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When I click: “What’s new?” ==> “New Posts”

— how comes that I see within the list of articles:

Replies: 2
Views: 0

for some posts? Actually there are two such examples online. lol!
My only explanation would be that some viewers (NNTP, Admins, … ?) are not counted.

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On Mon July 5 2010 09:56 am, vodoo wrote:

>
> When I click: “What’s new?” ==> “New Posts”
>
> — how comes that I see within the list of articles:
>
> Replies: 2
> Views: 0
>
> for some posts? Actually there are two such examples online. lol!
> My only explanation would be that some viewers (NNTP, Admins, … ?)
> are not counted.
>
>
vodoo;

How could you count NNTP viewers?

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

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I can also attest that if you reply to your own post, it is not counted in the views total.

Thank You,

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On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:56:01 +0000, vodoo wrote:

> When I click: “What’s new?” ==> “New Posts”
>
> — how comes that I see within the list of articles:
>
> Replies: 2
> Views: 0
>
> for some posts? Actually there are two such examples online. lol! My
> only explanation would be that some viewers (NNTP, Admins, … ?) are
> not counted.

Correct, NNTP readers wouldn’t be counted since the web interface doesn’t
have any way of knowing who’s read the messages. Other explanations in
this thread are equally valid.

Jim

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Jim Henderson
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