The neutral option records the numbers. However, if you are looking for metrics, that's a separate issue... but it's as easy to count nulls as it is values. I have not seen a visible stats reporting page for Maemo news but it would be nice to have!

And measuring indifference could be simple:

Total views - (hearts + thumbs downs)

However, I am not sure if the Maemo system is counting click-throughs in order to get the view count. Also, I see that some blogs are reproduced in their entirety (no click-through needed) whereas others are represented solely by excerpts (thus requiring a click-through).

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gawd, I need a job...