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Forum thread views are sky high on forum I mod

I'm a mod on an online forum that is hardly ever used. Mostly I go on there every couple of days and delete the spam.

I just noticed today that all of the numbers in the 'Views' column has gone sky high on all of the threads. I mean into the hundreds and it is usually about 30 maximum.

I'm guessing some kind of bot is going onto the forum to make this happen. Is it something that I should be worried about? The forum is for a community project miles away from me and I know that the people that I speak to by email don't know much about how it all works. I just wondered if anyone knows if it is a problem and if there is anything that can be done to stop it so that I can let the people who own it know as they rely on a volunteer to maintain it.

I hope that makes sense :o

BungleGirl

Comments

  • If your a mod do you have accsess to usage and the stats for the site. Look at the ip addresses and use a site like DNS stuff to see who the ip address resolves to.
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