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CarlSeiler · 10-06-2009, 05:47 AM

I know this an old thread, but just in case some lurker sneaks in here and reads... In phpBB, this is determined by the count of different clients that have accessed the given item in the last five minutes, and certainly includes bots, which get counted as "guests" unless you tweak things to leave them out (I think you can do this more easily in the new versions phpBB which seem to have some ability to detect legitimate bots).

I'd be willing to bet that vBulletin is doing something similar here.

Carl

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10-06-2009, 05:47 AM	#5
CarlSeiler Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 280	I know this an old thread, but just in case some lurker sneaks in here and reads... In phpBB, this is determined by the count of different clients that have accessed the given item in the last five minutes, and certainly includes bots, which get counted as "guests" unless you tweak things to leave them out (I think you can do this more easily in the new versions phpBB which seem to have some ability to detect legitimate bots). I'd be willing to bet that vBulletin is doing something similar here. Carl