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Juggity
04-11-2011, 03:47 PM
The recently-reached milestone of 2 million posts in this forum got me thinking about other milestones.

Obviously, I wasn't here on 7-15-2009. So just out of curiosity, was there any specific reason why it was the day that the most users were online at the same time?

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Gooshie
04-11-2011, 03:49 PM
RJ Trade I think.
Mel_13
04-11-2011, 03:49 PM
Pretty sure that Google searches for something non-Spurs related were linking to a picture posted on ST.
Mel_13
04-11-2011, 03:50 PM
RJ Trade I think.

That trade was in June.
Gooshie
04-11-2011, 03:51 PM
That trade was in June.

Oh! You're right - it was right before the draft.
++SaiNt TiAg0++
04-11-2011, 03:52 PM
what about the george hill wee wee picture floating around? haha
Bukefal
04-11-2011, 03:54 PM
I think it had something to do with RJ who dumped his fiancee?
CubanMustGo
04-11-2011, 03:55 PM
SR and its legion of supporters trying to crash the ST servers
Mel_13
04-11-2011, 03:57 PM
I think it had something to do with RJ who dumped his fiancee?


Looks like you're right:

http://www.aolnews.com/2009/07/15/richard-jefferson-wedding-called-off-kesha-nicole-nichols-jilt/
Juggity
04-11-2011, 03:58 PM
I think it had something to do with RJ who dumped his fiancee?

Could be...it's the right date and time.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/15/basketball-player-richard_n_232961.html

But that as opposed to, say, the spurs winning the championship in '07?
duncan228
04-11-2011, 04:00 PM
It looks like the Jefferson story and Blair's contract were the hot threads around that time. Could be a combination of those.
Mel_13
04-11-2011, 04:01 PM
Could be...it's the right date and time.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/15/basketball-player-richard_n_232961.html

But that as opposed to, say, the spurs winning the championship in '07?

The number counts guests. The RJ story was a pop culture event. People googling for info were linked to the ST thread
Hooks
04-11-2011, 04:01 PM
Yeah it was that RJ thing, I remember a shit load of guests were on ST that day.
Bukefal
04-11-2011, 04:03 PM
Could be...it's the right date and time.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/15/basketball-player-richard_n_232961.html

But that as opposed to, say, the spurs winning the championship in '07?

Well, a lot of people are looking for dirt :lol All those people just got here because of that. They could care less about the Spurs and their championships, Spurs aren't popular.

I think it was the same thing with george hill when those pics leaked, so many visitors all of a sudden.
TimmehC
04-11-2011, 04:09 PM
Blair and Hill were beasting at Vegas, RJ's wedding fiasco.
SpursNextRomanEmpire
04-11-2011, 04:28 PM
I'm surprised it wasn't the Tony/Eva drama
BlackSwordsMan
04-11-2011, 04:30 PM
it was is RJ gay thread
Summers
04-11-2011, 04:33 PM
AND it's my anniversary. Everyone wanted to wish me and RG happy anni. :D
Kori Ellis
04-11-2011, 05:14 PM
It was due to the Richard Jefferson/fiancee scandal breaking news. SpursTalk had a thread about it the week before it was in the press (on 07/09 I think), so it was high up in Google ranking when people started searching for it.

There was also a picture of RJ's ex-wife on SpursTalk that was first in Google images when you searched for her.

So between those two things, there was a ton of search engine traffic.