Question....how is it possible that when a DU post goes up, instantly 1, or 2, or 3 have already read post?

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

Wondering just how is it possible that when I post something at DU,
The moment it does post for me, it almost always already has count that it’s been read.

Usually by 1
Sometimes by 2 or 3

Yet it was just that second posted by me

How is that possible?

[MiHale]

1. World moves fast...🤣

[Xavier Breath]

20. As a great mind once said...

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I get around

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

4. 😜

[Ocelot II]

3. Might have to do with the various speeds at which the internet moves -

some servers might transmit and publish more quickly than others.

[SamKnause]

5. My 2 cents.

If it is an article from a magazine or newspaper the person may have already read it.

If it is a video the person may have already watched it.

If it is a pod cast the person may have already heard it.

If it is something you wrote I don't have an answer.

[2MuchNoise]

17. If it is something you wrote the person may have already thought it?

[bearsfootball516]

6. DU can get pretty hoppin sometimes.

The admins would know better, but it wouldn't surprise me if there are hundreds, occasionally thousands of people on the website at the same time, during the day.

[krawhitham]

7. search bots?

[SheltieLover]

8. Possibly the number of people who are subscribed to read your posts?

Dunno - just guessing.

I've wondered the same thing.

[dweller]

9. I'm usually

Reading over your shoulder as you write
😬


✌🏻

[JustAnotherGen]

10. I *think*

Your post being posted - is view #1.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. When your thread is displayed to you for the first time, it counts as a VIEW.

Note: many views do not include reading.

View counts are only kept for threads (Original Posts), not posts (replies).

[MineralMan]

12. I think that's "Viewed," not "Read."

You are one of those instant views. When the completed post displays to you, that's one view. The others are people who clicked on it as soon as it appeared on the thread list. It's not surprising, really.

[MineralMan]

13. Also, there are Bots parked on DU.

They register each new post, which gets added to their own database. Google has bots. So do other search engines. DU is one of the sites that gets tracked all the time.

[Towlie]

14. They're in different time zones and have read your post hours ago.

[PatSeg]

16. Ha, ha, ha!

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

19. 🤩😉😜

[Disaffected]

15. I've noticed that too.

Bots would be my guess, at least for some views.

[crosinski]

18. As someone with a low post count, I was wondering about this myself.

When I have worked up the nerve to make a post, I’ve always felt gratified by the number of 'people' who read it right away. LOL . . . now I realize it’s just been bot traffic.

[MiHale]

21. Read your reply...not a bot..

tle nose dolphin.

[dickthegrouch]

22. Some people watch the latest post feed

I prefer to read the 5+ recommendations feed.