Forum Traffic Surging - from China?!

[gene]

Guys;

I've noticed over the last couple of months our forum traffic has surged and most of it is coming from China. Have we been having a spam problem or did the Chinese somehow get interested in Audioholics forum? Would love some feedback on this from our regulars. thanks

 

[shadyJ]

I haven't noticed any surge in spam lately. Maybe it's Chinese bots scouring data to feed AI data sets? Or maybe Chinese users have discovered the deonair charisma, supreme knowledge, and sage-like wisdom of the forum regulars? It's hard to say, but I am leaning toward the latter explanation.

 

[Alex2507]

I think they are trying to learn how to be taller. Maybe fatter.

"Why round eye so tall, so round?"

 

[Mikado463]

Gene, I hope you're collecting the appropriate 'tariff' from them.......

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

I don't think we would lose much, if anything, if we block all commie countries' traffic.

 

[lovinthehd]

Or maybe the Chinese audiophiles starting thinking harder about their choices? Lots of audiophilia there....

 

[lovinthehd]

I think they are trying to learn how to be taller. Maybe fatter.

"Why round eye so tall, so round?"

LOL think they've been doing okay on those fronts for a while....

 

[jinjuku]

Probably content scraping...

 

[j_garcia]

They're checking to see site metrics and content to see if dumping bots on us again is going to get them anything.

Or, maybe there is a new generation interested in music. Who knows? For sure there is in film, as the highest grossing animated film in recent years is Chinese. *edited Zootopia 2 almost matched it recently; did not realize that.

 

[Teetertotter?]

Whatever you have done to block, it has been working.