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TheBlackAdder

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2. I do. It's often gamed by some folks, either reloading the page or responding to old posts for days.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

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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How many DUers pay attention to the Views column [View all] 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