# Views counter specification

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [February 24, 2021, 7:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982 "2021-02-24T07:36:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@Dawn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dawn)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/views-counter-specification/180982/15 "2021-07-21T18:02:31Z")

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> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> > [@robbie.morrison](#):
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> > what constitutes a “view” and are the underlying thresholds configurable? \*
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> A visit to a topic. Duplicate visits from the same user are counted after a 8 hour interval. A user is either a logged in user or an IP address for anonymous visitors. The 8 hour interval can be changed with the site setting `topic view duration hours` .

So if someone comes back to the topic multiple times in an 8-hour timeframe it only counts as one view?

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