# Okay, I'm pickin' nits: What's up with the 'Views' column, man?

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**Created:** [March 25, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-pickin-nits-whats-up-with-the-views-column-man/236310 "2004-03-25T07:56:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-pickin-nits-whats-up-with-the-views-column-man/236310/1 "2004-03-25T07:56:11Z")

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Since upgrading to Version 3.0, I notice the number displayed ‘Views’ column for each thread doesn’t go up very often. Certainly not enough to correspond with actual column views.

Is this some bug? A quirk? A hampster-preserver built into the software? Something only I noticed? Something that’s been previously explained that only I never noticed?  
Call me nutty, but it kinda bugs me. Sometimes I’ll see a thread with 12 replies and only one view. Seeing that-- well, you might as well twist sandpaper into my nipples with your thumbs.

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-pickin-nits-whats-up-with-the-views-column-man/236310/2 "2004-03-25T13:56:07Z")

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> [@Happy Lendervedder](#):
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> Seeing that-- well, you might as well twist sandpaper into my nipples with your thumbs.

OOOOOOOO!!! Can I do that? Can I? Huh??? And then will you do it to ME? Start with coarse grade and work up to fine? Or is it better the other way?

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-pickin-nits-whats-up-with-the-views-column-man/236310/3 "2004-03-25T15:39:01Z")

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I believe, madam, we have a failure to communicate. Whereas coarse sandpaper jammed into your nipples seems to be a pleasurable sensation for you, to me it would be painful-- analogous to, say, deep-frying my nipples in motor oil. [sub]Here we go :D[/sub]

But does anyone have an answer to my question??

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**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-pickin-nits-whats-up-with-the-views-column-man/236310/4 "2004-03-25T15:43:18Z")

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> [@Happy Lendervedder](#):
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> But does anyone have an answer to my question??

Yes indeed. 😉

The new version of the software allows you to choose whether you want to immediately update the views info, or to do it once per hour. From the admin CP:

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> Option to update thread views immediately, or once an hour. If you have a large forum, you will probably want to disable immediate updates, since they are quite server intensive.

(that’s from my own messageboard of course - I’m not a mod or admin here)