[quote=@UltikanaRe]
Random idea: How 'bout we add '# of times read'? That way we can see if the problem is no advertising or something of that nature, or people read it and then are turned away?
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Read times are disingenuous. It's just counting page views, which could be the author refreshing (maybe they're editing), or several people viewing the topic many times. It can also be search bots/spiders crawling the forum and indexing pages. It really doesn't give you a good sample of whether a topic has been well-read or not.