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# it'd eat up bandwidth allegedly
and their are people who don't want to be seen to be viewing, like me
(I helped save b3ta! GrandmaOfShoes, Sun 19 Nov 2006, 12:25, archived)
# yup
that was it
(I helped save b3ta! mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sun 19 Nov 2006, 12:31, archived)
# fair enough
I can see why you might not want to be seen viewing, but a number as opposed to actual usernames. So, 'This page is being viewed by... 80 members and 50 guests' type of thing.
(I helped save b3ta! Arathkone formerly naD. Been away awhile., Sun 19 Nov 2006, 12:33, archived)
# HTTP is stateless
which makes this sort of thing difficult.

Someone logs in, views the main board, then buggers off elsewhere, how long after they visited /board do you consider them still to be 'viewing' it?
(I helped save b3ta! SpoonMeiser, Sun 19 Nov 2006, 13:09, archived)