commit c3be1afe77aea12a41a65b611d598186db245093 Author: Karsten Loesing karsten.loesing@gmx.net Date: Mon Feb 24 16:54:27 2014 +0100

Clarify two Q's and A's on user number estimates.

Suggested by infinity0 on #10712. Thanks! --- website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp b/website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp index ec9f200..556b2a1 100644 --- a/website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp +++ b/website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp @@ -272,14 +272,16 @@ A: We put in the assumption that the average client makes 10 such requests per day. A tor client that is connected 24/7 makes about 15 requests per day, but not all clients are connected 24/7, so we picked the number 10 for the average client. We simply divide directory requests by 10 and -consider the result as the number of users. +consider the result as the number of users. Another way of looking at it, +is that we assume that each request represents a client that stays online +for 2 hours and 24 minutes. </p>

<p> Q: So, are these distinct users per day, average number of users connected over the day, or what?<br/> -A: Average number of users connected over the day. We can't say how many -distinct users there are. +A: Average number of concurrent users, estimated from data collected over +a day. We can't say how many distinct users there are. </p>

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