At least, a "reply" is a "view" since one has to read the posts in the thread to reply to them,. Correct"

I belong to over a dozen forums and have never saw anything like this in a forum. The example is here;

https://msfn.org/board/topic/187714-when-i-assign-specific-file-extensions-to-default-program-it-doesnt-hold/

 

Already discussed in a different thread.  Moderators are aware.

Not sure how "accurate" those read-counts really are.

I don't read SEVERAL topics here but I do click the "Mark site read" button quite often.

That doesn't mean that I actually *READ* those topics.

Edited January 2Jan 2 by NotHereToPlayGames

ps - this is *NOT* a "social media platform".  the userbase herein really should *NOT* be so focused on all of these "counts".

myself included (ie, our *played* rep-point bean-counts).

 

if you want a real laugh, you can find the one person here that "likes" content from DECADES ago and then even brags and boasts that his "friend" has more "views" in 4 years than one of our moderators has in 20 years.  when it was he/her that was solely responsible for 99% of those "likes".  has to be some kind of high school project.  or college class sociological study.

 

there are days, increasing in number, where i feel forums like this would be MUCH GREATER if *NONE* of these "counts" were present.

i mean, i know what posts are "helpful" and which are "far from" and i didn't have to look at the "count" to know which was which.

 

but anywhoo...

 

edit:  this seems appropriate  --  

 

Edited January 2Jan 2 by NotHereToPlayGames

Forums are social media.

Topic for this already exists: