Re: in NovaBBS, 33 users online (including 7 bots and 0 throttled)

2.  Much of the time,  fewer  than 30 people  are
    using novaBBS. --- But i'm assuming  that the
    [users online]   figure   only   includes the
    number of  registered  and   logged-in users.

          ##  There are currently 27 users online
          ##  Total messages: 2,299,507

I've seen over 900 "users" online a few times, most likely dos attacks, but the site worked fine. Clients that don't "act like" users get very limited access to avoid server overload.