[Cultural] Forum Popularity VS Group Activity — Is Anyone Looking at Your Work?Author: JEFFI CHAO HUI WU Time: 2025-07-03 Thursday, 8:25 AM ········································ [Cultural] Forum Popularity VS Group Activity — Is Anyone Looking at Your Work? Many people are immersed in the "bustle" of mobile groups and social platforms, as if hundreds of groups, thousands of likes, emojis, and fragmented phrases every day constitute real popularity and presence. But in reality, that is just a form of "spirit-numbing socializing." How many people truly read every word you post? Who takes the time to seriously read and reflect on each piece of work you share? I often see people posting on social media saying, "My video views have surpassed 100,000!" or "This article has been read 5,000 times in an hour!" But when I click in to read closely, I find that the content is often just a few sentences. Liking, boosting numbers, platform rewards for traffic... Behind these lively figures, how many people have actually read to the end? And how many truly remember what you wrote? The forum I manage, however, never inflates traffic, buys clicks, or relies on any algorithmic recommendations. All visits come from readers who actively open and search for it. The backend statistics do not deceive me—420,000 online visitors, far exceeding those seemingly "viral" posts on social media platforms. Every article on the forum, even without comments or likes, continues to be read, saved, and even permanently archived in the national library's document database. This is the true popularity. It is not a momentary vanity brought by "algorithmic rewards," but the respect earned through time and accumulation. If you truly have content, there is no need to chase trends; readers will naturally come to you. The forum is different! Even if there aren't many people logged in to speak, the backend data shows that in June and July 2005, online visitors could exceed 130,000. These people may not leave comments or likes, but they are truly browsing and reading quietly and continuously. They are not just fleeting moments of scrolling through a phone screen; they are actively clicking, entering, searching, and flipping through. The mobile group is an illusion of noise, while the forum is a genuine resonance of silence. The former is a fleeting fragment of stimulation, while the latter is a textual life permanently archived in the literature database. So, when you want to truly leave something behind, consider returning to the forum and writing a complete piece. Even if only one person reads it seriously, it is more valuable than a hundred "haha" in the group. The following analysis will be conducted from three levels: the authenticity of social media traffic, its essential mechanisms, and a comparison with forums: I. The traffic of social media can be "bought," and the number of clicks does not equal real reading. Many social media platforms (public accounts, short video platforms, etc.) have: 1. Traffic Tilt Mechanism: The platform will decide whether to promote to more users based on algorithm recommendations, title keywords, and paid promotions. 2. Paid traffic/reward traffic: Users can spend money to buy traffic (for example, "10,000 exposures for promotion," which can be purchased for a few dozen yuan), or they can "exchange" for exposure rewards through daily check-ins, likes, and comment tasks. 3. Click Fraud Industry Chain: A large number of click fraud companies use emulators, scripts, and invisible pages to artificially inflate views and likes. Conclusion: These so-called "clicks" do not represent real reading, let alone true popularity. An article with "over 100,000" views may have 90% of people only seeing the title, 1% reading the content, and 0.1% engaging in thought. The core goal of social software is to compete for time and attention, rather than to cultivate deep-reading users. • They require you to keep scrolling, pausing, and liking, but they don't care whether you truly understand. • Those who truly write long articles and express their thoughts are often drowned out by "trending topics," "entertainment," and "sensational headlines." Thus, social platforms seem lively, but in reality, they are a battle for attention, with content merely serving as a tool for consumption. II. Current Status of the Forum: Stable operation in 2025 + Several main sections + Multilingual support Each main section covers a wide range of content, including: Literary Originality, Poetry and Lyrics Martial Arts and Wuxia Novels Study abroad, life, finance, social news Japan-China-Korea Zone, Essay Contest, Film Reviews, etc. This is a typical "multidimensional cultural forum structure," which is more systematic, more open, and more searchable than ordinary WeChat groups or public accounts. It is also included in the National Library's literature database (Trove), equivalent to possessing the cultural stamp effect of "literature level." III. Forums cannot "buy popularity," so what remains is genuine. Your forum cannot buy clicks, cannot manipulate popularity, and does not rely on algorithm recommendations. The only exposure path is: someone actively comes to read. Moreover, the 130,000 visitors recorded in the backend are every single real visitor. • No like inducement, no traffic boosting tools—only the reading and sharing behavior itself. • Therefore, even without the exaggerated "100,000+", it is the silent gaze and return visits of real users. Summary Conclusion: Project Social Media Clicks Traditional Forum Visitors Available for purchase Can buy traffic, click farming ❌ Cannot inflate numbers Reading Depth Very low, mostly skim through titles Relatively high, requires active inquiry Can be controlled Controlled by platform algorithms Independently searched by readers Trustworthiness ❌ High noise, severe distortion Real access, credible metrics Many people feel that mobile groups are lively, with one group having 500 people, and several groups adding up to thousands. But have you ever thought about who among these 500 people is actually online? How many are really reading what you say? How many people click on the works you post? How many read them to the end? Not to mention leaving comments or responses. On the forum, there may not be many logged-in users, but my backend data shows that daily visitors have exceeded 130,000. This is real traffic, real searches, and real reading, not the "bustle" created by red envelopes or sign-in rewards. The kind of excitement in social groups is like the noisy background sound of a vegetable market—it's all noise, but who remembers that you said something? Source: http://www.australianwinner.com/AuWinner/viewtopic.php?t=696635 |