VaM 1.x how come some paid looks have the same number of views and downloads?

[UnknownPeasant]

Is this a bug or how is this possible? When sorting paid looks on downloads the 3 top results all have the same number of views/downloads and have extreme numbers at that.

 

[SlimerJSpud]

The Vam hub doesn't track actual downloads from an external site. It can't. I believe it's counting clicks on "Go to Pay Site" rather than actual downloads. Those numbers are meaningless for paid resources.

 

[UnknownPeasant]

The Vam hub doesn't track actual downloads from an external site. It can't. I believe it's counting clicks on "Go to Pay Site" rather than actual downloads. Those numbers are meaningless for paid resources.

So every single one who clicked those models also clicked "go to pay site", that doesn't make any sense

 

[AshAuryn]

Is this a bug or how is this possible? When sorting paid looks on downloads the 3 top results all have the same number of views/downloads and have extreme numbers at that.
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It is because when the Hub detects a download count (hub + vam + dependencies) that is higher than the view count (view count is just page views on the hub), then it will update the view count to match the download count. The reasoning is: How could someone download the content without viewing the resource? If we adjusted this, many resources' view counts could drop significantly, so we chose not to change it.

 

[AshAuryn]

If you are on discord you can see the discussion about the same topic from January this year: https://discord.com/channels/363274293112602636/1204195025718616114/1326606365371793570

 

[UnknownPeasant]

It is because when the Hub detects a download count (hub + vam + dependencies) that is higher than the view count (view count is just page views on the hub), then it will update the view count to match the download count. The reasoning is: How could someone download the content without viewing the resource? If we adjusted this, many resources' view counts could drop significantly, so we chose not to change it.

Ahh okay that makes some kind of sense, ty for the info!