I guess the inability to see the "views" makes it feel like the content is sent off to the back paddock after a few days :)

I really do with HIVE had better search capabilities, it would have me going to look for the type of content I enjoy. There's nothing stopping me scrolling back in an author's feed (and I have!) to find their earlier thoughts on a theme or a topic, but if I want to say... search for posts about a particular topic - all the hive search engines are awful when using literal terms.