possibly just furry wierdness, possibly IMVU bots to make the site seem like it has more users than it does.

Yeap, I have the same issue (if you want to call it that) over there as well. I can go weeks, even months without posting any commissions in my gallery? I STILL get watchers! And the odd thing is, they never say anything or their accounts are seemingly blank, save a few faves and watches here and there. It could be random, though I know there are people on there that like to "collect" watchers: they try to watch as many people as they can for the sake of doing so or having a large watch list.

Some people probably don't stop long enough to read a notice in a profile. Still, the comments I've read for this journal are something I'll keep in mind with weirdness of the net.

There's a lot of people who just add watchers cuz there's that whole "FA popularity" thing and it goes by how many one watches XD

I've always been perplexed at how many people have watched me, yet these mysterious people have never attempted any sort of interaction..

Maybe they like your avatar? shrugs dunno.

FA can be a fickle thing, FA watchers can be even more so. :P