Also about thread views... yes as Madison stated there are many ways a view count can go up without those actually being unique views. If somebody goes to see if they got any "likes" on their own RP that would count as a view and if somebody edits an RP that counts as 1 or 2 views depending on how they edit. If somebody has a slow connection and it stalls right as they are opening a post, the "views" might rapidly be increased during the page load of that user.

Alternatively, there are some cases where a view can be missed entirely and not get recorded, meaning you may have had more views than what it says. Also, most types of views are recorded and added on a delayed basis as to save server resources so if you get 20 clicks RIGHT NOW on a post, those clicks may not even show up until 15 mins to an hour later, and some of those clicks might get lost in limbo. I've seen strange things happen with the view counter and I only really keep them visible because they're the default setting and they are pretty harmless. I am not a big fan of view counters but I know a lot of people are. They're nice for giving you SOME idea of if you're getting viewed, but I wouldn't put a lot of stock into the exact number shown.