Mystery Maths: Views Are Always Zero!!

It's just like a square circle! Impossible. But it's been there since Nibiru zoomed out of the Solar System! So are we waiting for it to come back before doing something to correct this darn flaw which makes me giggle each time I look at it?

Now what the devil am I talking about? Check out the topics in the home page:

Example 1

Important Current Topics (as flagged by members)
Illegals light border fires to sidetrack U.S. agents
Illegals light border fires to sidetrack U.S. agents "U.S. Border Patrol agents...
flags: 9, replies: 27, views: 0

Example 2

Hizb-ut-Tahrir Takes Control Over Kindergarden
Hizb-ut-Tahrir has taken control over a kindergarden in Copenhagen, Denmark. They...
flags: 7, replies: 9, views: 0

Now how is it that VIEWS are always = 0 when it's been flagged and replied to a number of times? How is this done without viewing a thread?

Or am I missing something here? Can someone please elaborate? Thanx in advance!

Cheers!


[edit on 27-6-2007 by mikesingh]

Hi Mike,

The "Views" calculation was turned off a while ago.
Looks like some of the topics still have a views field in them.
But it's not getting updated..

Thanks spacedoubt.

So then if it's defunct, why on earth is the view field still there? I thought it Just takes a minute to erase a line of code?

Cheers!

i miss the views thingy it let me know people were paying attention to me! lol but on a website this big dont you think its a bit more than just a "line of code?


my 2 cents,

-the king

I wondered this for a while. I suppose it makes sense that SO wishes to reactive it after the next server upgrade.

Originally posted by SteveR
I wondered this for a while. I suppose it makes sense that SO wishes to reactive it after the next server upgrade.

When will this be???? I hope it's done before the sun becomes a flaming red giant!!

Cheers!

Oops, reactivate*. Spelling.

I heard it was soon Mike. Nice avtar by the way.

Originally posted by SteveR
I heard it was soon Mike. Nice avtar by the way.

Thanks Steve. I got sorta short circuited aboard the secret Mars shuttle mission!! Darn! I gotta double check the friggin' wiring next time!! But that's another story!

Cheers!

i heard in the "what happened to myATS" thread that they are planning the server upgrade around mid july-beyond so heres hopin it all goes well for the three amigos!!