When I post a map or a trip report it goes on my own website and gets a counter. What I have found is that most things like that will get about 200 hits attributed to the link from the forum. I can't say that they are all unique visits but that is the count that usually comes up. Most of the posts like that get very few comments, sometimes none, but people are viewing the post and clicking the link.
I'm sure that most enjoy the now and then shots even if they don't comment. I don't like to add a "that was great" comment because it seems to be just clutter on the forum. Maybe what you really want is a like/dislike or rating button on the main post.
Dave
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/29/2010 11:07AM by ROW Explorer.