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In Reply to: OK, let's get this straight... posted by Ole on September 24, 2001 at 00:29:06:
Are you all owners of Roadfly.com? This is REALLY pathetic, ya know, and will fool noone
So the way I read it, you propose that the traffic this a Sunday night (which presupposes it should be different than on any other night, ie lower) is unusually high. You imply that the people posting tonight are covert paid Roadfly operatives, who presumably are paid to keep chatter and traffic going.
What I think is that the traffic depends on topics that spring up that encourage chatter.
Case in point: Mr. Noodle Arm Choir Boy states he got his name from the Simpson's TV show, I couldn't resist sharing my favorite Simpsons character, Cletus, the slack jawed yokel.
It has nothing to do with the day of the week, it's all about critical mass. People are shy to post when there are very few posts, because they stick out like a sore thumb. But when people jump in, the more the better. Individual posts don't stick out so much, so some people find new bravery in posting on the internet. It's not that complicated.
It's not a big conspiracy, just human nature. You can witness the same thing at your local mini-mart. Once someone gets yakking others will join in.