Does the board have a specified cut-off date for when WAG's can be submitted? I'm pretty sure Matt, Dave, and I had discussed and agreed on 2/17 midnight as the cutoff, but don't remember if Matt was present when we discussed it or if we'd made a decision on it.
I was thinking I saw somewhere here that the deadline was the end of this month. I'm a little iffy about that because at this rate, 10MM might happen before then, and the closer we get, the more easily a mathematically astute person (likely a programmer who'd run a script to measure and take into account the normal ebb and flow of posting volume) can nail down the exact time.
I was asked privately "What if the 10 millionth post is a PM?" Obviously, not a winner, but just as obviously, that'd be one PO'd person.
Solution: In the hour or so before the mark looks like it'll be hit, I'll shut off PM ability.
I'll talk with Matt and Dave and see if we can more clearly define what's a qualifying board and what isn't, if Matt hasn't already covered that. He's the final judge on that. And I can just as easily programmatically shut off posting access to non-qualifying boards in advance, so long as we make it clear well in advance which boards that'd be.
The boards that would qualify far outnumber those that wouldn't. Same thing on SI.
I'm already feeling a bit of the nervousness Brad said he was feeling when SI approached 10 million. And I know I'll be doing exactly the same thing he was doing. Watching the equipment closely and hoping it can handle the load.
My own WAG is that it'll handle it flawlessly. Shouldn't be any worse than when the connection at the ISP dies momentarily and thousands of requests get backed up then suddenly hit us when the connection comes back up. We see utilization spikes when that happen, but they don't get to anywhere near 100%.
