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While I don’t usually pay a lot of attention to my stats, there are some days I have to.
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Because WordPress likes to announce it when they rise .
“Hey loser! Look at you, people have found your miserable little blog. Kudos.”
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And over the past few days things have definitely been looking up.
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So much so, I got suspicious.
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Yes, the majority were from the U.S…. but still, for me the numbers have been crazy.
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Fearing they were bots…I sent a question to the Happiness Engineers.
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Which, irony of ironies…. was answered by a bot.
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Frank.
Yeah, sure.
Not believing I had suddenly become that popular, I went ahead and changed my WordPress password.
And the very next day?
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Things were back to normal.
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River's world..... 
Weird.
I’m jealous. You have WAY more bots than I do, and I haven’t changed my password in ages…
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What can I say?
I’m a bot magnet…
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There is an ad in this morning’s paper to “Meet someone who truly cares. Someone who remembers your stories, checks in when you are not feeling your best, and helps you stay connected to a community who share your journey…She offers warmth, empathy, and genuine presence…” This “someone” is a bot. So now you can buy something that is genuinely artificial. Maybe we can get her to read our blogs (a few hundred times/day).
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I think she’s already reading mine.
😉
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I wouldn’t mind bots visiting if they left a truly meaningful comment, but I suspect that is not a bot’s strong suit. Then again, I’ve seen some comments on sites that look like a bot word vomited all over the space.😁
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All those views and not a single ridiculous comment.
Rather disappointing, that.
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I never question the stats; I just roll with ’em. Any bots end up in my spam folder anyway.
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How odd… I never thought of changing my password but now I will. Note to self: write it down because you know you’ll forget it in 12 hours.. 🙃
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I rarely use my WP password , but maybe I should.
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I’ve been getting more traffic also, but not as crazy as yours. And mine has quite a bit from China. I’m pretty sure AI is being trained on it.
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The thought of training AI on my blog is hilarious. What would it learn?
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Terrible maps and news it can’t use
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Ha!
Then we’re doomed…
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My second and third countries with the most views are China and India. I think that seems odd.
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It usually is…
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Wow! Kinda glad nothing too nefarious happened to ypu
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So far, so good.
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One day this week, I got notices of about 20 of my comments on someone else’s blog getting liked. Clearly a bot!
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Clearly… she says as she likes this comment.
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Liking a comment on your blog is a lot different than liking 20 rando comments on a 3rd person’s blog!
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Good call!
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The bots show up on a regular basis. Have you been around long enough to remember when, at the end of the year they told you if you filled a subway car or an opera house. No way to measure that now.
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No, I’ve never been told that.
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I had pretty much the same experience but, being me, I did nothing and within a few days things settled back to normal. I wonder exactly what these bots do. If they republish, I hope they are more successful with them than I have been!
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I have no idea what they do or why they’re here.
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Life is full of surprises! 😁
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