Correct View Count Incrementation Logic

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Description

View count metrics are inaccurately inflated due to their incrementation on every data fetch operation, including internal service calls.
For instance, fetching a single answer not only increments the view count for that answer but also for the question it belongs to, and if that question's best answer is fetched in the process, its view count is incremented as well. This creates a chain reaction where accessing one piece of content inadvertently increases the view counts across related content, significantly distorting true user engagement levels.
This mechanism is susceptible to exploitation and fails to provide a faithful representation of user interest.

Actions

• Revise view count logic to increment only on direct user views.
• Introduce rate limiting and detection for suspicious view count activities.
• Differentiate between direct views and internal fetches in view count logic.