View Counts - legit?

[G3750]

All:

I just noticed that my "What's New on the Panhandle 2.0?" thread has 584,733 views! That's happened in just 8 years. Can that be correct? Does MTJ get that type of traffic (mostly from non-members)?

Obviously, I'm really pleased and flattered that this is the count, but I'm having trouble accepting it as accurate.

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

George

[healey36]

Short answer...maybe. I've noticed some significant activity during the first few months of this year, presumably bots/hackers trying to find an opening so they can take down the site for illicit purposes (see Most Users Ever Online stat of 4135 on May 12, 2025), and the March 2025 Weekend Photo thread racked up 7740 views when we average maybe 1500-2000. Seems unlikely.

I've noticed similar phenomena on other forums. Both the Cardboard Christmas and Big Indoor Trains sites got knocked out/seized and the owner had to basically reconstitute them with new software and on a new host (no content lost).

[G3750]

Short answer...maybe. I've noticed some significant activity during the first few months of this year, presumably bots/hackers trying to find an opening so they can take down the site for illicit purposes (see Most Users Ever Online stat of 4135 on May 12, 2025), and the March 2025 Weekend Photo thread racked up 7740 views when we average maybe 1500-2000. Seems unlikely.

I've noticed similar phenomena on other forums. Both the Cardboard Christmas and Big Indoor Trains sites got knocked out/seized and the owner had to basically reconstitute them with new software and on a new host (no content lost).

If the number is correct, then the Panhandle threads (both 1 and 2) have racked up over 750,000 viewings on 3 different forums.

George