Also, threads with a lot of posting activity become their own self perpetuating view count generators because people have a strong appetite for drama and rubbernecking ongoing train wrecks.

Same as it ever was...
Yep, I have no official knowledge of it but the site runs a modified version of vbulletin. Unless they've customized that portion (which I do not believe to be the case) it's not unique views so every time anyone refreshes the page it adds to the views of the thread.
Actually I'm pretty sure it goes one level more inaccurate than even that because the view count gets updated every time showthread.php gets loaded which means every time someone switches from say Page 1 to Page 2 it adds another tick to the view count.
It may not show up right away as viewcounts get updated at an admin specified interval, but that's my understanding of the way it works.
So basically the view count is only useful as a measure of the activity on the thread not on the number of users generating said activity. Originally Posted by SpiceItUp
Nope.Butt, Ah dew bee-lieve thet SpiceItUp's poynt is thet tha view count don't mean much if'n a few folks (say, tha same 20-30) keeps on a checkin' out a thread o'er an' o'er a'gin threw-out tha day, i.e., activity is not ee-kwell ta unique visitors.
I'm not here enough to bounce a thread by 1000s of views.... Originally Posted by Whispers
When I post my videos, I always get more downloads than eccie's view count would lead me to believe was possible. The links are generated for each post, so the only way to get it is to click on the post.That's most likely because of internet crawlers. You may think it's a link only posted here but its open to a wide variety of sources that will drive your downloads but not come to this site at all.
My thread will say 18 views, but I'll have some 35 downloads. Originally Posted by BiancaBonVivant
There are members who concern themselves with the view count their thread receives and portray this as having relevance.Clarity from the moderators on your previous handle would be appreciated. We are so glad your here just in time for the holidays "as A newbie" to spread your warmth and sincerity. Welcome!
The same group of viewers checking a thread multiple times a day gossiping amongst themselves could quickly drive up the view counts into the thousands misleading a troll and allowing himself to think he has a much bigger audience...
my questions are
Are views counted only once per log in despite how many times that thread is clicked on by said member?
Is a view counted as many times as the thread is clicked on despite if it's the same group of people?
Is it counted as once per member despite if you have logged off and then back on?
Are non members clicks counted?
Clarity from the moderators on the tabulation of the view counts would be appreciated. Originally Posted by Stock Trader
That's most likely because of internet crawlers. You may think it's a link only posted here but its open to a wide variety of sources that will drive your downloads but not come to this site at all. Originally Posted by budman33Wrong again! I may have stumbled while watching her videos but at no point was I crawling! Geeeez!
Interesting.....Jimmy jacks off once a day. Tommy jacks off 20 times a day. Johnny has a lot of alone time and is very self-obsessed.
I don't know about others but I log in a few times a day and check threads I started or am interested in and usually go through responding to others that addressed me or if I find a post interests me enough to comment. It may add some view it seems...... But the disparity of some threads with thousands of views vs others less than a hundred seems improbable to not represent additional viewers. Originally Posted by Whispers
Yep, I have no official knowledge of it but the site runs a modified version of vbulletin. Unless they've customized that portion (which I do not believe to be the case) it's not unique views so every time anyone refreshes the page it adds to the views of the thread.
Actually I'm pretty sure it goes one level more inaccurate than even that because the view count gets updated every time showthread.php gets loaded which means every time someone switches from say Page 1 to Page 2 it adds another tick to the view count.
It may not show up right away as viewcounts get updated at an admin specified interval, but that's my understanding of the way it works.
So basically the view count is only useful as a measure of the activity on the thread not on the number of users generating said activity. Originally Posted by SpiceItUp
And the thousands that read the threads vote in the only manner that matters in my eyes.
Sorry guys.....
Those of us that post and interact in CoEd are a very small percentage of membership at ECCIE.
When topics of interest that I start get view counts and participation as pathetic as Toyz and others I might get bored with the place. Originally Posted by Whispers