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How many DUers pay attention to the Views column (Original Post) malaise Jan 2019 OP
Yes I do. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #1
I do. It's often gamed by some folks, either reloading the page or responding to old posts for days. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #2
I doubt that anyone is really gaming the view count. MineralMan Jan 2019 #3
Gee, in 30 seconds I sent the view count from 248 to 301. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #4
I never even thought about gaming malaise Jan 2019 #6
I don't look at views at all. ooky Jan 2019 #5
Don't see it on the mobile version. Roland99 Jan 2019 #7
Seems to me it's mostly really high view threads that I feel the need to trash pecosbob Jan 2019 #8

TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
2. I do. It's often gamed by some folks, either reloading the page or responding to old posts for days.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:25 PM
Jan 2019

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You'll see folks respond to their initial OP for upwards of a week to keep the thing near the top.

This has an effect of getting more views and more posts, which skews the average lifecycle of an OP.

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MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
3. I doubt that anyone is really gaming the view count.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:30 PM
Jan 2019

But, it isn't a good indicator of how many individuals have viewed the thread at all. Active threads often have multiple people posting in them who return to the thread many times. Most threads with high view counts also have high counts on the number of replies, but when you look at the thread, many of the replies are by the same people, including the OP, who is replying to the replies.

My personal rule is to stop replying in my own threads after the day it was posted.

TheBlackAdder

(28,076 posts)
4. Gee, in 30 seconds I sent the view count from 248 to 301.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:40 PM
Jan 2019

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Most sites prevent the same IP from registering more than once.

Once the thread hits certain view milestones, it's raised to the top again. Once there are a lot of views, it hits the Most Active thread and then it gets visibility where others want to check out what's going on. It becomes almost self-sustaining at that point.


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malaise

(267,827 posts)
6. I never even thought about gaming
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:51 PM
Jan 2019

When I see really huge numbers on threads which aren't important Dem issues, I wonder more about the bots and spies

ooky

(8,889 posts)
5. I don't look at views at all.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 04:46 PM
Jan 2019

I do look at the recs column. If a thread is not getting recs I often bypass it.

pecosbob

(7,511 posts)
8. Seems to me it's mostly really high view threads that I feel the need to trash
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 05:17 PM
Jan 2019

which not surprisingly are the biggest argument threads on the site...pretty much anything with Sanders, Clinton or Cortez in the title.

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