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Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

on the bay — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:02:16 GMT

I never noticed until a few months ago how many views on posts; sometimes 100's even thousands.

The odd thing to me is how many views with so little comments or hearts comparatively.

Are there so many members who just read or people who have not signed up as members who just read these forums?

Maybe it is like many other social media sites-people just read but don't want to join in.

Though I know I read for about a year before I ever signed up and posted.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

AuntG — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 12:27:49 GMT

Sometimes I view the same post a couple of times without commenting. I read additional responses but don't have anything extra to add. I'll often give hearts as I read along.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:07:44 GMT

I don't think that is surprising at all. I don't respond to every post I read. I don't heart every post I like or agree with. Who has the time for all? Also, while there are some regular posters here....a paltry few, when you think about it. There are people who chance upon this board by accident or take a peak just to see what it's all about; they aren't interested in anything here so they move on. There are so many posts about the same old things that even when I agree; I don't bother posting because I have weighed in on that subject many times over the year. The constant droning about prices and s&h charges and how the QVC isn't the same as it was 30 years ago leads posters to read a sentence or two and move on. This is a very odd board, we are prohibited from discussing anything that really matters to people and that stifles conversation and bores people.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

OKPrincess — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:56:38 GMT

Some posts I read more than once but I don’t comment on them. I am interested in what others have to say and will ♥️ most of them whether I agree or not but it was an honest feeling comment from a poster.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

LTT1 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:59:08 GMT

@on the bay

No proof here, but it is my opinion that other companies/websites have programs that comb through the internet constantly for information about their products in particular or products of the type they sell...such as "kitchen products."

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

Bri369 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:00:09 GMT

A lot of people read here and don't post.

A lot of people open a thread, read the first few posts and aren't interested in the thread.

Every time the thread is opened, the views go up. So if it's an older thread, it's going to have a lot of views.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

Tique — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:00:39 GMT

@OKPrincess wrote:
Some posts I read more than once but I don’t comment on them. I am interested in what others have to say and will ♥️ most of them whether I agree or not but it was an honest feeling comment from a poster.

@OKPrincess I do the same. Sometimes there may be one thought out of many expressed that I agree with but that one many generate enough of a response within me to give a

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

MalteseMomma — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:31:11 GMT

Dummy here,but I don't understand.

I never noticed that either ,is that how many times I view something or how many times someone else does?

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

Nancy Drew — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:43:18 GMT

I am not surprised at all. I know exactly why I have drastically cut my posting. People do what is enjoyable, once the fun is gone they stop.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

Tique — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:49:11 GMT

@MalteseMomma you're no dummy. This is just something you never focused on. The number of views supposedly means the number of times someone has read what you posted. Not significant at all.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

deepwaterdotter — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:54:45 GMT

@Nancy Drew wrote:
I am not surprised at all. I know exactly why I have drastically cut my posting. People do what is enjoyable, once the fun is gone they stop.

I agree.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

Caaareful Shopper — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:03:04 GMT

It's just one of the reasons that I always have an eye roll when some posters here say, "we all feel this way" or even, "the majority of your viewers feel this way QVC..." based on the posts here.

The number of people that actually post or even heart a post, is such a tiny percentage compared to the number of people who visit but only read.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

gardenman — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:08:31 GMT

Way back when, they used to post the number of people currently on the forums, but they stopped that. It was a pretty large number most of the time (thousands). On every forum there are way more lurkers than posters. Many people just like to read what others are thinking/saying. The forums aren't as busy these days with many people now more involved in other forms of social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.) In the forums where you can see the posters versus the lurkers, lurkers typically outnumber posters by ten to one or more. A hundred to one or more isn't unusual.

Back in season eleven of Big Brother with Jeff and Jordan we were getting twenty to twenty-five thousand views a day on the daily updates. We'd have maybe twenty or so people actually posting each day, but a whole lot of people reading.

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depglass — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:10:41 GMT

I didn't even notice that they had replaced this feature.

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proudlyfromNJ — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:15:17 GMT

@gardenman wrote:
Way back when, they used to post the number of people currently on the forums, but they stopped that. It was a pretty large number most of the time (thousands). On every forum there are way more lurkers than posters. Many people just like to read what others are thinking/saying. The forums aren't as busy these days with many people now more involved in other forms of social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.) In the forums where you can see the posters versus the lurkers, lurkers typically outnumber posters by ten to one or more. A hundred to one or more isn't unusual.

Back in season eleven of Big Brother with Jeff and Jordan we were getting twenty to twenty-five thousand views a day on the daily updates. We'd have maybe twenty or so people actually posting each day, but a whole lot of people reading.

@gardenman. They show online now 1251 and you can see the names of posters online. We used to wonder if this amount was just for posters posting or shoppers also.

Click on blogs and forums and scroll down on the left.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

gardenman — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:27:08 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
@gardenman wrote:
Way back when, they used to post the number of people currently on the forums, but they stopped that. It was a pretty large number most of the time (thousands). On every forum there are way more lurkers than posters. Many people just like to read what others are thinking/saying. The forums aren't as busy these days with many people now more involved in other forms of social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.) In the forums where you can see the posters versus the lurkers, lurkers typically outnumber posters by ten to one or more. A hundred to one or more isn't unusual.

Back in season eleven of Big Brother with Jeff and Jordan we were getting twenty to twenty-five thousand views a day on the daily updates. We'd have maybe twenty or so people actually posting each day, but a whole lot of people reading.

@gardenman. They show online now 1251 and you can see the names of posters online. We used to wonder if this amount was just for posters posting or shoppers also.
Click on blogs and forums and scroll down on the left.

I missed that. It used to show up top on the old forums.

Re: Isn't it surprising the amount of "views" on posts?!

Bri369 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:39:30 GMT

On the old forums, you used to be able to click the title of the thread and the views would increase for every click.

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ShowMe — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:51:46 GMT

There are many threads that I don't open. Just not of interest to me, or I may not care for the individual that started the thread.

Yes, there are many that just read and never post. And maybe that is good. Who knows????

I do know that there are a few that I try to stay away from, and if I see they are posting, I will refrain from posting for a while....until they have quit posting.....then when I feel it is safe, I may post again. This happens more often than not. Especially if hearts are given, and they are from some that I don't particularly care about. You know that old saying "birds of a feather, flock together." This happens a lot when a thread has been closed for posting, and hearts are given to the Moderator that closed it.

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Shawnie — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 18:00:03 GMT

I don’t even understand how they track viewing a post. It’s not like you hit something to indicate you are viewing a post. If you do a scroll drive by do they count that as a view? I don’t get it.

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Ms tyrion2 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 18:21:49 GMT

I read far more than i post.

I look at thread titles and view the ones that sound interesting. I don't pay much attention to who started the thread or who else is posting on it. That kind of clique-ish behavior was more prevalent back in the days of less moderation.

Everyone who comes here is entitled to a voice. I may not agree with them and say so, but I would hate to think someone would be driven out by feeling they can't post their thoughts.