# Views counter specification **URL:** \ **Category:** UX\ **Created:** [February 24, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982 "2021-02-24T07:36:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![robbie.morrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982/1 "2021-02-24T07:36:27Z")
The [Open Energy Modelling Initiative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Energy_Modelling_Initiative) currently has a draft questionnaire response open for community comment: - [Ithaka questionnaire on community data useage - Open data - Open Energy Modelling Initiative](https://forum.openmod.org/t/ithaka-questionnaire-on-community-data-useage/2503) In this context, the **views** counter for the topic can be used to estimate the level of implicit support. But is not clear to me how this counter indeed works. Hence: - what constitutes a “view” and are the underlying thresholds configurable? \* - do unregistered “views” count? - when the topic is closed (that is locked), is the “views” counter also disabled?   \* = I guess one has to scroll to the end of the topic at least? I searched this forum for information but nothing relevant appeared. Moreover is more formal documentation available somewhere that could instead satisfy these kinds of queries? TIA. R --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982)._