# I know it's a deeply important, well-argued thread, but from 3,500 to 11,000 views overnight? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 2, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370 "2014-11-02T16:30:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/1 "2014-11-02T16:30:17Z")
Wow. A single allusion in Hello Muddah Hello Faddah. Either something’s screwy on my end, your end, or my understanding of Western culture must be radically changed. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/2 "2014-11-02T17:37:35Z")
The thread may have gone viral enough to show up on every search for the song, Allan Sherman, Ulysses, James Joyce, the Oddysey, and Leo Bloom. Or it’s part of what ever is wrong with the board that made this my second attempt to post this. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/3 "2014-11-02T18:19:10Z")
Maybe that explains why the board is running unbelievably slow lately. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/4 "2014-11-02T19:11:34Z")
Each of those views have 2 eyeballs, right? \<_skin crawl_\> ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/5 "2014-11-03T15:54:10Z")
Now it’s clawed its way to 12,176 views. So that enormous spurt has now leveled off because all those interested in all the googleable topics became interested all at the same time? And over the last few days not? /nitpick: I would reserve the word “viral” for views resulting from a direct reference from someone/some published source, volitionally. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/6 "2014-11-03T17:42:54Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > Each of those views have 2 eyeballs, right? > > \<_skin crawl_\> On average, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/7 "2014-11-03T18:14:16Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > /nitpick: I would reserve the word “viral” for views resulting from a direct reference from someone/some published source, volitionally. Nitpick, that’s not the definition of “viral” in this case. vi·ral (noun) 1. an image, video, advertisement, etc., that is circulated rapidly on the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/8 "2014-11-03T18:49:49Z")
It was on" Thread Spotting" for a while. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/9 "2014-11-04T01:53:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > On average, yes. I’d expect the average to be slightly slower, unless there are a lot people out there with more than two eyes to balance it out. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/10 "2014-11-04T02:15:18Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I’d expect the average to be slightly slower, unless there are a lot people out there with more than two eyes to balance it out. I agree. Most people have more eyes than average. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/11 "2014-11-04T02:26:36Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I’d expect the average to be slightly slower, unless there are a lot people out there with more than two eyes to balance it out. The median number of eyes is two, but the mean is certainly slightly lower than two. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/12 "2014-11-04T08:41:31Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > The median number of eyes is two, but the mean is certainly slightly lower than two. Did you mean the mode, or are there people with three eyes? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/13 "2014-11-04T12:42:05Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Did you mean the mode, or are there people with three eyes? [Supernumerary eyes.](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8278199)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/14 "2014-11-04T14:10:53Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Did you mean the mode, or are there people with three eyes? Median and mode both. Mode = most common # Median = # in the middle when you line them all up in order (emphasis on all: if you have 7 billion people with 2 eyes each you have to include the number 2 seven billion times) Each would be 2 in this case. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/15 "2014-11-04T16:00:41Z")
**OP** of referenced thread and here has only one eye. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/16 "2014-11-04T23:56:57Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > **OP** of referenced thread and here has only one eye. Just sayin’. Cite? er…sight? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-its-a-deeply-important-well-argued-thread-but-from-3-500-to-11-000-views-overnight/703370/17 "2014-11-05T00:26:01Z")
SFW. trigger warning for sensitive souls. Cite.