But maybe all those high counts are because someone just can't believe their eyes and has to go back and look, over and over again?

Or maybe someone wants to skew the numbers, so they view the message over and over, to raise the number of views.

It would seem that after reading a message once, it would be pretty well over with. So any message of general interst would have the views, equal to all other messages of general interest.

Could someone be stuffing the ballot box? lol

No big deal, maybe you can be proud to be a minority on some issues. No one wants to be a yes man (or woman) or a lemming.

None-the-less, I disagree and see the content of some threads as a detriment to the whole BB, and it drives other potential members and contributors away.

ps I am not the puppet master, nor do I wish to be. I advocate free thinking, even for those I may disagree with.