Title: Error in Share Counts
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Error in Share Counts

 *  [TheArk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theark/)
 * (@theark)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-share-counts/)
 * Hi
    If someone clicks a share icon and then does not click the relevant “publish”
   button to actually commit to sharing, it still adds to the total share count.
   I did this to all my social media sites, got a final share count of 5 for one
   particular image but never actually shared that image because I did not click
   the final button to commit to sharing.
 * Is there a way of fixing this?
 * Thank you
    Warren
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 *  Plugin Author [benjackson84](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjackson84/)
 * (@benjackson84)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-share-counts/#post-4320155)
 * Hi
 * Thanks for the feedback, this is currently how Slingpic has been designed to 
   work. As once the sharing dialogue has been opened between the user and the social
   network the information passed between them is secure, including feedback on 
   whether the share was made or not. So unfortunately we can’t, with absolute certainty,
   detect whether a share has happened. The number of shares therefore is more of
   an estimate.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-share-counts/#post-4320155)
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