User blog comment:Rappy 4187/Technical Update: February 10, 2016/@comment-5558012-20160213133200/@comment-3388044-20160217201052

Hear! Hear!

At our wiki, a lot of the videos are created by the members themselves. Counting the views lets them know how their uploads are being received.

Similarly, having the videos module in the right-hand siderail let the community know the instant new videos were added.

Requiescant in pace.