What's with all the Guests?

FennecFyre · #1 04-13-2016, 05:50 AM

Been wondering this since I joined the forum. Why are there always so many guests online? Are they bots? Are they lurkers?

Vlam · #2 04-13-2016, 05:54 AM

Lurkers.

Varrok · #3 04-13-2016, 06:45 AM

Bots.

FennecFyre · #4 04-13-2016, 09:07 AM

...Do you two plan stuff like that or is it just a spontaneous thing?

Seriously tho, I am curious as to what all those guests are doing. On the Who's Online, they usually seem to be looking at really old topics.

Vlam · #5 04-13-2016, 09:34 AM

I think we're both right.

Varrok · #6 04-13-2016, 10:22 AM

They're really are bots, at least a big part of them.

Vlam · #7 04-13-2016, 10:28 AM

Those who lurk the ARG aren't bots.

Paul · #8 04-13-2016, 10:30 AM

Funny, I only just noticed there are so many of them (71)!

Manco · #9 04-13-2016, 11:19 AM

It’s most likely people coming in from search engines. They’ll look up something (probably Oddworld-related) and something in an old thread will turn up in the search results.

I first found my way here by looking up information about Oddworld.

Vlam · #10 04-13-2016, 11:22 AM

Manco is a bot.

FennecFyre · #11 04-13-2016, 11:52 AM

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It’s most likely people coming in from search engines. They’ll look up something (probably Oddworld-related) and something in an old thread will turn up in the search results.

I first found my way here by looking up information about Oddworld.

That makes sense. Same way I came here, actually. Someone posted sketch refs of various Oddworld species a while back, and I found them when I first started drawing OW.

Manco · #12 04-13-2016, 01:30 PM

I never did finish those...

FennecFyre · #13 04-13-2016, 01:43 PM

O SHIT YOU DID MAKE THAT THREAD DIDN'T YOU

Huh. Small world : P Thanks for doing that, BTW. Was a big help.

***Nate*** · #14 04-13-2016, 08:22 PM

If it's old threads, it's almost definitely search engines. That's what they do.

***Xavier*** · #15 04-13-2016, 11:18 PM

Well I think we have a spike in lurkers right now due to the ARG. Just look at the number of members who joined recently just to help solve the puzzles.

I used to lurk quite a lot on Halo forums when they had the "I love bees" ARG going on.

But yeah, we do have a ton of bots.

Alf Shall Rise · #16 04-14-2016, 02:22 AM

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I used to lurk quite a lot on Halo forums when they had the "I love bees" ARG going on.

Wow that brings me back.

ARGs are pretty popular, it seems.

Paul · #17 04-17-2016, 05:14 AM

WTF are these people searching for?

Some snippets of what they are viewing:

SoulStorm ARG - Piece 6
SlapFight!
Awards and Ponies
What kind of geek are you?
Ed Talks Bollocks
~ Side-Effects May Include ~ - For your digestion...
Carnix made another music video!
Main: Rupture Farms: Meat Processing: Overlord:hobo
Venks - 16 year old girls.
Shitty shit
Which Halo 2 Character are you?

***Nate*** · #18 04-17-2016, 10:44 AM

Typical spiderbot behaviour.