The record for maximum number of Forum Calibre readers

Lynx-lynx · 07-19-2012, 05:31 AM

I've just been scrolling down the Forums listing on MR and seen that there are 579 people currently viewing Calibre.

The second highest is Kindle with 149 persons.

Whilst the viewers in other Forums are mainly under 50.

Stone the crows! Is 579 people the 'norm' for people to be viewing Calibre at this particular time (of night, for me)?

ShellShock · 07-19-2012, 04:12 PM

I've seen it near 1000, last week. Very impressive.

Asawi · 07-19-2012, 04:23 PM

989 a few seconds ago. Wow! That's a lot!

Lynx-lynx · 07-19-2012, 08:58 PM

What is it that the bulk of the people viewing do you think?

Recipes?

Or?

DarkScribe · 07-19-2012, 11:35 PM

One thousand three hundred and fifty-two at the moment, but only seventy-four are members, the rest are guests. I imagine that they get here from search links. There are always a lot reading the Calibre posts.

Giggleton · 07-21-2012, 12:47 AM

Is the OP suggesting that ereaders are beginning to wonder why they cannot read their ebooks on devices of their choosing?

fjtorres · 07-21-2012, 06:50 AM

That is a lot of philosophy to infer from/inject into a simple question about the raw number of viewers.

Looking at the Calibre Sub-Forums, Library Management has the largest number of threads *and* the largest number of posts. Plug-ins is fifth in number of threads and fourth in number of posts so it doesn't look like the users are obsessed with it: Of the 134,000 posts in the Forum 9,000 or so concern plug-ins. Even generic conversion issues only reach 11,000, so 85% or so of the activity is totally unrelated in any way to platform transportability.

Rather Calibre Forum users seem mostly concerned with usability.
Hardly a shock with a program that adds features weekly and does content acquisition, management, and distribution.

Calibre is trivial to start using but a bear to master.
Rather like Chess or Go.

Giggleton · 07-21-2012, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fjtorres

That is a lot of philosophy to infer from/inject into a simple question about the raw number of viewers.

Looking at the Calibre Sub-Forums, Library Management has the largest number of threads *and* the largest number of posts. Plug-ins is fifth in number of threads and fourth in number of posts so it doesn't look like the users are obsessed with it: Of the 134,000 posts in the Forum 9,000 or so concern plug-ins. Even generic conversion issues only reach 11,000, so 85% or so of the activity is totally unrelated in any way to platform transportability.

Rather Calibre Forum users seem mostly concerned with usability.
Hardly a shock with a program that adds features weekly and does content acquisition, management, and distribution.

Calibre is trivial to start using but a bear to master.
Rather like Chess or Go.

Or we can think that ereaders are beginning to learn how to use the search function and don't need to start their own threads asking how to convert?

A bit off topic, but do you think congress should enact legislation that requires all ebook distributors to provide software that easily converts their proprietary ebooks into an open format such as epub?

kovidgoyal · 07-21-2012, 12:03 PM

The numbers are likely being inflated by the fact that calibre itself periodically visits the calibre forum when you have plugins installed to check for updates to the plugins. I don't know what fraction of visits are due to this, but it's likely to be significant.

Lynx-lynx · 07-21-2012, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giggleton

Is the OP suggesting that ereaders are beginning to wonder why they cannot read their ebooks on devices of their choosing?

Nah, nothing so complicated .....

A mere curiosity urge overtook me, and hey if something interesting was happening I wanted to have a look and see.

Lynx-lynx · 07-21-2012, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fjtorres

That is a lot of philosophy to infer from/inject into a simple question about the raw number of viewers.

Looking at the Calibre Sub-Forums, Library Management has the largest number of threads *and* the largest number of posts. Plug-ins is fifth in number of threads and fourth in number of posts so it doesn't look like the users are obsessed with it: Of the 134,000 posts in the Forum 9,000 or so concern plug-ins. Even generic conversion issues only reach 11,000, so 85% or so of the activity is totally unrelated in any way to platform transportability.

Rather Calibre Forum users seem mostly concerned with usability.
Hardly a shock with a program that adds features weekly and does content acquisition, management, and distribution.

Calibre is trivial to start using but a bear to master.
Rather like Chess or Go.

thank you for the assessment.

I definitely agree re Calibre being a 'bear to master', but I'm hangin' in there!!

