I put a ton of ip's on ban. The amount of dumbass spammers out there is crazy. It was heartening however to see some real people visiting. There is one glitch which turns registered users into guests when they sign out. That accounts for a few of them viewing the user control panel. Others have been robots trying to get in but never do.
I'm trying to make sure I don't ban legitimate proxies. I am looking for specific indicators. I hit google. A good sign is if nothing shows up. If not, then I hit the whois. If it's comcast or whatever, that to me is a good guest.
If they are banned, they are immediately deleted from the who is on line stats.
Two hours should be a good barometer for the free forums info, imho. One really needs to be weeding out the riff raff to get close to true numbers. The free counter looks like the best one available. The views are unique. They don't count the same internet addresses twice.
Maybe the stats are inflated everywhere. A place like Chemtrail Central must be getting hundreds of robots. You think Mark Steadham is weeding them out? I don't trust any of the stats being displayed anywhere. I think this because I have the inside track here. But it takes time and effort. Plus I am not into big brother.
If an ip is from a regular service, then I let it go. I do find the geography interesting. We've had real people here today from Denmark, Illinois, Florida, France, and elsewhere. One guest is a cuil robot I'm trying to register.
We have a niche here. There's just no way to get a 100% clear sense with the statistics. We are getting closer.
And check this out. We got one of those cool types of intriguing visits. The Information Systems Division of Miami International Airport dropped by.

















