Interesting point! I'm guilty of that Reddit use pattern and, in fact, wish HN had a similar toolbar so I could remember what link it was that I opened in the f

Interesting point! I'm guilty of that Reddit use pattern and, in fact, wish HN had a similar toolbar so I could remember what link it was that I opened in the first place :) Feedburner (now owned by Google) tracks stats on # of subscribers and is kind enough to let you see the history. In my case, I started out with about 10 subscribers and reached 44 on launch day. Today, I'm looking at 24 subscribers.