Topic: Many, Many Guests

[Mr. Wizard]

How is it that, right after the forum comes back up, we break our "most users online" record?

Especially since the mainpage hasn't had an update in ages!

Did I miss something amazing? Or is there some technical difference in how the updated format counts users?

[Daxx]

I would imagine that our regular lurkers and members are checking back more often to see if the forums are back up.

[stuck]

I bet someone did something stupid, and their post is spreading over the internet like wildfire.

[aligon]

I bet someone did something stupid, and their post is spreading over the internet like wildfire.

Seems to be the most likely explanation.

[LadyM]

It just hit a new record again.

[Gaming Steve]

Even I can't believe how many guest are on the forum. I guess we have a ton of lurkers.

Also the minute I installed the new version spambot logins when from tons a day ... to zero. Oh so nice.

[aligon]

Also the minute I installed the new version spambot logins when from tons a day ... to zero. Oh so nice.

Great, sounds like the update is working like it should 

[Werechicken]

Don't forget people like me, who'd left the forums but still like to check up once in a while....

[ilikesanta]

we broke the record again! We must have a sweet link to something cool?

[Daxx]

Steve, any idea where all these guests are being referred from?

[Oviraptor]

Steve, any idea where all these guests are being referred from?

I actually most are search bots, and not real people.

[Krakow Sam]

Perhaps the search engines are attracted to sites which have recently undergone a large update of this kind

[Daxx]

Like a man who's recently had his arm surgically reattached in the vat full of piranhas that is the internet.

[Oviraptor]

What who you guys think of something like this?

http://mods.simplemachines.org/index.php?mod=143

I think it would bake the guest number seem more logical.

[ilikesanta]

we'll I caught 80 of then in the spore forums, darn spiders