PF Thread Milestones: Reaching a Million Views and Beyond

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In summary: Which corresponds to ~5% deleted posts.But how many of those posts were actually meaningful or added value to the discussion? That's something to think about when considering the number of posts on a forum or thread. In summary, the Lame Jokes thread on the Physics Forums website is expected to hit one million views today. This thread has been ongoing for several years and has surpassed other popular threads in terms of views. The closest thread to reaching a million views is the one discussing the Fukushima incident, which currently stands at 2.5 million views. The forum administrators have noticed an increase in traffic and popularity in
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Physics news on Phys.org
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tahayassen said:
Is it just me or does PF look different? Like visually different?

Someone set us up the bomb. And then Greg starting messing with things and that's when everything went haywire.
 
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Everything is larger, which I like.
 
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Astronuc said:
Less than 3200 to go, so we could realize the milestone on Friday, Feb 1!
Should we get worried if it's actually Feb 2 - Groundhog Day?
 
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The mentors can delete or copy some posts to influence the date, if necessary ;).

Oh, and one less to go.
2520 missing
 
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mfb said:
The mentors can delete or copy some posts to influence the date, if necessary ;).

Oh, and one less to go.
2520 missing

Astro is right, we'll hit it by Feb 1st!
 
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Is PF going to explode, or maybe implode, when we reach this?

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
Is PF going to explode, or maybe implode, when we reach this?

Zz.

I'm not sure. Cosmologists may have to term a new phrase to describe the effect it has on spacetime.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
If we really dig in, we could hit 4M tomorrow night!

I'll get the mountain dew, you get the music, and Evo will get the pizza. PF post-a-thon at my place tonight. WE GOT WORK TO DO PEOPLE!
 
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Every post counts.
 
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Really, all of them.
 
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No matter how short and meaningless.
 
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Does that mean you won't delete spam? :p

1833 to go
 
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Borek said:
No matter how short and meaningless.
Borek, always hard at work!
 
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Drakkith said:
I'll get the mountain dew, you get the music, and Evo will get the pizza. PF post-a-thon at my place tonight. WE GOT WORK TO DO PEOPLE!
Hey, who's paying for the pizza? This mentor job doesn't pay much. Actually, it doesn't pay at all. :-p
 
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Evo said:
Hey, who's paying for the pizza? This mentor job doesn't pay much. Actually, it doesn't pay at all. :-p

You mean, you haven't been getting the checks? :-p
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
You mean, you haven't been getting the checks? :-p
I believe Drakkith uses the checks for buying oreos. If i had the chance, i'd do it too.
 
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weissritter said:
i believe drakkith uses the checks for buying oreos. If i had the chance, i'd do it too.

Berry Burst Ice Cream Oreos!
Freakin delicious!
 
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With about 1444 to go, we could do it tomorrow, otherwise, sometime after tomorrow midnight.
 
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We can
 
  • #57
Do this!
 
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Two contests! The member with the 4,000,000th post and the member who can screenshot the stat ticker at 4,000,000 will get 6 months Gold membership. No Photoshop people! :D
 
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[STRIKE]Hey! We went from 3,999,999 to 3,999,100![/STRIKE]

nvmd :redface:
 
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Only 615 posts to go.
 
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500 to go!

We should celebrate tonight, open chat? :biggrin:
 
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Gad said:
500 to go!

We should celebrate tonight, open chat? :biggrin:

Chat Event! Evo! Start the generator! Break out the popcorn!
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Chat Event! Evo! Start the generator! Break out the popcorn!

Y'know, someone will have to do all the dirty work of sweeping those popcorns off the chat room floor. It's bad enough that the floor is perpetually sticky!

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
Y'know, someone will have to do all the dirty work of sweeping those popcorns off the chat room floor. It's bad enough that the floor is perpetually sticky!

Zz.

Hmmm, we'll need to appoint a new mentor to clean the floors...
 
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For those who missed it: chat is open on request of Gad (who seems to be absent)

https://www.physicsforums.com/chat/flashchat.php
 
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micromass said:
Hmmm, we'll need to appoint a new mentor to clean the floors...

I'll take the mentor position that you're hiring for!

*Cleans floors*

Done! :)
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
275 left! We can break the record in a few hours!

I'm showing 170 left as of 15 seconds ago!
 

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