Here's a suggestion that we NEED:
A VIEW COUNT SECTION IN ACTIVITY
The graph will show Total Views (shown as a graph that ALWAYS increases) or Daily Views.
Using this, we can see how many people are actually viewing our blogs, so that we know if people are seeing what you post or not. Might be a big motivator for people who are just starting out, because the thought of people seeing their posts may make people want to post more.
Answer: Hello, @legendarywindowtrash!
We are very glad to answer this one. So at one point, we did actually experiment with showing a view count. It was technically challenging to scale, only we forget why we lost the momentum here, and it became lost on our hefty to-do list.
This is a complex but interesting question. And it begs the question of whether a view count would increase peoples’ anxiety about how their blog is “performing,” at least in their eyes, which is not something that aligns with how we think Tumblr is valued by people. Particularly when we want to be doing everything we can to help users build connections and build feedback loops.
But it is not easy. On the one hand, such a feature could be a really useful signal to creators, but when views become negatively correlated, this previously useful signal becomes a depressing one. And counter to what we want to achieve with Tumblr.
This one will need your thoughts and feedback. While we cannot say it is happening any time soon, this may become something that makes sense to pursue sometime in the future.
Thanks for your question, and have a good day.
Best,
—Eli, Caroline, Cyle, Paul, David, and Alex
