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GoldKey
05-11-2004, 11:38 PM
On the bottom of the forums page, it says "Most users ever online was 2138 on Wed Oct 09, 2002 9:55 am"?

Anyone know what happened then? I don't every recall seeing that many users online here at one time. The date sounds about like when Dell announced their PPC.
hindencm
05-12-2004, 12:03 AM
I believe Dell released info on their ppc on Oct 10 so that can't be it.
yuit
05-12-2004, 12:10 AM
I'd guess a slashdotting.
upplepop
05-12-2004, 12:41 AM
Perhaps it could be the Dell announcement. (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/archives.php?from=1034143200&to=1034747999) (or everyone wanted a cheap 128MB CF card :wink: )

EDIT: Doesn't look like a slashdotting (http://slashdot.org/index.pl?issue=20021009)
Falstaff
05-12-2004, 02:07 AM
Does anyone know if/when PPCT has been slashdotted? I can't remember seeing a link on /. to PPCT, but I've only been reading it for a couple months.
upplepop
05-12-2004, 03:46 PM
Does anyone know if/when PPCT has been slashdotted?

PPCT may not have been slashdotted, but it has been featured in a few news articles. (http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=pocketpcthoughts)
Janak Parekh
05-13-2004, 02:44 AM
FWIW, none of us (the editors) have a clue what happened then, either. Your guesses are as good as ours. ;)

--janak
Pat Logsdon
05-13-2004, 02:56 AM
My guess is that the massive number of hits was due to the fact that the new (current) site design was rolled out (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?topic_id=3884) the previous day. It would have taken awhile for other sites to pick up on the news and link to us, so a day and change sounds like just about enough time for the flow of visitors to reach critical mass. 8)
Mitch D
05-13-2004, 03:28 AM
FWIW, none of us (the editors) have a clue what happened then, either. Your guesses are as good as ours. ;)

--janak

Hmmm... now that's scary, I thought the Editors, Mods knew all... My world has just crashed down around my ears... :?
Janak Parekh
05-13-2004, 04:59 AM
My guess is that the massive number of hits was due to the fact that the new (current) site design was rolled out (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?topic_id=3884) the previous day.
That's a good a theory as any other. :) But you'd imagine the Jan. 1 contests would have had more traffic! And the site's membership has grown by now...

Maybe it was a bug in Fabrizio's PHP scripts...

--janak