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How the heck did my sticky jump 600 views in a few hours?

2004-09-16, 4:03 PM #1

DSettahr

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I demand answers! Its been up for nearly a day, and the last time I checked, it had only had about 200 views. Now its got more than 800.

2004-09-16, 4:05 PM #2

MaD CoW

Balls of steel.

Posts: 7,146

ummmm....

\/ -- he did it! :shiftyeyes:

2004-09-16, 4:07 PM #3

Freelancer

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It's called ctrl+r.

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2004-09-16, 4:07 PM #4

BobTheMasher

Of what, we don't want to know.y

Posts: 4,243

No one can resist a sticky.

Warhead[97]

2004-09-16, 4:08 PM #5

Omicron88

Disappointed

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[http://www.gatcity.com/forum/images/smilies/shifty.gif]

[edit: Freelancer, F5 is quicker

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2004-09-16, 4:09 PM #6

ECHOMAN

"Has it won yet?"

Posts: 17,215

Does that sticky really need to be there?

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2004-09-16, 4:11 PM #7

Outlaw Torn

Appears to be a Yuck

Posts: 1,873

heh, I viewed it about a dozen times myself.

obviously you've never been able to harness the power of cleavage...

maeve

2004-09-16, 4:31 PM #8

Brian

Administrator

Posts: 7,886

I think someone's just messing with you.

2004-09-16, 4:36 PM #9

Ubuu

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Posts: 1,670

Looks like its at 2100 views now...

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2004-09-16, 4:54 PM #10

genk

doot!

Posts: 10,781

2300 some now

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2004-09-16, 5:02 PM #11

Master Tonberry

Ronald McDonald in disguise

Posts: 1,032

Everyone go here and refresh as much as you can. Let's try to get this baby past 10000 views.

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2004-09-16, 5:22 PM #12

MaD CoW

Balls of steel.

Posts: 7,146

Well I just made myself look stupid.

2004-09-16, 5:50 PM #13

The MAZZTer

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Hahahaha

Code:

masassian madcow("MaD CoW");

if (madcow.bloatingPageViews(24747)) {
  madcow.givePraise();
  madcow.giveCookies(rand()+1);
}

2004-09-16, 6:10 PM #14

DSettahr

to wound the autumnal city.

Posts: 5,313

This explains why the forums have been loading so slowly for the past few hours.

2004-09-16, 6:32 PM #15

gbk

Posts: 10,562

Deleted?

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2004-09-16, 6:36 PM #16

I am the Stig

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http://forums.massassi.net/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24811

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2004-09-16, 6:36 PM #17

Jaiph

Captain Tight Pants

Posts: 1,750

....yeah, so it possible to turn 'views' off? It just seems like another new forum feature some people can't seem to use responsibly.

2004-09-16, 6:59 PM #18

The MAZZTer

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I like it how Massassians are so easily amused by such a small new feature. Ha.

2004-09-16, 7:01 PM #19

Dj Yoshi

Registered User

Posts: 19,202

I don't think it's that big of a deal. It happened for a couple hours, and it's over with, and not likely to happen again. Why would you disable it? To 'teach us a lesson'? :\

D E A T H

2004-09-16, 7:03 PM #20

ECHOMAN

"Has it won yet?"

Posts: 17,215

Yes.

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2004-09-16, 7:05 PM #21

MaD CoW

Balls of steel.

Posts: 7,146

Looks like it. I didn't even get to see how many views there were.

Anyways....

um...

yeah. Sorry.

ePenis--;

2004-09-16, 7:10 PM #22

Flexor

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For some reason I've develloped a habit of completely ignoring any thread with the label "sticky".

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2004-09-16, 7:19 PM #23

Dj Yoshi

Registered User

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Quote:

Originally posted by MaD CoW
ePenis-=11;

Fixed.

D E A T H

2004-09-16, 7:23 PM #24

DeTRiTiC-iQ

Britlandish

Posts: 5,649

Quote:

Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
I don't think it's that big of a deal. It happened for a couple hours, and it's over with, and not likely to happen again. Why would you disable it? To 'teach us a lesson'? :\

This isn't the only forum which had people using auto-refresh, there was another thread which had reached 295037 views and people had been doing it for a couple of days.

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2004-09-16, 7:24 PM #25

MaD CoW

Balls of steel.

Posts: 7,146

:p (in response to Yoshi)

I didn't have anything to do with that other thread.

2004-09-16, 7:30 PM #26

Master Tonberry

Ronald McDonald in disguise

Posts: 1,032

So anyways, MaD CoW, don't feel bad. It was my fault. I sent this private message to DSettahr, and I will reproduce it here in full. This is my story:

