# Replies and views weirdness
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies-and-views-weirdness/263853
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**Created:** [September 10, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies-and-views-weirdness/263853 "2004-09-10T00:52:53Z")
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### Author:  [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies-and-views-weirdness/263853/1 "2004-09-10T00:52:53Z")
Notice how many threads since the transition are views = n, replies = n-1? Not a complaint, just an observation.
It’s just that I felt silly when I saw a thread I started like this and thought to myself HOLY SHIT, I CREATED A NEARLY 100% THREAD and then noticed that there are a million of them since the switch. :o
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### Author:  [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies-and-views-weirdness/263853/2 "2004-09-10T01:12:33Z")
Views are not updated in real time anymore. It saves on server CPU.
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### Author:  [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replies-and-views-weirdness/263853/3 "2004-09-10T01:46:52Z")
Nor in 24 hour intervals, in the case of which I’m thinking.