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Nibiru Republic
super fun pants!
Join date: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 74
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04-23-2008 08:13
so for the last week i've been tracking how many people come to my place during the day.
i have nothing to offer, there's nothing for sale, and i have never made an announcement to come over or had a party.
so 2 nights ago i check my visitor count. 560 people came to my island!!! ????
then last night i checked when i got home from work, and 250+ people came by. ???
is it just people island hopping? (i'm on a private island)
i wish i could turn a video on and record all day to see what's up.
what's your thoughts on this?
no biggie, and i could care less, but i had to wonder.
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Oryx Tempel
Registered User
Join date: 8 Nov 2006
Posts: 7,663
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04-23-2008 08:14
Are you looking at a true visitor counter, or the traffic counter?
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Nibiru Republic
super fun pants!
Join date: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 74
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04-23-2008 08:27
maybe i'm just looking at the traffic counter?
(when you right click land then look at the edit box)
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Isablan Neva
Mystic
Join date: 27 Nov 2004
Posts: 2,907
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04-23-2008 08:34
People do just island hop - when I was building the new Botanical Gardens I didn't have the sim listed in search yet but had a constant stream of people just "dropping by" out of nowhere.
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Oryx Tempel
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Join date: 8 Nov 2006
Posts: 7,663
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04-23-2008 08:35
Right... in the About Land dialog box there is a number for Traffic; this is a number that has never really been figured out by residents but measures the amount of time that an avatar spends on a given parcel, and translates it into a number. You could very well be adding to that count just by being there yourself! If the land is deeded to a group, then every avatar, including the owner, add to "traffic." This is how so many shops have huge huge traffic numbers. They park fake avatars, or "traffic bots" on their parcel to make the servers count them and add to the time measurements, to make the shop look like more people have visited. There's a whole big argument over whether this is ethical, and whether it contributes to lag.  |
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Nibiru Republic
super fun pants!
Join date: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 74
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04-23-2008 08:39
ahhhhh, ok. that makes sense (well...)
that takes the mystery out of it. i could see some island hopper, but 500+ people in a day?
thanks!
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Sakura Hullabaloo
Avatar Extraordinaire™
Join date: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 89
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04-23-2008 08:42
the traffic counter is one point for every minute that a unique avatar spends on your land i think. so to get 250 would potentially require just two av's on your land for 2 hours or so.
someone will correct me if i'm wrong...
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Davin Romano
jerk
Join date: 21 Mar 2008
Posts: 384
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04-23-2008 10:28
From: Sakura Hullabaloo the traffic counter is one point for every minute that a unique avatar spends on your land i think. so to get 250 would potentially require just two av's on your land for 2 hours or so.
someone will correct me if i'm wrong... STrange, when the land I bought yesterday showed 0 all night, and I had a few people there with me for a good amount of time. |
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Oryx Tempel
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Join date: 8 Nov 2006
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04-23-2008 10:35
From: Davin Romano STrange, when the land I bought yesterday showed 0 all night, and I had a few people there with me for a good amount of time. Traffic usually takes 24 hours to update. The value you see is for the previous 24 hours. |