I have just discovered a facet of the workings of the DU posting software

[Strong Atheist]

that many people may know about, but that I think is a glitch. When you click on a thread more than once, the "views" amount changes. Shouldn't it work only once per DU user?

I went way back to buried threads to test this out...

... or is it a glitch in my browser that causes this? I use Opera....

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Surely such unexplained phenomenon must foster in thee

a belief in the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

[Strong Atheist]

2. NO

x(

[DarkTirade]

3. Its number of views, not number of viewers.

:)

[Strong Atheist]

5. Ok, but imho

the # of viewers would be more (relevant?, interesting?) useful fact...

[Midlodemocrat]

7. No, because a thread can change dramatically based on posts.

[Strong Atheist]

10. The problem, or at least I think of it as a problem,

is that (based on my experiments), I or anyone else could go to a thread any number of times and increase the views to any desired number...

[Midlodemocrat]

11. but it really doesn't mean anything.

To me, anyway. YMMV.

[Ikonoklast]

4. If you click on a thread more than twice,

you'll go blind, kid.




:P

[LeftyFingerPop]

6. TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER AND RUN!!!!!

[ghostsofgiants]

8. That's how most message board software works.

Nothing unusual.

[DS1]

9. That's only a glitch if it's supposed to work differently

With the way the system works now, you can blast up the view count without replying pathetic threads, just to make that person feel even more pathetic.

[struggle4progress]

12. Quick! Turn this facet and tell us whether you get hot or cold water

[struggle4progress]

13. Quick! Turn this facet and tell us whether you get hot or cold water