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sick-of-being-sick Newbie
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I feel slightly invisible in this forum; whenever I go and view a post, then look to see how many "views" there have been of that post, it never increments. In other words, the fact that I looked at it apparently doesn't count. Is that because I'm new, or is it something else?

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I believe views are updated periodically, not in real-time.

Lisa Mentor
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The weekends around here are always slow. Sometimes it takes some time for someone to address your post.

sick-of-being-sick Newbie
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I believe views are updated periodically, not in real-time.

Thanks for the explanation. You're right; I went back and looked at one of the posts I had viewed, and sure enough, now it's showing 20 views instead of 0.

rissa

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The weekends around here are always slow. Sometimes it takes some time for someone to address your post.

Thanks Momma Goose.

That's not what I was concerned about. Althought I would LOVE for someone to answer my questions (in my other post in the Pre-Diagnosis and Testing section), I wasn't asking about why no one had done so thus far. I just wondered about the counters for "views" of the posts, and why I was able to view several different posts without apparently having any effect on their view counters.

As to someone replying to my other post, I do hope that will happen, but I realize that the right person has to look at it first. I assume that if no one has answered, maybe it's just that those who have viewed it really don't know the answers.

rissa

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Rissa,

I saw your original post, but did not reply because I don't know anything about interaction between celiac disease and steroids in general, much less your specific question about prednisone.

Weekends are quiet here. Maybe most members visit the board while at work. :ph34r: We own our business, so company time and personal time are the same thing for us. :lol:

I'm sure someone who knows will reply.

As noted, the "views" statistic is updated periodically and, as a result, is often presented as less than the actual count.

Welcome to the board.

sick-of-being-sick Newbie
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Thanks for the reply!

Weekends are quiet here. Maybe most members visit the board while at work. :ph34r: We own our business, so company time and personal time are the same thing for us. :lol:

That must be nice! Unfortunately my personal time for surfing the web is the weekend...my employers would frown on doing it during working hours! :lol:

Although lunchtime is always a possibility.....

rissa

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