The below jQuery script will alert if the viewCount of a stackoverflow question changed.

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$(document).ready(function(){
    
    var prevViewCount = 0;
    var isFirst = 1;
    var url = window.location.href;
    if(url.indexOf("/questions/") > -1){
        console.log("Question found");
        
        setInterval(function(){
        
        $.get(url,function(data,status){
            var myRegexp = /([\d]+)\stime[s]?/g;
            var match = myRegexp.exec(data);
            var viewCount = match[1];
            if(prevViewCount!=viewCount){
                if(prevViewCount!=0){
                    alert(viewCount +" view(s)");  // abc
                }
                prevViewCount = viewCount;
            }else{
                console.log("---------\nOld view count : "+prevViewCount);
                console.log("New view count : "+viewCount+"\n---------")
            }
            
        });
    },1000);
    }else{
        console.log("Not a question");
    }
    
});