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kchandra
Hey folks, I'm the author of this blog post. I'll mainly be answering questions in /r/programming about this but I'll try to get back to HN later in the day.
8bitben
Are there any future plans to expand the analytic power of views beyond just a number - like breakdowns about referrers or locations of viewers? Seeing analytic functionality similar to Twitter would be really interesting for Reddit posts.
kchandra
Not at the moment, but we might do that in future.
minimaxir
Worth noting that the view_count field will soon be available programmatically to all via the API: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6da6n9/view_co...

This will hopefully lead to some fun data analyses!

kchandra
Yup! Just bear in mind that since the feature is only open to mods and OPs, the API is similarly restricted.

Also I'm a big fan of your blog, really have enjoyed reading your analyses on reddit data over the years.