466 viewing just in Ron Paul Grassroots alone???

[Anti Federalist]

Did the "Conviction" ad run tonight?

Or is it some computer confusion?

If it's real, those are some great numbers.

Welcome to freedom folks!

[Darin]

I wasn't here last time, so I was wondering about the numbers myself. How do the active viewing numbers right now compare to the numbers from the same time frame during the previous campaign? Or how do the numbers here now compare to the numbers during the height of the previous campaign?

- Darin

[Anti Federalist]

I wasn't here last time, so I was wondering about the numbers myself. How do the active viewing numbers right now compare to the numbers from the same time frame during the previous campaign? Or how do the numbers here now compare to the numbers during the height of the previous campaign?

- Darin

The most ever on RPF at one time, was on the night of the NH primary in 2008 and that was 4009.

At this time of night, in this subforum, the usual number would be about 70 or 80 people.

450 plus people viewing is a lot for 0200 EDT.

[Kludge]

I wasn't here last time, so I was wondering about the numbers myself. How do the active viewing numbers right now compare to the numbers from the same time frame during the previous campaign? Or how do the numbers here now compare to the numbers during the height of the previous campaign?

- Darin
Of that specifically, I am unsure, but here are the Alexa stats (as far back as able, which is not far enough for what you're seeking) fwiw:

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&w=400&h=220&o=f&c=1&y=r&b=ffffff&n=666666&r=2y&u=ronpaulforums.com&

I do know, however, that while RPFs is seeing a continuous upward surge of traffic, we have not yet reached the highest # online as we did in 2008 (over 4k online at a time). With how rapidly traffic is increasing, however, it may not take too much longer.

[thehighwaymanq]

Of that specifically, I am unsure, but here are the Alexa stats (as far back as able, which is not far enough for what you're seeking) fwiw:

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&w=400&h=220&o=f&c=1&y=r&b=ffffff&n=666666&r=2y&u=ronpaulforums.com&

I do know, however, that while RPFs is seeing a continuous upward surge of traffic, we have not yet reached the highest # online as we did in 2008 (over 4k online at a time). With how rapidly traffic is increasing, however, it may not take too much longer.

Hopefully we hit it during the Money-bomb this week.

[sailingaway]

Welcome, folks.

It says 410 viewing now, so AF drove some off.....:p

[Sola_Fide]

The thread titles and topics have been much better lately.

[afwjam]

I feel like the numbers are grossly overestimated.

[Anti Federalist]

Welcome, folks.

It says 410 viewing now, so AF drove some off.....:p

ETA - Back up to 421.

ETA 2 - See what did? I can play the game when I have to...

LoL - It wouldn't surprise me...seriously though, why the spike?

When it first glanced up it was 487.

When I posted it was 466.

Dat's some good numbers for this time of night.

[AlexAmore]

I wish they would come in and tell us.

[sailingaway]

Twitter goes here, and an interesting article on twitter, retweeted, reaches thousands.

[KingRobbStark]

ETA - Back up to 421.

LoL - It wouldn't surprise me...seriously though, why the spike?

When it first glanced up it was 487.

When I posted it was 466.

Dat's some good numbers for this time of night.

To good. I hope it keeps going up.

[Darin]

Cool, thanks for the info, guys. Good to see it on the rise!

- Darin

[Echoes]

Building up steam, baby.

[libertybrewcity]

I feel like it's a glitch. only 90 some people in general politics...there is only only news article from a day ago that links to ronpaulforums. it is sunday at 2:30 est?? LOL

[libertybrewcity]

and there aren't really that many comments..

[Kludge]

and there aren't really that many comments..
It's probably quite likely a thread in the particular subforum was linked to on a major publication, perhaps foreign. An admin could clear it up by checking where the referrals are coming from if he really wanted.

[kill the banks]

Well I know one that better hit the pillow ... Nite

[jct74]

This thread in Grassroots Central has over 10,000 views, an unusually large number of views even for a thread with 62 replies.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?303482-RonPaul-Most-Donations-From-the-Military!

