BoltonTillIDie wrote:Let’s say there’s 19 posts on each page and we have 34 pages that’s approx 646 different posts on this thread. If 10 people read all the posts every time one is posted, that’s 6460 topic views. Although there will be some bots it’s amazing how fast topic views can rack up.
Just my thoughts
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The thing is though these are actually the current stats to this thread...
How is the Tory Government Doing? [ 1, 2, ... , 34, 35 ] by Sluffy 680 15889 Today at 7:57 pm by BoltonTillIDie View latest post
https://boltonnuts.forumotion.co.uk/f8-wandering-mindsYou weren't far out with the post count - 646 to 680 actual but how do you explain the difference between views - 6,460 to 15,889 actual?
That's 60% more than what seemed to be a reasonable guess from you.
Fwiw, I thought Bob was talking about the 'Administrator - striking down the £7.5m security of EDT and KA' thread of which these are the stats...
McGinlay, Kevin Davies and Bergsson urge Eddie Davies to act swiftly to stave off administration [ 1, 2, ... , 5, 6 ] by karlypants 107 3065 Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:53 pm by Ten Bobsworth View latest post
https://boltonnuts.forumotion.co.uk/f21-bolton-wanderers-newsAgain if we use your reasoning which seems to be as reasonable as any...
...there has been 107 posts so 10 real views per post, totals 1,070 with again 60% more views than would have been expected.
In fact Bob was talking about the Bolton Accounts for June 2021 (and 2022) which has these stats...
Bolton's Finances / Accounts for year ending 30th June 2021 and everything else since. [ 1, 2, ... , 20, 21 ] by Ten Bobsworth 409 12094 Today at 12:15 pm by Sluffy View latest post
https://boltonnuts.forumotion.co.uk/f1-bolton-wanderers-banterSo 409 posts (for two sets of accounts - plus other stuff like share issues, etc) which is 3 times the Administrator 'strike off' thread (102 posts) - so seems somewhat on par to me at least, roughly 133 posts per each years accounts plus 133 for all the rest), then using your 'guesstimate of 10 real people per post would give 4,090 views instead of the 12,094 actual - again 60% (well nearer 66%) a tiny bit more than your rule of thumb!
Also just out of interest Bob posted this on 4th Sept.
Ten Bobsworth wrote:Over 11,000 views suggests there might be a bit of interest in th'accounts, Sluffy.
Since then there has been a further 23 posts on the thread and an increase in views from 11,000 to 12,094
Again using your formula - 23 posts at 10 views per post gives 230 views set against around about 1,000 more actual.
So are we really getting an average of about 25 genuine people per post (rather than just the 10 we were working to) reading about what I guess most people would find to be deadly boring stuff as to what the Administrator did three years ago?
Personally I very much doubt it, but if it pleases people then let us say we did and that the reality based on that is that we never got close to 1,000 people viewing the thread let alone 11,000 (now 12,000) that Bob would have wished for but we got say 50 or 60 people who have looked in on the thread from time to time with around 20 of them being regulars?
Everybody happy now?