# Private messages should have column labels

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-should-have-column-labels/53497>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-should-have-column-labels/53497 "2016-11-28T19:14:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-messages-should-have-column-labels/53497/7 "2016-11-29T00:10:53Z")

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Do we even need the `views` column there? I am not sure what value it is adding.

In fact, I would go as far as to say that having `views` there adds a negative value @codinghorror. Why does it even matter that I opened a PM I made 17 times?

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