Is anybody reading the new thread you launched?

Nobody really knew in the previous version of FlyerTalk.

When currently viewing the threads in a particular FlyerTalk forum, the column on the right side displays how many times each thread has already been viewed.

Granted, if one person views a thread 5 times, the Views column will list 5 views, but that may be because the person perhaps finds that particular thread interesting.

Unlike the software that powered the old FlyerTalk, the popularity of a thread is no longer necessarily gauged only by the number of replies.

One way the Views column can be useful is that it may convince someone to read a thread that otherwise might have been ignored. Of course, this could also be perceived as a negative aspect...