Question and Answers: Why Steemit doesn't have a view counter? 

I am constantly being asked questions by people who are investigating Steemit for their own personal use. One of the most frequent questions I receive is:

Why is there no view counter for blog? 

I think the main reason Steemit doesn't have a view counter is because they want to make the votes the main reward of the platform.

I could be wrong.

Steemit is an ever evolving platform and I applaud the developers for their constant attention to the checks and balances of the system.

My main recommendation would be to add a view counter.

The reason being is that this is an excellent way to gauge content better. Some articles may have a lot of attention inside of Steemit, some may have a lot of attention outside of Steemit.

View counts show the reach that the blog has attained. I wonder if outside views can somehow be integrated into the system not as a monetary reward, but as a new category next to trending, hot, active etc.

Do you think that Steemit should have a view counter for articles?

Comment below. 

EDIT: CRYPTOS commented below that he found a temporary work around on this. You can find out more by visiting his blog at

 https://steemit.com/post-views/@cryptos/how-to-know-how-many-people-see-your-post-on-steemit