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Thread views.
August 12, 2016 at 11:45 am
Is the thread viewer count always accurate?
Sometimes I see a view count of over 100 I think sometimes, but we don't have 100 people on this forum surely?
If its people who aren't members of this forum how are they finding these specific threads? On Google?
I actually think it's pretty strange anyway that a lot of subjects on here only get replied to by around 10 people it seems. Yet so many people view.
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RE: Thread views.
August 12, 2016 at 11:58 am
There are far, far more lurkers than posters.
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RE: Thread views.
August 12, 2016 at 12:39 pm
Five or so people have a discussion in a thread, another 10 simply post once or twice. Five of the active ones plus let's say another five of the more passive ones will constantly read the new replies, thus accumulating more views.
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RE: Thread views.
August 13, 2016 at 12:00 am
Sometimes I think I've said something quite brilliant.
Sometimes I go back a few times to see if anyone kudosed me.
Sometimes I'm disappointed. :-)
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RE: Thread views.
August 13, 2016 at 12:19 am
I also wonder does it count navigation within the thread as distinct views? Like if I go from page 3-6 consecutively, does the thread get 4 views?
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RE: Thread views.
August 13, 2016 at 2:35 am
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2016 at 2:35 am by Edwardo Piet.)
I leave my mayo jars in there sometimes! I have to come back for them!
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RE: Thread views.
August 13, 2016 at 2:46 am
Guests and bots count towards thread views too.
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