1 post = (about) 10 views rule

[Heresson]

It's an amazing rule I've observed for years now here, and as I am bored and have to think of something better to do than to learn latin, which I have to do ( ),
I decided to share it with You, though I think most of You have already noticed that.
This rule could actually be considered a way of judging the actual success of a thread, except for example of cases like my Syria Thread, which was obviously a giant success , but the ratio was low, because I kept posting 50 pics for one time, for example.

[LordShiva]

I've noticed this too.

[Heresson]

let's have a meaningful discussion about it.

[LordShiva]

Let's.

Why do you think this is the case?

[Will9]

WTF!?

[Heresson]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Let's.

Why do you think this is the case?

I think that the owners of the site, in order to mask the dropping ratings of the site, or to pretend they have a cool feature without really implementing it, introduced a "views rating" based in reality on post number.

[Heresson]

OR we could blame Will9 for it and burn him on a stake

[LordShiva]

Will9 threads don't follow the rule, though; they have 1 post (the OP), and 0 views.

[Heresson]

That only support the scientific thesis of mine that he put a spell on our threads

Btw, recently I've had a strange sighting - mine thread had 4 replies or so, but 0 views.

[LordShiva]

It happens when the server is under load, or some BS. That's why my vodka thread ended up with 60 replies and like 150 views.

[Kuciwalker]

I've noticed a thread almost always has at least 10 views within a minute of being posted.

[joncha]

/me sits in the thread and hits F5 repeatedly

[Sirotnikov]

I think that the qualifying number is 7.

I figured it about a year ago, that if the no. of views is 7 times (or greater) bigger than the post number, the thread can be considered popular.

10 is a raging success.

[ZEE]

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[Will9]

Will9 threads don't follow the rule, though; they have 1 post (the OP), and 0 views.

These threads seem to say otherwise.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161757

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