How many people are viewing each thread

[The Don]

Hey, just a small suggestion. You know how on forums it says like (5 viewing) next to it, I think we should get it so it says that next to threads, so like it tells you which threads are getting viewed. It would be a useful feature to see when someone is going to reply to your thread or to go into threads that are quite popular.

[rnix]

I would love to see this feature, always though about it but never managed to make a thread about it
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[Samantha]

yeah I agree, because if it says 5 viewing then you have to actually click the threads to see whose viewing it (if anyone.)

[Mr-Trainor]

I don't think this is a bad idea, although personally I doubt I'd ever use it. As long as it doesn't take up too much space though.

[nvrspk4]

I believe this was either implemented or discussed but was removed or rejected because of the immense number of queries that would be involved. Checking every user to see if they were viewing that thread for every online user who is viewing a thread increases the number of queries needed exponentially and puts a huge load on the server.

Perhaps they've found a better way to do it, but it was like that on 3.x

[Eoin247]

Sounds like a good idea. As Luke said, as long as it doesn't take up too much room i'd like to see this implemented.

[GommeInc]

I didn't know it was removed deliberately for the sake of the server I used to see them all the time, albeit on IPB forums :/

Ask yourselves, is it a necessary feature? I can't see it being of use, not everyone will reply to a thread they are viewing afterall. If it's doable and won't be too much hassle, then add it. But if it will crash the server (somehow), then it maybe worth keeping as the forum is at the moment. We've lived so far without it

[HotelUser]

Bare in mind at minimal if you have 25 threads per page then it's going to run 25 additional queries on every forum index load for every user.

I will investigate how much more overhead this will put on the server. Although I think Nvrspk's probably right in that it wasn't done in the past because it ended up being too much

[beth]

i don't really understand the necessity. unless for stalkage purposes.

[e5]

Yeah, I like the idea, as although i'd use it rarely... The time(s) i'd want to, it would come in handy!