RE: The real hive ecosystem, isn't a triangle but a pentagon! Believe it or not.

[deanlogic]

I'm sure they could tap into Google Analytics and see how many unique views the post had.

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[charcoalbuffet]

Fantastic idea and yes, relying on Google Analytics would be a good proxy, without having to do the effort. Perhaps a combination of unique views and time on page relative to the estimated reading time would be a good way to display trending or hot lists.

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