A "Currently Active User" is someone who has logged into the forums and has requested a page from the server within a certain time frame (I would guess it's something like 15minutes). A "guest" is someone who has not logged in and has requested a page within the same time-frame with unique individuals being determined by IP address.
Quote:
So your thinking 15 minutes. The reason I started this is that I began pondering on the % of "truly active" forum users vs game players.|
Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
A "Currently Active User" is someone who has logged into the forums and has requested a page from the server within a certain time frame (I would guess it's something like 15minutes). A "guest" is someone who has not logged in and has requested a page within the same time-frame with unique individuals being determined by IP address.
|
I'd like to define "truely active" as someone who refrences the forums on a regular basis for the purpose of improving their game knowledge.
So I'm wondering if there is a way for us to determine what % of the game-playing population is a "truely acive' user.
Based on this, it would seem the % would be relativly small.
Quote:
I've heard that roughly 10% of the playerbase uses the forums... I don't remember offhand who said that but I do recall a redname comment to that effect a long time ago... probably 4 years or more ago. As a guess I'd say that's probably still fairly accurate.|
Originally Posted by JohnX
So your thinking 15 minutes. The reason I started this is that I began pondering on the % of "truly active" forum users vs game players.
I'd like to define "truely active" as someone who refrences the forums on a regular basis for the purpose of improving their game knowledge. So I'm wondering if there is a way for us to determine what % of the game-playing population is a "truely acive' user. Based on this, it would seem the % would be relativly small. |
Now the percentage of ACTIVE forum goers vs the occasional lurker is likely much smaller. I don't know offhand how you'd quantify that figure... by active posters? There's not a huge number of them but as a general rule they tend to be pretty knowledgeable about the game. Personally I occasionally answer questions about things I know and spend a lot of time browsing and reading the forums. After all, I've gotta do something while I'm waiting on my computer to finish rendering out an animation or process a video file. (I do video production in real life)
COH has just been murdered by NCSoft. http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes
As it relates to the forum...What is a "Currently Active User" Is that like, today users? And what really is a "guest"?
Currently Active Users: 6221 (1972 members and 4249 guests)