So how many of you use that “seen” feature? say what?
Well if you look at the details of an artwork in the app you’ll find ‘seen’ in the community notes
When you press it you open a new window where you can add some information like ‘still there, but a bit faded’ or just ‘add note’ without extra information.
This will become a very usefull tool for all our hunters, giving them an extra set of eyes who just verified that teh artwork is still there!
So just wondering, have you clicked it yet?
Sure, wherever I am… .
Even in my hometown Oostende, I’ll try to make sometimes a little detour to check some works and push the seen button. Or sometimes, I discover some interventions I didn’t upload so far (Jaune…)
In the future, this should even become a kind of a requirement for hunters to check at least 75percent of the works in their place. In fact, it shouldn’t be a requirement, a real committed hunter takes the initiative by themselve? Often it’s not even an effort, daily things like going for groceries or bring the kids to activities… we always pass street art we have uploaded.
Good to bring this under the spotlights Tim!
Hi, as I am starting a Duesseldorf Tour to see what is still there and what is missing I always add the same comment: is it still there, informations about the condition and a date. For me it is a reminder when have I seen it the last time and for other users it will be a timeline of still there to destroyed. I think it is a cool tool and by using it we will see if it is a necessary and helpful information
Yep, have used it already sometimes in other cities then Ghent.
@thomas can you tell us a bit more about the dynamics behind the ‘seen’ button.
Does it only work when you’re on site?
How many times can you mark an artwork as ‘seen’? I can imagine for hunters it’s useful to use it multiple times in a year, to check certain artwork if they’re still there.
Je le fais régulièrement lors de mes balades, c’était une évidence dès ma première utilisation de sac, afin d’actualiser ce qui est là ou pas bien sûr
Mais je n’ai pas de “pop-up” qui s’ouvre 
Effectivement on ne peut le faire qu’une seule fois, ou supprimer le premier “vu”
C’est une super fonctionnalité qui méritait bien un rappel 
An improvement (all be it not simple) might be to make it so that a user can only hit the seen button whenever they are in the vicinity of the work?
I now sometimes see in the timeline that people are marking artworks as seen on the same day, that are thousands of km’s apart. I can only speculate, but it looks like these users have seen that artwork at some point in time and are now “collecting” it in the app. That doesn’t guarantee the work is still there of course. I think those type of interactions take away from the reliability of using the “seen” as an indicator the work is still alive
True.
Interesting how this will evolve. A " direct seen " with some geo check or a seen when you could hit if you had seen in the past.
The seen is a quality check, but it also saves plenty of time for the app users when revisiting a place.
I know that the ‘seens’ on the spot only count in the visitors segment of our partners.
I know that I sometimes use the ‘seen’ button later, when I realize I saw it, but forgot to hit that seen button.
Maybe adding the 'picture feature ’ like in the ‘removed’ button would be proof of your physical visit.
Hello, I update “Seen” / “Removed” when I am at home. In the street, I just take pictures and collect addresses + enjoy !
Using too much a phone in the street in a city like Paris is not secure…
So, I think, the usage will depend of each Hunter style.
Totally Agree @IsabelleVirot .
App experience is one thing. Safety and joy should be key too. When I am hardcore hunting, at the end of the day I am fed of hitting buttons. Save that for another calmer moment (way back home… or in the Accomodation).
I am using is sometimes “on the road”, sometimes later at home. From my view it is helpful for streetart seekers (if the last seen is not too long ago you can be more confident) as well as for me as hunter (for beeing more sure that I made not a fault with location…). As far as I can see it is only possible to use it once. Or is there a timelimit e.g. once per year?
Good point Isabelle! Didn’t think of that
Really good to hear your opinions! Agree that making marking as seen only possible on location will eliminate quite a few use cases - I press that button quite often when I get back home too.
Currently you can only ever press it once, but based on earlier feedback from @Andrew_Haysom, we are planning to allow you to press it every 3 months.
Oui, c’est pareil de mon côté je marque “vu” très souvent après coup, sinon c’est très fastidieux et effectivement Paris n’est pas toujours très sur…sans compter la batterie du téléphone 
Mais je me fais des sessions juste pour actualiser un quartier…c’est aussi gratifiant…car on a ensuite le plaisir de publier de nouvelles oeuvres 
J’ai testé hier de supprimer mon premier “vu” pour actualiser le suivi de l’oeuvre mais c’est encore plus fastidieux 
Le fait d’avoir la possibilité de pouvoir utiliser le marqueur a trois reprises c’est très bien je trouve, en tout cas a tester
Surtout avec la particularité de Paris, certaines oeuvres restent très longtemps et cela permet d’en faire un suivi plus régulier
Par contre je n’ai pas de pop-up qui me permet d’indiquer quelque chose ?
I like that 3 month period, it gives hunters to do some revisiting and showing people the art is still there
I use it when I am in a new location (last mo. uses the ‘seen’ button in Laos)but did not realize I should use this button to confirm for art I hunted/documented in my location. I certainly will do this.
very important QC instrument, and now you can even add a picture in comments when you think an artwork is gone.
