildly in as yet uncharted directions, what with the webcam showing just how the "posts" are handled by the exhibition of the unlurked masses.

ShaniFaye · 08-04-2005, 12:14 PM

you think you're seeing a response here.....but you really arent....move along now

Redlemon · 08-04-2005, 12:24 PM

The thread is presently listing at 24/25. I've been into the thread several times, but only (with this post) posted twice. So, apparently, each person only counts for one view. Cool, I never knew (or thought about) that.

ShaniFaye · 08-04-2005, 12:24 PM

have you tried logging out and logging back and in viewing it without posting to see if the numbers change?

flat5 · 08-04-2005, 12:32 PM

Just did.
The view stays the same.
Unless you post. Then both are incremented.

ShaniFaye · 08-04-2005, 12:39 PM

yeah I tried it too....ahhh the mysteries of life and the internet

Gilda · 08-04-2005, 02:59 PM

Hmm. I viewed then backed out then came back several times before posting this and the numbers stayed the same. It's thread voodoo, I tell you.

Meditrina · 08-04-2005, 04:11 PM

Not sure what to say here, just didn't want to be the one to break the chain. A very interesting observation, one that might not ever have an answer.

CSflim · 08-04-2005, 09:19 PM

tis the work of the devil I tells ya!

Cuatela · 08-05-2005, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flat5

I've noticed over the last few days how many posts have a responce one less than that read.

I mean 10 people are listed as having read a thread and 9 people have posted a reply.

Strange.

(I don't expect this useless thread to be one of them)

It's probably because you post a thread, which doesn't count as a reply, but you look at it after you post it, which counts as a view.

flat5 · 08-05-2005, 02:26 PM

I can view the thread many times. It does not change the view count unless I post again. As it says above.

To find out more about this, we would have to read the manual for the VBUlletin V3.0.3
software :-)

Johnny Pyro · 08-05-2005, 02:45 PM

Pretty freaky stuff. It should be in Tilted Paranoia.

djflish · 08-06-2005, 07:14 AM

You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.
A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. You have crossed over into the Twilight Forum!!

MSD · 08-06-2005, 07:27 PM

slimshaydee · 08-06-2005, 07:56 PM

that scared the shit out of me.

djflish · 08-07-2005, 01:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slimshaydee

that scared the shit out of me.

Your not the only one!

Seething · 08-07-2005, 09:07 PM

Wouldn't want to ruin the numbers...

Oh how I regret clicking this link!

08-01-2005, 12:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	just a meaningless observation I've noticed over the last few days how many posts have a responce one less than that read. I mean 10 people are listed as having read a thread and 9 people have posted a reply. Strange. (I don't expect this useless thread to be one of them)

08-01-2005, 01:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	I've actually noticed that too, flat. Odd. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

08-01-2005, 01:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
stevie667 Too Awesome for Aardvarks Location: Angloland	I always thought it was because when you post the thread, you (the thread starter) clock up the first view, so you will always have at least that one view before anyone else takes a look, and they add up from there. __________________ Office hours have changed. Please call during office hours for more information.

08-01-2005, 01:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	it's magic. don't question it else you ruin the illusion. __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

08-01-2005, 03:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	I first noticed it in the Lit forum.. it seems the view counter for views only are not getting recorded for some reason, so the 1 off is the first poster then subsequent replies. __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

08-01-2005, 01:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Zephyr66 My custom title's the shit! Location: Canada	Wow, your right... weird...

08-01-2005, 02:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
Senor Roboto Crazy	this shows how great the TFP community is. there aren't that many lurkers sucking up bandwith, everyone contributes that views a thread!

08-01-2005, 03:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
El Pollo Insane Location: Austin, TX	Well I was just going to read this thread without posting a reply, but then I'd ruin the numbers. So here you go.

08-01-2005, 03:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sp0rAdiC Insane Location: VT	I viewed this thread before there were any replies and I didn't post, but it kept being one more view than reply, so I don't know that the posters original view is what does it.

