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Al · 12 Oct 2005, 16:27

How accurate is the view count? Meatdoginfo went up by over 600 yesterday.

Deb · 12 Oct 2005, 16:42

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Originally Posted by Al

How accurate is the view count? Meatdoginfo went up by over 600 yesterday.

Ever thought maybe people find Andy interesting

Dave · 12 Oct 2005, 16:56

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Originally Posted by Al

How accurate is the view count? Meatdoginfo went up by over 600 yesterday.

Meat just had a triumphant return to touring, he is in the studio working on BOOH 3 with Jim Steinman, and several of the other band members are busy with very interesting projects of their own...in the grand scheme of things, does "view count" on a forum really matter?

As Deb said, maybe people do find AndyK an interesting bloke. Heck, I was fortunate enough to have spent some time with him in Vegas...he has some extremely remarkable stories about Meat Loaf fandom to share. I know I would like to hear more.

~Dave

R. · 12 Oct 2005, 20:11

It's pretty simple: "Update threads_table Set Views = Views + 1 Where ThreadId = n" gets executed on the database every time a thread (or part of) gets pulled from the database. That's all, it just says that a particular thread was accessed n-times. It does however not say that it was accessed by n different people.

Al · 14 Oct 2005, 12:29

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It does however not say that it was accessed by n different people.

Deb · 14 Oct 2005, 13:00

Strange quote.

I guess thats goes for other blogs as well though. Doesn't mean their hits are all unique. Come to think of it other sites hits as well. But why hits on blogs or sites are so important is beyond me.

Pudding · 28 Oct 2005, 09:56

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Originally Posted by Al

How accurate is the view count? Meatdoginfo went up by over 600 yesterday.

That's shocking

view count went up by 600

I reckon the voting must be rigged. Andy can be our next entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, we're bound to win.

On a semi-serious note though, how sad must it be to actually notice these things?

Pud

R. · 28 Oct 2005, 13:39

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On a semi-serious note though, how sad must it be to actually notice these things?

It's quite easy to notice and I believe some people actually do.
And, most of the time you can clearly identify who caused the raise of the viewcount. Believe me, you would be surprised.

Pudding · 28 Oct 2005, 22:41

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It's quite easy to notice and I believe some people actually do.

I just find it bizarre the irrelevance of noticing an insignificant thing like a view count and commenting on it, when there's dozens upon dozens of more relevant things to discuss.

Pud

R. · 28 Oct 2005, 22:58

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I just find it bizarre the irrelevance of noticing an insignificant thing like a view count and commenting on it, when there's dozens upon dozens of more relevant things to discuss.

Isn't it even more bizarre that some are pushing an insignificant thing like a view count by repeatedly cycling through a thread just to annoy other members, when there's dozens upon dozens of more relevant things to discuss?

Pudding · 29 Oct 2005, 00:14

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Isn't it even more bizarre that some are pushing an insignificant thing like a view count by repeatedly cycling through a thread just to annoy other members, when there's dozens upon dozens of more relevant things to discuss?

That is so very very true

Pud

12 Oct 2005, 16:27	#1
Al Banned Join Date: 29.08.2004 Posts: 7	Views How accurate is the view count? Meatdoginfo went up by over 600 yesterday.

12 Oct 2005, 20:11	#4
R. You dig. Join Date: 02.04.2002 Location: On the fothermucker Posts: 7,179	It's pretty simple: "Update threads_table Set Views = Views + 1 Where ThreadId = n" gets executed on the database every time a thread (or part of) gets pulled from the database. That's all, it just says that a particular thread was accessed n-times. It does however not say that it was accessed by n different people.

14 Oct 2005, 13:00	#6
Deb Mega Loafer Join Date: 26.04.2003 Location: Did I say that?... Posts: 4,162	Strange quote. I guess thats goes for other blogs as well though. Doesn't mean their hits are all unique. Come to think of it other sites hits as well. But why hits on blogs or sites are so important is beyond me.