Subject: The Wrath of Cool ***--A Heartfelt Apology Letter

I saw this post earlier today and was highly amused by the idea that such a relatively insignificant message could be getting so many hits so I thought it would be even more amusing to pursue it. Hence my post that everyone should go to that thread and help increase its page views to over 10000. I tried this myself but it was working exceptionally slowly--waiting for it to load, clicking refresh every time, etc. So I decided to get a lot of people to visit it, if but only once. I tried to find places where a lot of people visit regularly and post links to the thread. I resolved that the Steam forums would be a good place to start, so I signed up for an account but I could not post yet, because I needed the moderators to approve my new account before I could post anything. So I tried to find alternative places and did this and this. Naturally, this did not yield instant results, although a few people may have followed that link. Anyways, when MaD CoW posted that he had Firefox auto-refreshing the site, the idea to do the same seemed quite tempting. However, as an Internet Explorer user I had to find alternatives. I asked a friend if he could write me a script and all he could come up with was a JavaScript that did not actually work; simultaneously though, I attempted to make one myself. The simplest and pretty much only thing I could do was make an HTML file with a META tag that refreshed the page every 1 or 2 seconds. I placed an IFRAME tag linked to the thread in question into this HTML file. When it worked, I copied and pasted the IFRAME tag in the source of the HTML file to over 50 times. This original file, that I named "cool ***" was quite crude and consumed too many of my computer's resources to be practical. The natural successor of "cool ***", "cool *** 2", contained IFRAMEs resized to 20 by 20 pixels. The final "cool ***", "cool *** 3", contained 100 of these IFRAMEs. When I "ran" the file it would take about 20 seconds to load completely before it refreshed. I left it running for a while until I noticed the Massassi forums running very slowly at which point I would close the file. When the Massassi forums could load normally again I would open the file again. I noticed that when my file wasn't running the views increased by about 1 every 3 seconds (possibly someone else doing that Firefox auto-refresh thing), however I believe that it was my HTML file that contributed the most significantly to the slowing down of the Massassi forums. The giant increase in hits was most likely due to my actions--from the 2000s to around 6500. This was pretty much the first time I've ever done anything like this.

I would like to apologize for what I did. I admit that at the time it was quite entertaining and even now, looking back, I am still quite amused. However, I am not a malicious person and I have enough empathy to appreciate when my actions have been harmful. My intention was to continue this until the page views reached 10000 and then I would stop. I realize how what I did do affected the other users. I do not enjoy slow load times on the forums either.

Basically what I'm trying to say is, it was my fault, I am to blame. Maybe some other people maybe contributed slightly, but I did, by far, the most damage. I do not seek forgiveness or respect. I just want to say that I am responsible. I do love Massassi very much, and beyond this, I never again wish to harm it in any way ever again. If you, or any of the other admins, so desire, you can ban me, punish me temporarily or permanently as an example. I, of course, do not desire any kind of punishment for my actions, but I accept that what I have done can and does have consequences, so if you wish to ban me or whatever then do so. I will not hold any grudges. Again, it was my fault. I'm sorry.

***

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2004-09-16, 7:35 PM #27

MaD CoW

Balls of steel.

Posts: 7,146

Don't take the blame, I'm the one who blew up the view count by 600 in the first place. I just find it weird how everytime DS has something to say he never lets anyone respond to it. No one's allowed an opinion to what he says. I think it sucks. That doesn't mean I should've been ****ing with the bandwidth.

2004-09-16, 7:41 PM #28

Jaiph

Captain Tight Pants

Posts: 1,750

Quote:

Originally posted by MaD CoW
I just find it weird how everytime DS has something to say he never lets anyone respond to it. No one's allowed an opinion to what he says.

Opinions have nothing to do with it. This is not an issue for discussion at all, thread view spamming is out no matter how many people here may like it.

You can discuss other issues by creating your own threads if you wish, but announcement threads are for just that.

2004-09-16, 7:44 PM #29

MaD CoW

Balls of steel.

Posts: 7,146

Quote:

Originally posted by Jaiph
You can discuss other issues by creating your own threads if you wish, but announcement threads are for just that.

And have them promptly closed. Not much point to that.

Wow... post #1000. I kinda thought it would be better than this.

2004-09-16, 7:49 PM #30

DSettahr

to wound the autumnal city.

Posts: 5,313

I wouldnt close a thread that was discussing a new rule that I stickied and closed. Just dont expect your discussion to change my mind (unless you come up with some really valid points that I didnt consider).

2004-09-16, 8:37 PM #31

Thrawn[numbarz]

colonpee addict

Posts: 11,951

I personally find the closing rather obnoxious. Take the "No" thing, for example. I'd never seen any of the threads you referred to, and the whole thing struck me as odd. But hey, I get to deal with it on my own because DS doesn't love me.

2004-09-16, 8:48 PM #32

DSettahr

to wound the autumnal city.

Posts: 5,313

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2004-09-17, 1:04 AM #33

Evil_Giraffe

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What I don't understand is why DS stickied and closed the thread. Surely that sort of thing is exactly what announcements are for? Does DS not have rights to post announcements?

2004-09-17, 4:28 AM #34

Mort-Hog

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Some of the 'rules' are a bit silly really.

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2004-09-17, 5:48 AM #35

I am the Stig

Posts: 10,922

Quote:

Originally posted by Evil_Giraffe
What I don't understand is why DS stickied and closed the thread. Surely that sort of thing is exactly what announcements are for? Does DS not have rights to post announcements?

DS closes the topic himself after he posts it. the point of a stickied topic about that is to make people aware of a new rule. You can always make a topic about that new rule to discuss it, but the stickied one is to make sure people know about it.

Mort- I don't know what rule you are referring to, but if it is the refreshing one it is not silly at all. The massive amounts of reloading was causing alot of trouble for the bandwidth of our server.

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2004-09-17, 6:12 AM #36

Evil_Giraffe

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Quote:

Originally posted by MBeggar
DS closes the topic himself after he posts it. the point of a stickied topic about that is to make people aware of a new rule. You can always make a topic about that new rule to discuss it, but the stickied one is to make sure people know about it.

I meant, why not post it as an announcement rather than a normal thread?

2004-09-17, 7:16 AM #37

DSettahr

to wound the autumnal city.

Posts: 5,313

Because then I would have to login to the cp, search for the announcement function, set up all the announcement variables, etc.... Its a lot quicker this way.