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bella2003

I gifted my son Write A Prisoner so he could have a penpal or two.  He did the whole thing on paper, rather than email, and sent it in.  He does not get to use internet in his facility.  He called me today asking me to go on and see how many people viewed his profile...I have a login because I purchased this service for him, but I do not see how I can go in and view who is writing to him...he is frustrated with me and thinks there must be a way for me to see what is going on with him.  Is this possible??

 

 
mjuran

My pen pal just included three sample printouts of WAP letters he's received, showing the number of views of his profile to date.  It's not precise, as it doesn't seem to change with every new letter, but it's quite definitely a record of the profile views to date.  So your son can request a printout of any letter he gets and see the number of views, or if he hasn't gotten any letters yet, you can send him one yourself and the printout will contain the information he's looking for.

 
mjuran

Bella, I heard from my PP who says he knows how to see the "views" of a WAP profile:  the WAP responses generated through this site, the printouts of the "email" that they send to inmates twice a month, will contain in addition to the letter, photo, and return address info, a number indicating how many views the profile has received up to that point. So what you can do is send him a letter through WAP, just as if you were someone who wanted to reach out as a pen pal on this site (set up your profile to write a letter) and send it to him.  When he gets the letter from WAP, it should have a section that indicates how many times up to now his profile has been viewed.  At least this is according to my pen pal, based on his direct experience.  Hope this helps.

 
ST4s

There are other prison pen pal services out there in internet land (far less well done than this one, IMHO) that DO post pageviews for all to see, though WAP does not do this, even with a login. I’ve uploaded profiles on WAP for some of my buds and can confirm it is not possible for me or you to do what your son is asking.

Good on you for helping him out like this though! If he’s not getting mail, maybe put a link to his profile right here for some shameless promotion.

 
mjuran

My pen pal is able to see how many views his profile has received to date, at any time.  I don't know how he does this, since he's not online and has no one that can check for him, but I've assumed it's information that is available to the profile owner, somehow, someway.  I can ask my pen pal about it, but it will be a while before I hear a response back...maybe someone else knows.

 
Taurus_ISTJ

Unfortunately, this is not possible, no. It isn't possible to see who is writing him or how many views his profile has received.