So does editing a post. The 'feature' is ill-conceived and poorly implemented. As it is, it's useless for its intended purpose and is nothing but clutter.
If we must have a view counter, at least limit the function to one increment per user-id regardless of the number of visits. This would make it a proper 'viewer-counter', which is the desired function. That is, what we really want to know is how many individuals read a post, not how many times it has been read.
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