Are these viewers legit ?
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 1:16 pm
Hello,
I noticed that my ongoing builds have an abnormally high volume of viewers lately. Usually, a build report would get a couple of hundred viewers following an update. You know then that these are members looking at your stuff and you get some comments.
However, starting just before Christmas, i sometimes get 10k viewers appearing overnight on one build, and then things are calming down after a couple of days. It's possible that the link is being publicized somewhere and that is good, but i also wonder if these are bots or hacking attempts. I find it bizarre that 5k guys would want to read about a Sherman RC build on Christmas eve. Good if it is legit, but it would be good to know who these people are. I know for sure that they are not clicking on videos inside the posts because the Youtube watch counts are not going up. Weird. I thought i should raise this as a concern.
thanks,
Louis
I noticed that my ongoing builds have an abnormally high volume of viewers lately. Usually, a build report would get a couple of hundred viewers following an update. You know then that these are members looking at your stuff and you get some comments.
However, starting just before Christmas, i sometimes get 10k viewers appearing overnight on one build, and then things are calming down after a couple of days. It's possible that the link is being publicized somewhere and that is good, but i also wonder if these are bots or hacking attempts. I find it bizarre that 5k guys would want to read about a Sherman RC build on Christmas eve. Good if it is legit, but it would be good to know who these people are. I know for sure that they are not clicking on videos inside the posts because the Youtube watch counts are not going up. Weird. I thought i should raise this as a concern.
thanks,
Louis