Thank you, Mr. Kropotkin. Every bit as helpful as MagsJ. 
I aim to please…
Kropotkin
For me the classic example of this is here:
From promethean75’s Desperate Degenerate Support Group thread:
Sure, maybe.
Oh I see! So you’re suggesting I have taken Prom’s fanbase. That did not occur to me. So very obvious now it’s pointed out! I am indebted to you, Iam.
You do realise this thread falls into the category of Yak yak yakking?
No, that’s you suggesting that this is what I am suggesting. I am merely pointing out another instance in which the view count seems to have been “manipulated”.
You started the thread. So, you tell me if the discussion is just yak, yak, yakking.
On the other hand, if someone is able to manipulate the view count here, who is to say what else is being manipulated? Something considerably more substantive for example.
I have no idea what you require from a thread! The original post was, and still is a serious enquiry. You responded, and I made a joke of it. For some obscure reason, you took me seriously. Yak yak yak? I believe every single conversation/exchange, contains philosophical content. You seem to think philosophy should follow a certain path. In my view, life doesn’t work like that. Life is short and passes extremely quickly. I don’t believe it’s wise to spend one’s time being too serious. Yak yak yak for long enough and eventually you’ll hit upon some pretty serious philosophy/truth.
That’s your frame of mind. But: I’m not exactly inside your head in order to grasp your motivations and intentions. What, I’m supposed to just know when you’re joking and when you’re not?
At the same time, you’re not inside my head to grasp my own motivations and intention in regard to philosophy.
Well, okay, I attempted just recently to explain that to Berkley on this thread: ilovephilosophy.com/viewtop … 1&t=196616
Oh, and when I’m more or less joking around in a post I’ll use this: 
Or this: 
Other than that, it sounds like a personal problem to me.
Nope, I’m stubbornly committed to the truth. Here’s a screenshot of past year’s traffic from Google Analytics, which I consider a more accurate representation of site traffic (sorry for the size):
The solid line is this year, the dotted line is last year. I’m not entirely sure why there was a bump in the first half of the year, since it begins before the pandemic and ends abruptly at not point in particular. I think maybe I fixed our DDOS protections around that time, but that assumes a sudden spike in bots that Google can’t tell are bots but Cloudflare can, and almost no bots before then (since the reduced numbers are approximately equal to the previous year).
Anyway, this is the real traffic, and January looks to be a slow month, in line with historical numbers.
Cloudflare says we’re getting a weird amount of traffic from France and Surinam, so almost certainly not real. I’ve turned on extra filtering to see if that fixes it.
i have always had the impression that millions of people from all around the world come to my thread and check all the time just to see if ive made a new post. i have no evidence that this is true, but it feels true.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLGAqtR_IVk[/youtube]
I did it… 
I bet he says that to all the ladies ; ) ba-dum tish!
Apologies Carleas, I couldn’t help it… 
Where we began:
And so it continues:
Screenshot 11.56
derleydoo thread recorded 131,459 views
Mowk thread recorded 161,388 views
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derleydoo recorded 131,490 +31
Mowk thread recorded 161,428 +40
3 registered users and 19 guests online!
Where we are at 11.10 13/01
derleydoo: 133,830 views
mowk: 165,020 views
Well, with no further evidence submitted there can only be one conclusion. Thousands of people visit on a daily basis to see if Mr R has posted anew. Whilst here, they read posts from derleydoo. They then read posts from Mowk - on the assumption that Mowk is a sock puppet of derleydoo. Case closed. Thanks to all contributors.
makes sense
Your Twitter followers followed you here, huh?
no way of knowing really. i just assume that people all across the world are constantly tuned in everywhere to see what i have to say.
Coz you’re that interesting huh? Maybe sometimes, but certainly not always.
maybe always
Brilliant!
Circle jerking much.
Aw, don’t be bitter, MagsJ. The comment made me laugh. I love laughing. Good medicine, don’t you know.
