2000alhVW
Veteran Member
I'm kinda nerdy, and sometimes pay attention to the "most users ever online" or "number of users currently online" counters at the bottom of the home page.
I had noticed that the counter had peaked around ~8000 back in 2015. This made sense to me, as (looking back as a newcomer) I figured TDI membership/culture/vibe was at an all time high (due to cumulative ownership) in 2015 immediately when Dieselgate erupted. Then, I assume it sharply dropped due to buybacks, VW reputation deterioration, even heard some people say things like "I'm sick to my stomach that I'm driving a law-breaking car!" (lol okay bud).
I had occasionally observed that the current "users online" counter was a bit injured. I hadn't seen it rise above 2,500 members in the ~6 months I had been casually checking. Likely to rise due to new people looking for solutions as older TDIs becoming problematic, but also likely to fall as new TDIs are no longer being made.
I just looked today and it says "14,000 members as of 11-02-18". Very odd? That's like 6 times the normal web traffic, and suddenly broke a record that's been in place for 3-4 years.
Did some TDI news break headlines? or was TDI club victim of some sort of mass bot attack?
I had noticed that the counter had peaked around ~8000 back in 2015. This made sense to me, as (looking back as a newcomer) I figured TDI membership/culture/vibe was at an all time high (due to cumulative ownership) in 2015 immediately when Dieselgate erupted. Then, I assume it sharply dropped due to buybacks, VW reputation deterioration, even heard some people say things like "I'm sick to my stomach that I'm driving a law-breaking car!" (lol okay bud).
I had occasionally observed that the current "users online" counter was a bit injured. I hadn't seen it rise above 2,500 members in the ~6 months I had been casually checking. Likely to rise due to new people looking for solutions as older TDIs becoming problematic, but also likely to fall as new TDIs are no longer being made.
I just looked today and it says "14,000 members as of 11-02-18". Very odd? That's like 6 times the normal web traffic, and suddenly broke a record that's been in place for 3-4 years.
Did some TDI news break headlines? or was TDI club victim of some sort of mass bot attack?