time on site?

chairboys · 01 Mar 2012, 17:07

Is it possible to know the total minutes we have actually spent on the site since joining?
For the more senior members that could be one large figure.

**Monstro** · 01 Mar 2012, 17:09

(moved to site feedback)

R?

CarylB · 01 Mar 2012, 17:15

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Originally Posted by chairboys

Is it possible to know the total minutes we have actually spent on the site since joining?
For the more senior members that could be one large figure.

And also vastly misleading if one simply leaves the window open as I do on most of the sites I visit regularly during the day

Caryl

chairboys · 01 Mar 2012, 17:23

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Originally Posted by CarylB

And also vastly misleading if one simply leaves the window open as I do on most of the sites I visit regularly during the day

Caryl

Are you afraid of the truth?

CarylB · 01 Mar 2012, 17:29

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Originally Posted by chairboys

Are you afraid of the truth?

I couldn't give a stuff

.. but if you want the statistics for some strange reason, you need to know what you could be getting. If you want to think that being hooked up means someone's avidly reading what you write for all that time, fine .. but it's a flawed assumption

chairboys · 01 Mar 2012, 17:42

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Originally Posted by CarylB

I couldn't give a stuff

.. but if you want the statistics for some strange reason, you need to know what you could be getting. If you want to think that being hooked up means someone's avidly reading what you write for all that time, fine .. but it's a flawed assumption

Steady on! It was out of pure curiosity. I was just wondering what the figure might be. That's all. There is nothing sinister or strange in that.
As for thinking someone is avidly reading my posts. I read everyone's posts and I guess most people read mine just because they are there.

nikox1 · 01 Mar 2012, 19:34

What about a top 40 chart based on posts? That would be good to see, where everybody ranks

*AndyK* · 01 Mar 2012, 19:51

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Originally Posted by nikox1

What about a top 40 chart based on posts? That would be good to see, where everybody ranks

You can see that already via the user list if you order it on posts made... and getting to the top five shouldn't be taken as a challenge to post whore.

R. · 01 Mar 2012, 21:17

Nope, sorry.
It'd be not accurate enough (see Caryl's post) and I don't have any intention to track the behaviour of my users. Register a Google account, if you want that.

LucyK! · 01 Mar 2012, 21:27

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Originally Posted by R.

Nope, sorry.
It'd be not accurate enough (see Caryl's post) and I don't have any intention to track the behaviour of my users.

Why not, we're tracking you!

Like Caryl, I leave webpages open while I'm working, so given I joined MLUKFC aged 12 any time count would probably show that I'd spent my entire adult life on here!

Feleena · 02 Mar 2012, 18:11

Ive been coming here 15 years! One of the originals! x

daveake · 02 Mar 2012, 18:53

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Originally Posted by CarylB

And also vastly misleading if one simply leaves the window open as I do on most of the sites I visit regularly during the day

Caryl

Web sites have no idea how long you keep the window open. All they know about are page loads/reloads.

samurai7 · 02 Mar 2012, 19:52

I've been known to have the site open on more than one PC and on my iPhone, so it's entirely possible that I've been on this site for more time than I've been on this site !!!

samurai7 · 02 Mar 2012, 19:55

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Originally Posted by daveake

Web sites have no idea how long you keep the window open. All they know about are page loads/reloads.

But doesn't this one show who is online?

CarylB · 02 Mar 2012, 20:42

R appeared to agree with me it wuld be misleading, and it's his site

Caryl

daveake · 03 Mar 2012, 08:47

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Originally Posted by samurai7

But doesn't this one show who is online?

By showing who's loaded a page in the last n minutes.

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Originally Posted by CarylB

R appeared to agree with me it wuld be misleading, and it's his site

Caryl

Because the "n" above would have to be a guess.

With a few exceptions (and hopefully R won't be along in a minute to say that this is one of them) when you load a web page your browser connects to the site, loads the text and pictures, then disconnects. Once that disconnect happens the site knows nothing of what you're doing. You can unplug the internet and read the page all day, and the site server will be blissfully unaware.

Exceptions would be things like youtube whilst you're watching a video, because the data is being streamed continuously, or "live" sites like say a google map showing the location of your latitude friends, where there's a brief flurry of updated information every few seconds.

Dave

Paul Richardson · 03 Mar 2012, 11:18

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Originally Posted by CarylB

R appeared to agree with me it would be misleading, and it's his site

So There !!!

Honestly, this is not a playground ...

