Comments on: One Million Visits http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Seamus McCauley http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407139 Seamus McCauley Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:14:01 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407139 I missed this one somehow - where's the talk in London? I missed this one somehow – where’s the talk in London?

]]> By: cerebus http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407138 cerebus Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:11:06 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407138 Don't get too cocky. Chris Masse sees <a href="http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/03/14/robin-hanson-is-breaking-the-internet/" rel="nofollow">dark portents</a>. Don’t get too cocky. Chris Masse sees dark portents.

]]> By: Michael G.R. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407137 Michael G.R. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:50:24 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407137 I'm not 100% sure, but I think that huge spike is a post from OB that I submitted to reddit and it made it to the front page. Or maybe mine is one of the smaller spikes... In any case, congrats on the superb and thought provoking blog. The second million visits won't take anywhere near as long. I’m not 100% sure, but I think that huge spike is a post from OB that I submitted to reddit and it made it to the front page. Or maybe mine is one of the smaller spikes…

In any case, congrats on the superb and thought provoking blog. The second million visits won’t take anywhere near as long.

]]> By: Doug S. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407136 Doug S. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:16:54 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407136 The post http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/12/when-none-dare.html got an awful lot of attention; it's the wrong day for the big spike, but it seems to correspond to one of the other, smaller spikes. The post http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/12/when-none-dare.html got an awful lot of attention; it’s the wrong day for the big spike, but it seems to correspond to one of the other, smaller spikes.

]]> By: LG http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407135 LG Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:20:18 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407135 Joe, I'm used to looking at web stats, and it's not uncommon for sites in this format to experience spikes like that when a particular post becomes widely popular thanks to cross posting on a site like digg. I was mildly curious which post it was, but all the posts here are interesting to me, so it didn't pique my interest particularly. It's a common pattern -- spikes occur thanks to specific posts, and some residual hits continue to come because certain members of that spike become regulars. This pattern repeats, each time leaving more regular users, and because of the nature of social book marking, each spike gets larger than the previous spike, and leaves more residual regulars, rinse, repeat. Joe, I’m used to looking at web stats, and it’s not uncommon for sites in this format to experience spikes like that when a particular post becomes widely popular thanks to cross posting on a site like digg. I was mildly curious which post it was, but all the posts here are interesting to me, so it didn’t pique my interest particularly.

It’s a common pattern — spikes occur thanks to specific posts, and some residual hits continue to come because certain members of that spike become regulars. This pattern repeats, each time leaving more regular users, and because of the nature of social book marking, each spike gets larger than the previous spike, and leaves more residual regulars, rinse, repeat.

]]> By: Michael Anissimov http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407134 Michael Anissimov Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:07:35 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407134 Congratulations! What statistics software are you using? The comments are WAY over nine thousand!!! Congratulations! What statistics software are you using?

The comments are WAY over nine thousand!!!

]]> By: steven http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407133 steven Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:59:27 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407133 <a href="http://del.icio.us/search/?fr=del_icio_us&p=overcoming+bias&type=all" rel="nofollow">click me</a> for a good indication of individual post popularity. It looks like the spike was Kai Chang's favorite liar post. click me for a good indication of individual post popularity. It looks like the spike was Kai Chang’s favorite liar post.

]]> By: Joe T http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407132 Joe T Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:35:38 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407132 I found two things remarkable about this post. 1. The post doesn't mention the incredible spike. What is this, "Overcoming curiosity"? 2. One of the top three comments was not about said spike. Strange. I found two things remarkable about this post.

1. The post doesn’t mention the incredible spike. What is this, “Overcoming curiosity”?

2. One of the top three comments was not about said spike. Strange.

]]> By: josh http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407131 josh Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:30:38 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407131 What was the spike? What was the spike?

]]> By: Nick Tarleton http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/03/one-million-vis.html#comment-407130 Nick Tarleton Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:50:02 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2008/03/one-million-visits.html#comment-407130 It'd be interesting to know what posts have the most hits. It’d be interesting to know what posts have the most hits.

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