# Hope do we get the thread read count to display? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 13, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139 "2019-09-13T00:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139/1 "2019-09-13T00:43:41Z")
The thread read count used to display automatically. It disappeared awhile ago. Maybe a year? Is there a way to see it again? I’m using Chrome on my phone. Tapatalk displays it. I’m trying hard to stop using that App. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139/2 "2019-09-13T02:20:38Z")
I see it on the forum index page: [https://www.straightdope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/forum-page.jpg](https://www.straightdope.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/forum-page.jpg) Is it truncated in the mobile view? Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139/3 "2019-09-13T03:37:39Z")
The mobile view only shows the replies count. The other column is cut off. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139/4 "2019-09-13T03:48:46Z")
Ah, switching to landscape on my phone solved it. Wider display shows all the columns ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139/5 "2019-09-13T05:16:30Z")
I only tolerate portrait orientation on my phone when the application doesn’t give me the option of landscape (e.g., Facebook, Words With Friends). My TV screen doesn’t make me pretend I’m watching an IMAX production, nothing else should, either. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139/6 "2019-09-13T05:52:14Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I only tolerate portrait orientation on my phone when the application doesn’t give me the option of landscape (e.g., Facebook, Words With Friends). My TV screen doesn’t make me pretend I’m watching an IMAX production, nothing else should, either. Weird, most of **my** books are in portrait orientation. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139/7 "2019-09-13T15:18:22Z")
Thank you TubaDiva for your help. Temporarily going into landscape mode is an easy fix. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-do-we-get-the-thread-read-count-to-display/840139/8 "2019-09-13T16:27:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Weird, most of **my** books are in portrait orientation. \*I \*read only landscape-formatted books. So mostly Chick Tracts and Tijuana Bibles.