ThemeXP download counts
Thursday, December 11, 2003 by Istari | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
But are they legitimate?
To find out, I looked for a really old unpopular skin that couldn't possibly be getting any downloads. I found one with 'only' around 2000 downloads in its history and was over a year old. I clicked on download and it brought up the dialog. I aborted. I clicked again and aborted. Did it again, aborted. I did this about 3 times. When I refreshed the page, the download count had jumped by 9!
I don't know if they're doing it intentional or not but the download counts are being inflated by a gigantic amount. That's really too bad too because I wanted to be able to really get an idea of how popular a similar theme there was to one here or on Deviantart.
Reply #3 Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:55 PM
It can be a real 'problem' if/when sites have a lend of reality when they misrepresent downloads and other comparison criteria.
One assumes it's for saleability...an impression of success, etc.
My guess is that many such situations are a result of accident/ignorance of the problem......even personal, individual attempts to falsely inflate one's own DL ratings/stats, as everyone has that base desire to be top dog or 'greatest' skinner, etc.
Proof that a site's stats can be fudged only brings into question whether they actually have been...or not. It's certainly no real guarantee or proof of any conscious intent to deceive...
Reply #4 Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:17 PM
Reply #6 Friday, December 12, 2003 9:42 PM
Calculating download counts isn't very easy to do accurately.
The only bad thing is that it gives the false impression that msstyles are a lot more popular than they really are.
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Reply #1 Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:00 PM