How active is Hacker News?

by zachbeane • 19 years ago

18 7 19 years ago

I was wondering that same exact thing. Thanks.

jgrahamc• 19 years ago

You should probably mention the tool you are using for this: RRDTool. It's the same tool I use to track the number of items in my email inbox (http://www.jgc.org/blog/2007/06/measuring-my-inbox-depth.htm...) which I publish on my web site.

I've used RRDTool many other places, and it's immensely useful: http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/

pg• 19 years ago

You can't use item numbers as an index of activity. There's also an internal messaging system that uses items for messages.

How often are you polling our server?

henning• 19 years ago

Does "per minute" imply once a minute?

zachbeane2• 19 years ago

No. Network activity is often graphed in kilobits per second, but is polled rather less frequently than once per second.

zachbeane2• 19 years ago

I am polling the server every 30 minutes.

marketer• 19 years ago

can't see it (using IE 7)

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