Firstly, sorry for the late response as I am just going through the 'dtubesnapq' tag and I thought I would participate in your question/proposal too.

It would be an interesting concept to have a 'views' counter as I would be intrigued to see those who are quite well-known on the platform how their 'views to payout' ratio relates. Just out of curiosity and not out of spite (to see who games the system (reward pool)). It is known and we know many 'top Steemians' receive autovotes from other users (there is nothing wrong with that) and thus this can give a true reflection on the state of DTube engagement and payouts. Ultimately this can determine, where is and what is 'value' on the Steem blockchain? Yet, that's my two cents.