[Paulistinian]

I'm hoping our little leprechaun friend Sean Hannity is one of those viewers :o

[Kludge]

This thread in Grassroots Central has over 10,000 views, an unusually large number of views even for a thread with 62 replies.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?303482-RonPaul-Most-Donations-From-the-Military!
There are quite a few threads with unusual view counts, that from yesterday certainly being one. There is a particular thread on RPFs about home-made weapons with nearly 325k views. Certainly, it was made popular by sources outside the forum.

This phenomena is not exclusive to RPFs, ofc. Other projects -- Bitcoins, for example - see massively higher view counts and purchase amounts when major media sources run stories on them.

[ronpaulhawaii]

The military donations thread has over 10,000 views

[Sola_Fide]

This thread in Grassroots Central has over 10,000 views, an unusually large number of views even for a thread with 62 replies.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?303482-RonPaul-Most-Donations-From-the-Military!

This is what I like to see gentleman!

[thehighwaymanq]

It's all over Twitter. That's why

The thread is reposted like crazy

[jct74]

If you sort the threads in Grassroots Central by number of views by clicking "Views" at the top of the column, it is the 3rd most viewed thread in Grassroots Central. I don't think that goes all the way back to the beginning of the Ron Paul Forums though; it only sorts going back to the last 138 pages, but still that is impressive and is probably the reason for the high number of viewers in Grassroots Central.

[jct74]

It's all over Twitter. That's why

The thread is reposted like crazy

I searched for "paul military donations" and only see 6 people that have posted a tweet with those words. :confused:
http://twitter.com/#!/search/paul%20military%20donations

[Kludge]

I searched for "paul military donations" and only see 6 people that have posted a tweet with those words. :confused:
http://twitter.com/#!/search/paul%20military%20donations

Reddit may be the key here: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/irjqb/ron_paul_receives_more_campaign_contributions/

[thehighwaymanq]

I searched for "paul military donations" and only see 6 people that have posted a tweet with those words. :confused:
http://twitter.com/#!/search/paul%20military%20donations

True. But look under some of them in green. Those are re-tweets, which don't show up. So just by those 6 people, 23 other people on Twitter posted it. So thats 29 people in total who posted this link, and so many have 1,000 followers. It adds up quick- thats why Tweeting is so important.

[jct74]

Reddit may be the key here: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/irjqb/ron_paul_receives_more_campaign_contributions/

That's got to be it. Not too familiar with Reddit but I just check Alexa and it gets a HUGE amount of traffic (ranked 51st in the US), and that is one of the "hot" threads in the politics section right now.

[jct74]

True. But look under some of them in green. Those are re-tweets, which don't show up. So just by those 6 people, 23 other people on Twitter posted it. So thats 29 people in total who posted this link, and so many have 1,000 followers. It adds up quick- thats why Tweeting is so important.

Good point. I think most of it is coming from Reddit though.

[libertybrewcity]

Could definitely be reddit. I don't know where else. I thought you needed an account on RPF to view the Grassroots Central Forum..maybe that's why there aren't any comments. Tmrw there will probably be a TON of new users.

[Kludge]

That's got to be it. Not too familiar with Reddit but I just check Alexa and it gets a HUGE amount of traffic (ranked 51st in the US), and that is one of the "hot" threads in the politics section right now.
Reddit's pretty hot in the "tech community." I've never much been into social networking, but it is pretty widely popular. Outside of just the "normal" viewers, there are actually plenty of tech sites (which also happen to tend to be libertarian) which read and re-post based off Reddit trending topics, http://www.techdirt.com/ being my favorite. Great site run by an outstanding libertarian fellow named Mike Masnick.

[jct74]

Could definitely be reddit. I don't know where else. I thought you needed an account on RPF to view the Grassroots Central Forum..maybe that's why there aren't any comments. Tmrw there will probably be a TON of new users.

Grassroots Central is viewable to everyone.

[scrosnoe]

this is prime time for me and when i always check in-- hi folks!

[jct74]

Reddit's pretty hot in the "tech community." I've never much been into social networking, but it is pretty widely popular. Outside of just the "normal" viewers, there are actually plenty of tech sites (which also happen to tend to be libertarian) which read and re-post based off Reddit trending topics, http://www.techdirt.com/ being my favorite. Great site run by an outstanding libertarian fellow named Mike Masnick.

