View counter should not increment when viewing its own messages

[raphschru]

The title says it all.

Currently when I post a message on the forum and refresh the page to see if someone responded, the view counter of my own messages increments, which biases the estimate of the "popularity" of the thread.

If I am connected with my user account, it should not increment the view counter of my own messages.

[markwni]

Hi @raphschru,

Thank you for your feedback. There are mixed ideas on whether view counts should increment for "author" views. We currently do count them, but there is some "magic" on calculating popularity that takes some other things in mind.

Best,

Mark