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   Message 143,834 of 144,800   
   John W Kennedy to William Vetter   
   Re: Via Google Groups   
   18 Nov 14 15:04:56   
   
   From: jwkenne@attglobal.net   
      
   On 2014-11-18 18:36:39 +0000, William Vetter said:   
      
   > I have a question about Google Groups that I have wanted to ask, but I   
   > didn't think it was appropriate to ask here...so I haven't in the   
   > past...but I don't know a meaningful place to ask it.   
   >   
   > Let us say you start a thread titled Shameless Self-Promotion!!!, which   
   > says you've offered your latest novel _Mr. Spock Smokes a Cigarette_ on   
   > Amazon.   
   >   
   > It exists for a week and you look at the Google Groups page for rasfc,   
   > and it says beside your entry   
   >   
   > 1 post, 3 views   
   >   
   > Does "3 views" mean total views through any means of seeing usenet   
   > groups, or does it only count the people who viewed it using Google   
   > Chrome or Google Groups website?   
      
   The latter, I suppose; the former is not technically possible.   
      
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   John W Kennedy   
   "The blind rulers of Logres   
   Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."   
     -- Charles Williams.  "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"   
      
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