The number of users. "There are 110 eyeballs" means there are 110 users currently online. See eyeball hang time.
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
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- Blog posts 2008-05-16
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