>>>>>>>I believe, IIRC, that your initial version showed who viewed the message. And I remember that some expressed concern about privacy issue; which makes sense. I think what Matt is saying is to show how many times a message has been viewed without showing the names or IDs. This would not invade any body's privacy.
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>>>>>>I would have to add this one into the next survey. lol
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>>>>>You know, you make a good point about making sure not to upset some people. I can even see now (without naming names *g*) that some will raise issue that their messages are not viewed as often as some others.
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>>>>I wonder if anyone has any idea what the point of this is. I wondered what people would use this information for in a previous post, but I never got an answer from anyone - not even Matt who suggested it in the first place.
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>>>>If there's no advertising revenue, then who cares.
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>>>My guess is the point is narcissism.
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>>I think when people submit a question and there is no response, they would like to know if it has been at least viewed since that is a standard feature on other forums.
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>If someone posted a question, they can tell easily enough from the Replies section in the left pane whether anyone has answered it. I was thinking more of those who would like to find out how many have viewed their pearls of wisdom. Expressions of breathless excitement on their faces ;-)

This has been viewed 12 times. How many times did you view it yourself to boost your self-esteem? :-)