# Topic\_views vs Topic.views

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-vs-topic-views/97175>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 14, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-vs-topic-views/97175 "2018-09-14T08:25:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2018, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-views-vs-topic-views/97175/5 "2018-09-15T10:05:05Z")

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So what is the intended use of `topic_views` ?

For registering statistics about topic views it would make sense if it used the same rules as `Topic.views`.

For registering which user saw what topic it wouldn’t make sense to register IP addresses for anonymous visitors (which is a left over GDPR toxic item anyway)

EDIT: it seems like TopicViewItem is only being used for registering which user/IP saw what topic, and that is only used in TL3 requirement calculations. So that would mean that we could (optionally) get rid of registering IP addresses for anonymous visitors and be a bit more GDPR compliant? Or am I going too quickly now?

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