Lynx-lynx · 07-21-2012, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The numbers are likely being inflated by the fact that calibre itself periodically visits the calibre forum when you have plugins installed to check for updates to the plugins. I don't know what fraction of visits are due to this, but it's likely to be significant.

Thank you Kovid.

Fluribus · 07-21-2012, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The numbers are likely being inflated by the fact that calibre itself periodically visits the calibre forum when you have plugins installed to check for updates to the plugins. I don't know what fraction of visits are due to this, but it's likely to be significant.

And it never pauses to acknowledge it's fans. Is it elitist or just shy?

tubemonkey · 07-23-2012, 04:35 PM

I don't use Calibre at all. I wonder if I'm missing anything?

Lynx-lynx · 07-23-2012, 06:38 PM

General observation note re number of listed Calibre users - it seems that the number doesn't fall below say 550 viewers, and often appears to be around the 550 to 650 ish mark.

I haven't actually recorded these numbers anywhere, just from recollection.

So, Kovid - maybe that's the visitor 'weighting' that Calibre has when it 'visits' the Forum ....

07-19-2012, 05:31 AM	#1
Lynx-lynx Treachery of images ... Posts: 4,113 Karma: 92523791 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour	The record for maximum number of Forum Calibre readers I've just been scrolling down the Forums listing on MR and seen that there are 579 people currently viewing Calibre. The second highest is Kindle with 149 persons. Whilst the viewers in other Forums are mainly under 50. Stone the crows! Is 579 people the 'norm' for people to be viewing Calibre at this particular time (of night, for me)? Last edited by Lynx-lynx; 07-19-2012 at 05:34 AM.

07-21-2012, 06:50 AM	#7
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	That is a lot of philosophy to infer from/inject into a simple question about the raw number of viewers. Looking at the Calibre Sub-Forums, Library Management has the largest number of threads and the largest number of posts. Plug-ins is fifth in number of threads and fourth in number of posts so it doesn't look like the users are obsessed with it: Of the 134,000 posts in the Forum 9,000 or so concern plug-ins. Even generic conversion issues only reach 11,000, so 85% or so of the activity is totally unrelated in any way to platform transportability. Rather Calibre Forum users seem mostly concerned with usability. Hardly a shock with a program that adds features weekly and does content acquisition, management, and distribution. Calibre is trivial to start using but a bear to master. Rather like Chess or Go. Last edited by fjtorres; 07-21-2012 at 07:12 AM.

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07-19-2012, 04:12 PM	#2
ShellShock Wizard Posts: 1,178 Karma: 2431850 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: IPad Mini 2 Retina	I've seen it near 1000, last week. Very impressive.

07-19-2012, 04:23 PM	#3
Asawi Gadgetoholic Posts: 1,467 Karma: 3865860 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Libra2, Tolino Vision 6	989 a few seconds ago. Wow! That's a lot!

07-19-2012, 08:58 PM	#4
Lynx-lynx Treachery of images ... Posts: 4,113 Karma: 92523791 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour	What is it that the bulk of the people viewing do you think? Recipes? Or?

07-19-2012, 11:35 PM	#5
DarkScribe Apprentice Curmudgeon. Posts: 427 Karma: 3286968 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Runaway Bay, QLD, , Australia Device: Kindle DX Graphite, Touch, Paperwhite, Sony, and Nook.	One thousand three hundred and fifty-two at the moment, but only seventy-four are members, the rest are guests. I imagine that they get here from search links. There are always a lot reading the Calibre posts.

07-21-2012, 12:47 AM	#6
Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	Is the OP suggesting that ereaders are beginning to wonder why they cannot read their ebooks on devices of their choosing?

07-21-2012, 12:03 PM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,196 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The numbers are likely being inflated by the fact that calibre itself periodically visits the calibre forum when you have plugins installed to check for updates to the plugins. I don't know what fraction of visits are due to this, but it's likely to be significant.

07-23-2012, 04:35 PM	#14
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,746 Karma: 158575914 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	I don't use Calibre at all. I wonder if I'm missing anything?

07-23-2012, 06:38 PM	#15
Lynx-lynx Treachery of images ... Posts: 4,113 Karma: 92523791 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour	General observation note re number of listed Calibre users - it seems that the number doesn't fall below say 550 viewers, and often appears to be around the 550 to 650 ish mark. I haven't actually recorded these numbers anywhere, just from recollection. So, Kovid - maybe that's the visitor 'weighting' that Calibre has when it 'visits' the Forum ....