when it says how many people are viewing the forum i think that it should not count guests since they cant post anything and they can not interacte at all.If we should show the guests it should show them at the bottom of the forum only. and not count them in the forums index next to the forum.

.. but they can view the threads, right?
hence, viewers :rolleyes:

It also keeps people from making comments like this:

"Why is the site running soooooo slooooooooooooow?!?!?? There are only 200 people on it!!!!!"

When in reality, there are another 4000 they can't see.

Did you lurk & just hang around here for for a while before you decided to join?

Did you lurk & just hang around here for for a while before you decided to join?
no i didnt i was reffered to this site and the moment i got here i opened an account

I do not see how disabling guest statistics will help us.
If you keep it enable:

We know how many are jumping on the deal.
People will know slickdeals is an active site with many visitors.
There are many many benifits, so lets keep the guest statistics open!

:iagree:
:scratchh: I'm sorry, I don't understand how, or why it matters that the viewers count is shown- Unless you have a real reason to want it off......case dismissed.