Interesting. I've heard it is really blowing up lately, and looking at the Alexa charts confirms that.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com#

[parke]

Did the "Conviction" ad run tonight?

Or is it some computer confusion?

If it's real, those are some great numbers.

Welcome to freedom folks!

Remember crashing the forums during the first and second money bombs???
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[thehighwaymanq]

Remember crashing the forums during the first and second money bombs???
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Remember the time we crashed the forum on July 19 because of "Ready, Ames, Fire"?

:)

[Travlyr]

Wow!
Users active in the past 24 hours
19176 Users have visited the forum. 966 members and 18210 guests

[specsaregood]

Tmrw there will probably be a TON of new users.

Doesn't appear so:
New users:
7/15 - 14
7/16 - 19
7/17 - 2 -- so far today.

[Travlyr]

Doesn't appear so:
New users:
7/15 - 14
7/16 - 19
7/17 - 2 -- so far today.
It kind of does.
35 new users and if we conservatively assume that each new user weighs at least 125 pounds, then 35 x 125 = 4375 which is more than two tons.

[specsaregood]

It kind of does.
35 new users and if we conservatively assume that each new user weighs at least 125 pounds, then 35 x 125 = 4375 which is more than two tons.

Touche'
You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later.

[MelissaWV]

In addition to the Reddit mention, I found a direct link on a Prison Planet thread. There were tweets about the thread.

They were guests, and that hour of the night (eastern) is not so late on the west coast or Hawaii or in foreign countries.

Hopefully people are taking better note of where the threads are. That thread was viewable by guests and was presumably linked directly from wherever these folks were coming from. It is a bit of luck that we didn't have a smattering of trolls in there.

I don't believe that they all have to join. Maybe they don't want to join in the discussion, and just wanted to see these military donation numbers all in one place. This is why Grassroots/GenPol should be kept as guest-friendly as possible, imo.

[enoch150]

I wasn't here last time, so I was wondering about the numbers myself. How do the active viewing numbers right now compare to the numbers from the same time frame during the previous campaign? Or how do the numbers here now compare to the numbers during the height of the previous campaign?

- Darin

It's around the third highest level of activity and trending up. I'm surprised at how much more the dailypaul gets.

ronpaulforums:
http://i51.tinypic.com/283yag.png
dailypaul:
http://i53.tinypic.com/19y1cm.png

[sailingaway]

In the last election I only went to the Daily Paul. I sometimes saw a single thread here, but I didn't know how to navigate v bulletin (laugh all you want) so if I didn't get here off a thread title in a google search, I didn't get here. I didn't join until the third time I tried to go to a thread title from google and it went into Hot topics just as I tried to get it, and it said I needed to join to see it. That was...whenever my join date is. I was checking up on Rand's senate run at the time.

This place is better for projects and discussions, DP is easier to just read what is on the front page. Now that Josh has a front page, things might change here, though.

[afwjam]

That Ron Paul 2012 banner on the front page, sure looks good!

[sailingaway]

I searched for "paul military donations" and only see 6 people that have posted a tweet with those words. :confused:
http://twitter.com/#!/search/paul%20military%20donations

that may in part be because there are many twitter variations on @RonPaul and donations is also money and $ and retweeting I don't think shows up separately.

[Paul4Prez]

Hopefully all the visitors noticed the upcoming Money Bomb on 7/19....

[Anti Federalist]

Good numbers in here tonight as well.

[heavenlyboy34]

ETA - Back up to 421.

ETA 2 - See what did? I can play the game when I have to...

LoL - It wouldn't surprise me...seriously though, why the spike?

When it first glanced up it was 487.

When I posted it was 466.

Dat's some good numbers for this time of night.
I imagine the spike is because of more traffic from west coast folks. We're 2-3 hours behind y'all, depending on the time of year.

[sailingaway]

I imagine the spike is because of more traffic from west coast folks. We're 2-3 hours behind y'all, depending on the time of year.

It was pretty late on the west coast, too. as I recall.

[KingRobbStark]

It was pretty late on the west coast, too. as I recall.

It was.