20 upvotes, 1 direct replies (showing 1)
View submission: [reddit change] Display the number of users actively interacting with a subreddit
Just in case anyone is curious how exactly it works, any logged-in user that visits any page inside that subreddit (comments/hot/new/etc.) will get added to the count, then removed from it 15 minutes after the last time they "touch" that subreddit. If a user visits multiple subreddits in quick succession they'll be counted in all of them for 15 minutes each.
Basically, when you first interact with a subreddit, imagine a 15-minute countdown timer starting for that specific subreddit. Whenever you do anything else in the subreddit, it goes back up to 15 minutes. When it expires, you're no longer counted as an "online user" in that subreddit.
Comment by redtaboo at 18/08/2012 at 00:26 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If I understand correctly, leaving a page open for hours with out interacting beyond having the page open will not count for each of those 15 minute intervals just the first, correct?