So what happened here on (January 11, 2021, 10:17:29 PM)

[doppler]

Don't ask me I don't know.  And no I am not trolling.  I will sometime look on the landing page at the bottom to see the forum stats.
Things like # of guests, who's online. Then I got to thinking (never good for me).  What happened on Jan 11, 2021 ?

Today's stat:
Most Online Today: 50. Most Online Ever: 889 (January 11, 2021, 10:17:29 PM)

There is always a reason for a spike.  It's not like we are really popular and keep getting new guests.

[bplus]

Yeah I was tracking spikes in Off Topic too bad that's gone, we could see. There was some speculation about bots as I recall. What gets a bot excited?

[Pete]

The most likely explanation is search engine tracking bots. Why Jan. 11th? No idea. That was a Monday. You'd think it would have spiked on the 13th, which would be hump day! Now that would get a bot excited.

Pete

I have the wisdom of the ages... Mostly, the middle ones.

[doppler]

What gets a bot excited?

I can only think of one thing "A hole to exploit."