My original post from a few days ago has been removed and my whole long-standing NutritionChat account was deleted !

I guess my original post a few days ago was a little too flambouyant and spam-like, with several emojis!

My apologies to the mods. 🙏 

Users showing in forum stats but not Google Analytics

This seemed to start a few months ago, when I saw 40+ active online users, with corresponding 'viewing' totals against various topics. My forum is only very small, so I thought it had been shared somewhere online and got extra attention that day.

But it's still happening intermittently - google analytics is only recording ~10-20 different users per day (maximum), but the forum stats for online users often reads 40-60 at any one time, along with the 'viewing' number against topics. And this continues for hours, with zero posting activity.

This wasn't happening 1 year ago, so I'm wondering if my site has been discovered by new AI bots, trawling the web for user discussions in forums ? But weird that it's been happening for several months.

Thoughts ? Anyone else seeing similar?