Quote - Well, the attached screenshot is all I see.

That tends to happen when people use the colouring options that the forum editor has.

Here's what the OP said, sans colouring:-

Quote - Hey there,

I have been wanting to ask this for some time now. And I know this isn't the only site that fudges it's popularity, but..........

I think we all know that there aren't really **3349 artists currently online
**Why inflate the numbers? To me "currently" means right this moment.
"Artist" I would assume are members, not multiple open windows.

Rendo, and any site can do what it wants, but an adnaced piece like bondware must be capable of accuratly knowing who is really currently online. So how many people are actually online and how is that silly large number calculated, and on what time restraints.

I am just curious, because looking at it makes me wonder how many people are really here at the same time.

Cheers.

Often you can just highlight the text (as if you were going to cut and paste) and see what's there, if that doesn't work you can always look at the page source.