# 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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**Author:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-artificially-inflate-the-number-of-topic-views/189459/6 "2024-05-06T23:21:57Z")

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> [@Bathinda](#):
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> If the Discourse team would allow its users to apply that ‘false’ glitter, then Discourse sites will become much more sellable.

Unfortunately this very much goes against our values so it won’t happen, I’m afraid.

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