Refreshing adds 1 view

Just did a quick test after seeing each topic has a view meter and refreshing the page adds 1 view to the current page.
So basically keeping my finger on the F5-key is a way to quickly gain views.
I’ve seen it on other forums where refreshing does not add a view cause it probably checks the ip rather than checking if refresh is executed yes or no, just to prevent abuse.

Not that it really is much of a factor here ( yet ) but I thought I’ll just mention it to see if this is adjustable in the first place and secondly if you ( Arkshine ) wants to change it.

Greetz.

It’s a legitimate question!

You can’t increase views like that in Discourse.
Some settings control when view is counted, for example:

I think the default values are OK.

Generally, you can’t abuse Discourse easily. There are a lot of restrictions by default.

Ok I’ve tried the refresh page method again and it stopped adding views. Strange.
You sure you didn’t change anything? :face_savoring_food: