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Project Support => Support => Topic started by: JPalmer on December 03, 2020, 11:16:02 am

Title: Find out who read a topic
Post by: JPalmer on December 03, 2020, 11:16:02 am
Is there a way to find out which users have read a particular topic? How is the read/unread flag tracked ... maybe in some sort of list?

Use case: we had an important announcement in a topic, and would like to ask for feedback from the users, but only the ones that have read the original topic.
Title: Re: Find out who read a topic
Post by: Steeley on December 03, 2020, 01:59:17 pm
Hi JP,

I'm pretty sure the read/unread data is in the database, log_mark_read table is a good place  to start, methinks..

-Steeley

On 3 Dec 2020 at 16:16, JPalmer via ElkArte Community wrote:
Quote Is there a way to find out which users have read a particular topic? > How is the read/unread flag tracked ... maybe in some sort of list?
Quote /> Use case: we had an important announcement in a topic, and would > like to ask for feedback from the users, but only the ones that have > read the original topic.

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Title: Re: Find out who read a topic
Post by: ahrasis on December 04, 2020, 12:37:16 am
So far that I remember, we do not log user movement in a forum but do have record on what he was doing last. An admin may have that log though.
Title: Re: Find out who read a topic
Post by: Spuds on December 06, 2020, 07:13:19 pm
Quote from: JPalmer – Is there a way to find out which users have read a particular topic? How is the read/unread flag tracked ... maybe in some sort of list?

Use case: we had an important announcement in a topic, and would like to ask for feedback from the users, but only the ones that have read the original topic.
Its pretty much number based ... it knows what the last post # that was made and when you come back, posts #'s newer than that are "new" but it does not track if you have read it or not .... you could visit the site, mark all topics as read, and leave ... that does not indicate you really read anything.   Its just a numbers game ;)
Title: Re: Find out who read a topic
Post by: JPalmer on December 07, 2020, 03:07:21 am
I see, thanks for the good explanation!
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