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BMW X5
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04-08-2026LAST POST
02-25-2026
What drives these visits? I've noticed a big increase in visitors lately, so I started noting the numbers. The visits to my profile increased 13,000 from Friday. I don't think that's due to members or forum readers being curious about me. I'm not that popular. :D

No biggie, just curious.
02-25-2026
your trending :cool:
02-25-2026
My profile seems to be twice as popular as yours for some reason. :confused2

Anyway, my guess is that a search engine or spammer is slurping the site -- possibly for AI training.....

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02-25-2026
There were 34 views of my profile page since posting the above screen shot less than an hour ago.....
02-25-2026
Would it be AI, bots, spiders or all. I'm not sure why I'd have more than 25-50, not 100,000+
02-25-2026
It’s a massive influx of bots. They are so good now they pretend to be people and even complain when they can’t get full site access 🤦
02-25-2026
..only 50K visitors for me. Wasn't popular in HS, not even now with the bots..

:confused2
:lol:
02-25-2026
apptest wrote
It’s a massive influx of bots. They are so good now they pretend to be people and even complain when they can’t get full site access 🤦
wow, thats pretty insane. Soon nobody will know who is real who is fake. thats kinda of scary
02-25-2026
GOLFFRR wrote
wow, thats pretty insane. Soon nobody will know who is real who is fake. thats kinda of scary
Yes its a new world and reality. Sometimes they incredibly PM me directly to complain
02-25-2026
vreihen16 wrote
There were 34 views of my profile page since posting the above screen shot less than an hour ago.....
Mine went up 100 since I posted. On the morning of Feb 16th, I was at 217,472. I am now at 235,106. Almost 18,000 in 10 days.
02-25-2026
That must explain why I have over 500,000 hits to my profile page. :confused2
02-25-2026
Esteban wrote
That must explain why I have over 500,000 hits to my profile page. :confused2
They use your profile pages as the launching pad to do their ai nasty work via links to posts you’ve made; since their complaint emails/PMs go nowhere. Of course the content they are getting may not be the real site content 😂. I leave that little headache for them to figure out 😀
02-25-2026
apptest wrote
Of course the content they are getting may not be the real site content 😂. I leave that little headache for them to figure out 😀
Are you running a honeypot full of fake Honda content to feed the AI/bots? :lol:

FWIW, my count has now gone up by 202 since the above screen capture (200 unaccounted page views, plus my two to check the count).

Is there a way that you can block viewing the user profile pages for unauthenticated users? Judging by the last 10 visitors on mine, these views appear to be coming from unauthenticated users.....
02-25-2026
vreihen16 wrote
Are you running a honeypot full of fake Honda content to feed the AI/bots? :lol:

FWIW, my count has now gone up by 202 since the above screen capture (200 unaccounted page views, plus my two to check the count).

Is there a way that you can block viewing the user profile pages for unauthenticated users? Judging by the last 10 visitors on mine, these views appear to be coming from unauthenticated users.....
Yes there are easy ways to block them but it increases my headache of having to read the AI bot themselves complaining about how they are blocked. Tbh, I’m putting that effort into moving the new beta site forward as it does do a much better job of seamlessly dealing with the bots

(Shameless plug to promote use of the new site so I can get more beta feedback 😂)
02-25-2026
GOLFFRR wrote
wow, thats pretty insane. Soon nobody will know who is real who is fake. thats kinda of scary
It's not soon, it's now.
02-26-2026
Hope there is a solid solution to making the site and our users of it safer
02-26-2026
FWIW, my profile page is now up to 960 views since yesterday. Maybe I should sell ad space????? :D
02-26-2026
vreihen16 wrote
FWIW, my profile page is now up to 960 views since yesterday. Maybe I should sell ad space????? :D
I got 475,650 visits at my profile page (!) :D
02-26-2026
I've had over 698,000 at mine, that's just crazy.
04-08-2026
Bots are going crazy. My views went up by over 13,000 from yesterday morning. :confused2
04-08-2026
cmyx6go wrote
Bots are going crazy. My views went up by over 13,000 from yesterday morning. :confused2
I've also been receiving almost daily notifications that threads that I created long ago are suddenly popular and being awarded extra reputation points. AI must be slurping the site.....