# Is it possible to artificially inflate the number of topic views?

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**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [May 6, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-artificially-inflate-the-number-of-topic-views/189459 "2021-05-06T02:32:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 2:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-artificially-inflate-the-number-of-topic-views/189459/1 "2021-05-06T02:32:31Z")

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Hey everyone,

I’m new to Discourse and I apologise if this question is inappropriate or in the wrong section.

My forum is up and running and our engagement is slowly increasing. However, we only get a new post once a day or so.

I feel like a lot of users may be deterred as the post views are in single digits for a considerable period of time. I was wondering if there’s any admin function to artificially increase the number of thread views to give the impression that more users are reading posts even if they arent posting.

Obviously this would be a temporary measure to encourage engagement, but I believe it might give some credibility and boost user engagement on my forums.

Any ideas?

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