Discrepancy in Online User Count: Where Are the Missing 45,502 Users?

[Digerati]

When I look at this page: http://windows7forums.com/ I see at the bottom it says there are currently 61502 users on line - (a record, no less!).

Yet when I add up all the folks viewing the various forums, I only get about 16,000 folks viewing. What are the other 45,502 people doing if not viewing any of the forums?

It would appear the current on line value is not being adjusted when folks leave.

 

[Mitchell_A]

Not sure if I should release Mike's explanation on this one.
PM him if you want the details.