Great ideas!
I like them all but really not too sure on how they'd work in all the communites, some areas are more sensitive than others....some may see it as a popularity contest while others may get offended because their posts are getting few views.....
As it is, I have heard people whine about not getting a "good" number of journal comments...
wish there was a way that we could make it all work and not have people gripe! LOL

I too would like to see how many people view a topic so I can see how that compairs to how many people reply. Spell check would be really cool!!

I don't see how having a hit counter on each post could possibly be a good thing. As sluggish as the servers are now, they would only be bogged down even further constantly updating the hits on each individual post.

Then what Nick said, it would probably be used against people. I can see it now, someone bumping up their own post and saying

"How come you guys are reading this but not replying?"

Then it would be responses out of guilt, not because people actually had something to say or add. And then somewhere down the line, someone would use the number of hits they had on a post to claim their PoV was more valid than someone else who had less page views.

It sounds immature, but it's what happens on here.

Yupperz......would have to agree with Nick......it's true. This could cause others to feel as if their post wasn't as important or relevant to whatever topic they are discussing. Sad to say but some people would be EASILY bothered just by views or post counts on their thread.........

And I'm still waiting for spell check lol

Hehehehe yup....I do think that would be adding mo' drama when it isn't needed in some of the communities! I am sooooo not into drama!

why did i think this was a topic about boob jobs? hee hee

i do think it may cause some hurt feelings at the least having counters on topics.. but spell check could be useful for some..

As for getting to the Last Reply all you have to do once the first page opens is hit the green Most Recent link.

The how many times viewed I agree would cause upset. The board already shows how many comments.

Please don't add how many times a thread was viewed. That takes the focus off the purpose of the post which is the replies.

I'm Def. for the spell check, with this fibro fog sometimes it is very difficult for me as I am sure it is for many others and for diff. reasons!