CarylB · 03 Mar 2012, 12:40

Ahh .. hello Paul

Actually I disagree with you. There are plenty of games played here! It needs playground monitors in place to watch and step in .. and I think people do come here to relax, chat, play and have fun, celebrate, share, get excited .. as well as discuss the sound 35 secs in to this or that track

So we'll have to simply agree that we are fundamentally very different in our views on so many things

R. · 03 Mar 2012, 18:28

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Originally Posted by daveake

By showing who's loaded a page in the last n minutes.

Because the "n" above would have to be a guess.

With a few exceptions (and hopefully R won't be along in a minute to say that this is one of them) when you load a web page your browser connects to the site, loads the text and pictures, then disconnects. Once that disconnect happens the site knows nothing of what you're doing. You can unplug the internet and read the page all day, and the site server will be blissfully unaware.

Exceptions would be things like youtube whilst you're watching a video, because the data is being streamed continuously, or "live" sites like say a google map showing the location of your latitude friends, where there's a brief flurry of updated information every few seconds.

Dave

Yes, but ... we do have an exception here and this

daveake · 03 Mar 2012, 19:58

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Originally Posted by R.

Yes, but ... we do have an exception here and this

The one I thought of was the chat room.

Dave

Evil One · 03 Mar 2012, 20:02

I'm sure you're the only one to think of the chatroom in quite some time.

Wario · 03 Mar 2012, 20:26

im pretty sure for me it would say "get a life" if it were to calculate my time here.....

OMG im in the top 20!

R. · 03 Mar 2012, 20:37

Oh yeah, that too.

Paul Richardson · 04 Mar 2012, 01:06

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Originally Posted by CarylB

So we'll have to simply agree that we are fundamentally very different in our views on so many things

So that's at least one thing we can agree on, hopefully the first of none ... My point was actually ironic, you acted like this WAS a playground, and I agree that it probably (unfortunately) is. So, b u g g e r, that's two things in as many minutes ...

**The Flying Mouse** · 04 Mar 2012, 18:55

BTW while people are wondering how many minutes of their lives they've spent on this forum, I think it's important to remind you all that we don't do refunds

01 Mar 2012, 17:07	#1
chairboys Mega Loafer Join Date: 17.09.2011 Posts: 1,811	time on site? Is it possible to know the total minutes we have actually spent on the site since joining? For the more senior members that could be one large figure.

01 Mar 2012, 17:09	#2
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,946	(moved to site feedback) R?

01 Mar 2012, 19:34	#7
nikox1 Mega Loafer Join Date: 06.07.2007 Location: Front line of the battle Posts: 2,657	What about a top 40 chart based on posts? That would be good to see, where everybody ranks

01 Mar 2012, 21:17	#9
R. You dig. Join Date: 02.04.2002 Location: On the fothermucker Posts: 7,179	Nope, sorry. It'd be not accurate enough (see Caryl's post) and I don't have any intention to track the behaviour of my users. Register a Google account, if you want that.

02 Mar 2012, 18:11	#11
Feleena Super Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Bedford UK Posts: 562	Ive been coming here 15 years! One of the originals! x

02 Mar 2012, 19:52	#13
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	I've been known to have the site open on more than one PC and on my iPhone, so it's entirely possible that I've been on this site for more time than I've been on this site !!!

02 Mar 2012, 20:42	#15
CarylB Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.04.2003 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 5,910	R appeared to agree with me it wuld be misleading, and it's his site Caryl

03 Mar 2012, 12:40	#18
CarylB Mega Loafer Join Date: 16.04.2003 Location: Sheffield UK Posts: 5,910	Ahh .. hello Paul Actually I disagree with you. There are plenty of games played here! It needs playground monitors in place to watch and step in .. and I think people do come here to relax, chat, play and have fun, celebrate, share, get excited .. as well as discuss the sound 35 secs in to this or that track So we'll have to simply agree that we are fundamentally very different in our views on so many things

03 Mar 2012, 20:02	#21
Evil One Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.01.2007 Posts: 5,192	I'm sure you're the only one to think of the chatroom in quite some time.

03 Mar 2012, 20:26	#22
Wario Monstro helps me spell things... Join Date: 05.01.2007 Location: Masculine, Pennsylvania Posts: 9,105	im pretty sure for me it would say "get a life" if it were to calculate my time here..... OMG im in the top 20!

03 Mar 2012, 20:37	#23
R. You dig. Join Date: 02.04.2002 Location: On the fothermucker Posts: 7,179	Oh yeah, that too.

04 Mar 2012, 18:55	#25
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	BTW while people are wondering how many minutes of their lives they've spent on this forum, I think it's important to remind you all that we don't do refunds