Err what exacly is this 'readers' thing

[GreyKirby]

Just wondering, this thing has been there for a while now (since the new site look) and was wondering what it was:

 

[Hotspur Warrior]

Yeah, I've wondered that. Seems like a completely pointless and inaccurate thing, to be honest. I'd kind of miss it if it went, though! I'm so used to logging in and seeing it before anything else.

 

[DBloke]

Therer pics
It saves haveing thumb nauls

 

[JoeTheZombie]

Just a guess here, but these are people reading the site's content via an RSS viewer rather than the website itself.

 

[i0n]

Just a guess here, but these are people reading the site's content via an RSS viewer rather than the website itself.

Bingo

It pulls the headlines from specific forum sections for RSS readers etc.