BTW, it worked for me...
I'm with teach & learn, mine still shows up.
I never really pay much attention to it though, I know that personally, I've sometimes clicked on a post multiple times whether or not I've responded. Sometimes a thread will interest me but I've got nothing new to add and it will look like something has changed--the font will go from bold to regular or blue to purple or vice versa and I'll think there has been an additional reply or whatever.
Sometimes I'll post early in a thread and check back to see what others have said...Sometimes I'll respond and then forget what I've said or want to double check how it came across later (especially when it is a sensitive subject or something that upset me). I just want to revisit it to check clarity, tone or even just grammar and spelling.

Assuming that I am not alone in that means the "view" numbers are falsely inflated.