08-01-2005, 03:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	It's me, sorry. Lately I've been taking one look at a thread and then smirking smugly to myself rather than posting. I'll stop that now.

08-01-2005, 04:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
kramus loving the curves Location: my Lady's manor	I have been seeing 0 views and multiple responses. Just figure Stephen Hawking will give a pop science answer I can swallow whole and get on with my TFPing. __________________ And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ... I'm going with this - if you like artwork visit http://markfineart.ca

08-01-2005, 05:18 PM	#17 (permalink)
Stiltzkin Junkie	I hate it when a thread has 19275 views and two replies... so here's my reply. Cheers!

08-01-2005, 07:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
present_future Take my hand Location: Everywhere, but nowhere	Well I don't want to ruin the numbers... so here's my reply (however weak it may be). __________________ The only thing I'll ever ask of you... you gotta promise not to stop when I say when.

08-01-2005, 08:25 PM	#21 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	I, like redlemon, read this without posting a reply. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

08-01-2005, 08:44 PM	#22 (permalink)
Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	Ah now I had to post.

08-04-2005, 12:14 PM	#25 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	you think you're seeing a response here.....but you really arent....move along now __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

08-04-2005, 12:24 PM	#26 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	The thread is presently listing at 24/25. I've been into the thread several times, but only (with this post) posted twice. So, apparently, each person only counts for one view. Cool, I never knew (or thought about) that. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

08-04-2005, 12:24 PM	#27 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	have you tried logging out and logging back and in viewing it without posting to see if the numbers change? __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

08-04-2005, 12:32 PM	#28 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	Just did. The view stays the same. Unless you post. Then both are incremented.

08-04-2005, 12:39 PM	#29 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	yeah I tried it too....ahhh the mysteries of life and the internet __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

08-04-2005, 02:59 PM	#30 (permalink)
Gilda 32 flavors and then some Location: Out on a wire.	Hmm. I viewed then backed out then came back several times before posting this and the numbers stayed the same. It's thread voodoo, I tell you. __________________ I'm against ending blackness. I believe that everyone has a right to be black, it's a choice, and I support that. ~Steven Colbert

08-04-2005, 04:11 PM	#31 (permalink)
Meditrina Junkie Location: LI,NY	Not sure what to say here, just didn't want to be the one to break the chain. A very interesting observation, one that might not ever have an answer. __________________ "Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles." ~Alex Karras

08-04-2005, 09:19 PM	#32 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	tis the work of the devil I tells ya! __________________

08-05-2005, 02:26 PM	#34 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	I can view the thread many times. It does not change the view count unless I post again. As it says above. To find out more about this, we would have to read the manual for the VBUlletin V3.0.3 software :-)

08-05-2005, 02:45 PM	#35 (permalink)
Johnny Pyro Hey Now! Location: Massachusetts (Redneck, white boy town. I hate it here.)	Pretty freaky stuff. It should be in Tilted Paranoia. __________________ "From delusion lead me to truth, from darkness lead me to light, from death lead me to eternal life. - Sheriff John Wydell

08-06-2005, 07:14 AM	#36 (permalink)
djflish The Mighty Boosh Location: I mostly come out at night, mostly...	You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. You have crossed over into the Twilight Forum!! __________________ Europes two great narcotics, Alcohol and Christianity. I know which one I prefer.

08-06-2005, 07:27 PM	#37 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	<embed src="http://www.boomspeed.com/mrcactus/internet-1.swf">

08-06-2005, 07:56 PM	#38 (permalink)
slimshaydee If you've read this, PM me and say so Location: Sitting on my ass, and you?	that scared the shit out of me.

08-07-2005, 09:07 PM	#40 (permalink)
Seething Insane	Wouldn't want to ruin the numbers... Oh how I regret clicking this link! __________________ Common sense is uncommon. Ironic, isn't it?