[Mr. Robot]

As the title states - I think it did so much for driving activity on HF and keeping topics alive.
It also helped track down ban evaders.

But overall I think it will drive up activity.

[Gary]

I loved this feature whenever a juicy thread was posted in the marketplace. It was great to see how a thread exposing someone can bring almost the entire community to that thread.

[Omniscient]

Everyone on HF is spread out. You're not gonna see people really reading your thread. Also it was used by scammers a lot. I just don't see how it would increase activity anyways? Please explain that.

[Gary]

My Internet Penis gets larger when I see a staff member reading my thread

[Omniscient]

How about a link to "HF's currently most popular thread"?

And years ago on another MyBB forum I actually created a page that basically scrolled through the current site activity.

Basically mimicked this:

https://forums.digitalpoint.com/spy/

[Mr. Robot]

Everyone on HF is spread out. You're not gonna see people really reading your thread. Also it was used by scammers a lot. I just don't see how it would increase activity anyways? Please explain that.

How about a count like 'how hot the thread is' - This thread has had "x unique visitors in the last x hours"
Well, in short - the way it increased activity at least for me was seeing other people reading threads encouraged me to partake, shoot i'd be reading threads for like 5 years ago and then see someone else reading it, i'd bump the shit out of it to keep the conversation going.

How about a link to "HF's currently most popular thread"?

And years ago on another MyBB forum I actually created a page that basically scrolled through the current site activity.

Basically mimicked this:

https://forums.digitalpoint.com/spy/

Something like this could work - definitely. Maybe for sitewide or section based. I'd fucking love this.

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My Internet Penis gets larger when I see a staff member reading my thread

I mean, shit - remember the days when a staff member would be checking on a thread with 200+ replies and everyone would be like 'oooooh someones in trouble'

[Omniscient]

How about a count like 'how hot the thread is' - This thread has had "x unique visitors in the last x hours"
Well, in short - the way it increased activity at least for me was seeing other people reading threads encouraged me to partake, shoot i'd be reading threads for like 5 years ago and then see someone else reading it, i'd bump the shit out of it to keep the conversation going.


Something like this could work - definitely. Maybe for sitewide or section based. I'd fucking love this.

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I mean, shit - remember the days when a staff member would be checking on a thread with 200+ replies and everyone would be like 'oooooh someones in trouble'

The spy page would mostly focus on posts and replies. I might add some of the gaming stuff too if I end up doing it.

And I am not going to highlight threads based on activity. HF was just more active in the past, please stop expecting it to return with some parlor trick.

[Cooligan]

I definitely enjoyed this feature for sure, it was always fun to check who was viewing a thread, especially in forums like the Lounge, RANF, SRPP, and the Marketplace Discussions section as a whole.

I remember seeing a buddy viewing one of my threads and making a post of something like "@username I see you, stop hiding and come talk dammit." or something like that. In terms of other activity, I suppose a trial run would be cool to see if it helped but I'm not sure if it would have the outcome you're expecting or at least referring to.

Overall it was a super cool novelty feature to have and I'd totally be down for a return of it if it were at all possible and practical.

[Mr. Robot]

The spy page would mostly focus on posts and replies.  I might add some of the gaming stuff too if I end up doing it. 

And I am not going to highlight threads based on activity.  HF was just more active in the past, please stop expecting it to return with some parlor trick.

I don't think it will return with some parlor trick - but every little bit helps I think. Surely with all the different minds on HF someone has to have a parlor trick though :D

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I definitely enjoyed this feature for sure, it was always fun to check who was viewing a thread, especially in forums like the Lounge, RANF, SRPP, and the Marketplace Discussions section as a whole.

I remember seeing a buddy viewing one of my threads and making a post of something like "@username I see you, stop hiding and come talk dammit." or something like that. In terms of other activity, I suppose a trial run would be cool to see if it helped but I'm not sure if it would have the outcome you're expecting or at least referring to.

Overall it was a super cool novelty feature to have and I'd totally be down for a return of it if it were at all possible and practical.

I think it helped build a sense of community between users which then led to more interactions/posts.

[Omniscient]

I would consider "Users Viewing this Forum". Tried to enable it, I think we must have it removed in the template. I have to figure it out.