Is it my analysis training or is there something wrong with the data reporting of number of views on some threads.
Some threads seem to report an historical average number of reads while others appear to have a dramatic readership reaching into the multi-thousands.
It is my thought that this dramatic increase in viewing is the result of this forum being hacked by computer reading bots. Art there filters that can control this?
Thoughts on the number of views on a thread
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It’s happened before, this time around was mentioned the other week. I don’t think it’s anything sinister.
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Re: Thoughts on the number of views on a thread
Ahhhh, of course! With ai scraping the web for answers! I did wonder why some threads had so many hits!JFeig wrote: ↑Thu 27 Feb, 2025 1:16 pm Is it my analysis training or is there something wrong with the data reporting of number of views on some threads.
Some threads seem to report an historical average number of reads while others appear to have a dramatic readership reaching into the multi-thousands.
It is my thought that this dramatic increase in viewing is the result of this forum being hacked by computer reading bots. Art there filters that can control this?