Happy Jack Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 As of five minutes ago I had 10,979 Active Posts on My Profile (fair enough) which showed up under my avatar as 7525 Posts (fair enough, I'm guessing that excludes posts in Off Topic etc.), but also I had 5159 Profile Views. Huh? In 7.5 years on Basschat I've averaged nearly 1500 posts per year (nearly 30 per week) but I've also had my profile viewed nearly 700 times a year (nearly 15 per week) throughout? That seems like a ridiculously high number. Is there some function of the algorithm that has escaped me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 They're unique visits to your profile page. Some of them will be from curious readers and some of them will be where people have PM'd you and hit your profile page in doing so. Obviously, a small percentage will be axe murderers looking for their next target. Nothing to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I accidentally end up on peoples home pages all the time, especially if I'm using my iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted November 3, 2014 Author Share Posted November 3, 2014 [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1415025519' post='2595755'] ... some of them will be where people have PM'd you and hit your profile page in doing so. [/quote] Now [i][b]that's[/b][/i] something I never knew ... every time someone sends me a PM then they automatically hit my Profile page? That would be the "function of an algorithm" referred to earlier then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1415027642' post='2595809'] Now [i][b]that's[/b][/i] something I never knew ... every time someone sends me a PM then they automatically hit my Profile page? That would be the "function of an algorithm" referred to earlier then. [/quote] Not every time. It depends where you are on the site when attempting to send a PM. On some parts of the site, hovering your mouse pointer over the username will give an option to send a PM, other parts of the site don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkin Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1415027045' post='2595795'] I accidentally end up on peoples home pages all the time, [/quote] Me too, mainly when I'm using my laptop with the slidey touchpad thingy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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