Stupid solutions: Live server push without JS
So now we know that a #1 post on HN has about ~450 concurrent visitors<p>Edit° (~1 hour later): So I've been checking every few minutes, and it's consistently been at ~450, this is a cool metric to have.<p>°This link was posted to HN ~4 hours ago. I first checked ~1.5 hours after it'd been posted, and it was #1 on the front page. It's still #1 as of this edit. The counter has consistently been between 445 and 455 the whole time.