Hello a quick question

[SirDogeTheFirst]

I am not sure if here is the supposed part for this question but

what is that, why some of my views are coming from out of no where.

 

[Maldon]

I know, it's weird.
It's like they come from the void or it's some sort of lovecraftian guys just reading my trashy smut.
it's kinda spooky.

 

[Deeprotsorcerer]

Sorry, those are my wraith pals, they don't exist on this plane, but they heard you were pretty legit and broke The Rules to read your fic.

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

I am not sure if here is the supposed part for this question but View attachment 11379 what is that, why some of my views are coming from out of no where.

Context?

 

[SirDogeTheFirst]

Context?

On the stats page, you can see where people visited your story, like from the front page, or in their reading list, but for some reason, I have 80 views who just appeared from nowhere.

 

[tiaf]

Those are readers who use VPN to access the story page and aren't traceable, or they get directly to the page by typing the URL in the browser bar.

 

[SirDogeTheFirst]

Those are readers who use VPN to access the story page and aren't traceable, or they get directly to the page by typing the URL in the browser bar.

Thanks

 

[Zirrboy]

The referrer is something your browser passes alongside the page request. (In a section that specifies the requested file path, ending or encoding among other things, you can probably view them in the Network tab of your browser)

This has some security applications, such as preventing people from embedding known websites in their own and grabbing data a user enters.
As well as, like in this case, primitive user insights.

And to the point: The referrer is chosen as the url that contained the link that led you to a page in question.
So manually typing the url like tiaf mentioned, or certain browser plugins make this unset.

 

[Cipiteca396]

Bookmarks from the favorites bar or reading list in chrome do this.

There may also be something to do with reading lists, since each person's reading lists are private to that person and wouldn't share the link with you.

 

[tiaf]

Bookmarks from the favorites bar or reading list in chrome do this.

There may also be something to do with reading lists, since each person's reading lists are private to that person and wouldn't share the link with you.

That makes sense!!! I seldom see the username of my new readers nowadays, so it's only logical they don't appear on the referrer list either.