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Just out of curiosity, what do people typically use for their "Who's Online Timeframe" on their forums?
What was the default?
I'm using 10 minutes, but I know of some other automotive forums that push it out to an hour or more. During normal hours, I see beteen 30 and 50 registered users, and it sometimes goes higher.
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a lot of forums push it to a big number, since it inflates the number of registered users seen in the who's online box.. i go with 1 minute and take the minimal extra load hit, so it's accurate.. 
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Cache time and timeframe of 30 mins
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I used to set it to 10 minutes, but I have moved it up to 30 minutes. Anything that makes your site busier or appear busier is a good thing; it gives your users warm fuzzies and makes them want to visit more often. See: Herd Mentality.
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Also see: Gaming the outcome 
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ive just updated min to 24hrs wow it looks great now  And a much fairer representation of your forums on a daily basis. I changed from 2hrs as lots of others do this 24hrs now.
BOOM !! Version v7.6.1.1
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rofl, that's REALLY gaming the system!
i'd change the portal island title to 'who stopped by today', because the odds of it being anything close to a current snapshot is very low now..
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