I think steemit is missing the view counter. As a blogger, the first thing I look at whenever I log in to my blogger's  dashboard is the views each of my post has generated. The views on a post gives you a clue on the type of post that your readers are interested in. Also, as a blogger, one of the most exciting thing about blogging is knowing that people are actually visiting your posts. Steemit doesn't give it's users such opportunity. It judges the acceptance of a post through pay out and we all know that the pay out doesn't truly reflect the true worth or attention a post has gotten. Most people feel discouraged easily on steemit because when they see that their post doesn't have any pay out, it is believed that nobody visited the post. That very wrong and a kill joy. Most people would bother less about their post's pay out and put in more effort in steemit if they can see the views that their posts are generating regardless of the pay out. So the view counter is one of the key blogging features that steering seem to be missing.