Is 51.com really that strong?

Never played on 51.com before, so today's article will be categorized under the directory of Internet first experiences. Yesterday, in Brother Dongbao's collection, it was mentioned that Pang Shengdong's 51 is about to surpass Baidu Tieba, and today in Maitian's article, there was again a mention of learning from 51.com during the May Day holiday.

Since today's experience came with question marks, I also conducted a certain amount of visual testing:

1. So-called new user recommendations are merely a form of simulated coloring, not purely a recommendation for newly registered users. This is an entertaining way of content delivery and also a strategy to cater to user preferences. Some people say that 51.com is full of sex workers, so Comrade Pang keeps introducing "new faces," which means new handsome men and beautiful women, to satisfy the tastes of those looking for sex workers or escorts.

The "new" users aren't really new. Investigation method: refresh-click style; refresh the homepage of 51.com 30 times, 15 times in Firefox, and 15 times in IE.

Situations observed: In IE, after clicking on the links of the "new" users, the content disappeared; I'm not sure if it's a problem with my computer or something else.

Situation observed: In Firefox, the links can still be opened.

Sample data of "new" users:

Points: 3399 points

Charm index: 102 points

Popularity index: 42,576 points

Comments: 8,103

Points: 2834 points

Charm index: 100 points

Popularity index: 12,774 points

Comments: 1,645

Other examples won't be listed. After refreshing 15 times, some of the recommended "new" users repeat. Thus, confusion number two arises: Are there many top users like this?

Every day, 16,000 people join...