# Know who has viewed your post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/know-who-has-viewed-your-post/148570>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [20 באפריל,‏ 2020,‏ 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/know-who-has-viewed-your-post/148570 "2020-04-20T06:26:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [23 באפריל,‏ 2020,‏ 4:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/know-who-has-viewed-your-post/148570/8 "2020-04-23T16:48:29Z")

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The problem with publishing read state for general topics is (1) it’s meaningless on public forums due to anonymous viewers and (2) rendering hundreds of avatars in a semi-shuffled jumble is not anyone’s idea of a good UI.

> [@Hilario](#):
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> This should be an activable function, because it only make sense for some groups which are my close collaborators. I don’t mind to have 1000 views from anonymous people if the 10 people from my group that I am interrested they check this entry don’t read it.

Perhaps send the 10-person group a parallel PM saying “please read [link to public topic]”?

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