How does the site measure how active someone is?

I've been the most active member before, but how does it work? How do they measure that?

With a r-

Damn.

By your moves and posts, number of impulses. It works only if you use a home computer though, not ipad

They ask around.

Right, their server recognized only your computer's activity

Sorry, it might be only ipads, not all mobile devices. One friend here uses his phone exclusively, and I see he's among the most active.

I'm on ipad most of the time, even if I switch constantly to reading on other sites, and I never show up there.

I use my iPhone and I've been most active before. I use the app.

He's on iphone, but on web.

I'm on ipad, on web too.

I'm on here for 5 hours a day though...

He's on 18 hours a day, sometimes more... Some are here practically non-stop...like ravindrababu, and members with some 500+ online games

:| hmmmmm

Its magic!

This site offers enough to some to want to stay with it the whole day. If I were alone and without my job, i'd be more than happy to play, study and read threads and articles all day...

that's what I've done in the last 9 hours! No sleep.

I wish I could do that

Wow, you stayed awake 9 hours straight?

I usually need >15 hours of sleep myself, so I don't know how you do it!

I thought they sent out surveys.

every day ????!

http://www.chess.com/members/

see bottom of page

It measures by the amount of points you get

same here