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Post #725587

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MaximRecoil
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team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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Date created
2-Sep-2014, 4:53 AM

TV's Frink said:

The views are a lie.  And I'm not joking, I've seen massive view jumps on my threads in no time, with no real explanation.

After each new reply to a thread, people who have already viewed the thread have a reason to view it again. For example, suppose a forum only has 10 members, and they all religiously view each new thread at least once a day, and when they see a new reply, they always view it again to read the new reply. If someone posts a thread and no one replies, it will have 10 views. If on the next day, someone replies to the thread, it will then soon have 20 views, and so on. This is why you see the "massive view jumps on [your] threads in no time"; it happens after a new reply has been posted and a bunch of people check out the new reply.

To get a rough idea of how many different people have been following a thread, divide the number of posts in the thread by the number of views.