The Usual Suspects...

[benwhowell]

I just noticed that there were (count 'em) 59 users online October 22 11:59 AM. (Eastern time, of course.)
Well, what did I miss?

[cinemalover]

Hi Ben,
A couple of us noticed and commented at the time but whatever it was it was just a blip. There wasn't an extraordinary amount of posts or views at that time so I can't explain it. There have been a couple of times I've been on-site and seen the counter get as high as 38, but still no unusual activity and a few minutes later it was down to a more normal-sized number.

[Moraldo Rubini]

That was the day that we celebrated the double-anniversary of the Mannheim premiere of Leni Riefenstahl's Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü and Pabst's Berlin premiere of Tagebuch einer Verlorenen ("Diary of a Lost Girl") -- both of which took place on October 22, 1929.

Where were you?! Your beer stein awaits (though the Schwarzbier is flat by now)...

[Moraldo Rubini]

A couple of us noticed and commented at the time but whatever it was it was just a blip. There wasn't an extraordinary amount of posts or views at that time so I can't explain it. There have been a couple of times I've been on-site and seen the counter get as high as 38, but still no unusual activity and a few minutes later it was down to a more normal-sized number.

Oh. Never mind then.

[cinemalover]

Ben,
Stick with Moraldo's answer, it's much more interesting than mine!