watchers and views of listings have reset to zero

[bcbassboy]

For the last two weeks my item 'views' and 'watchers' have been mysteriously disappearing and reappearing.  Right now, they are all at 'zero'.  

[pinetreecottage]

Another poster here called CS about this, and was told ebay is phasing out views and watchers and they will have to deal with it.

[yeg.bargainhunters]

I called CS on the 24th, he did not mention that Ebay is phasing out view or watchers counts. Just wondering, why would you think Ebay wants to phase that out? what good does this do? As a seller, if i see an item only have a few view count, this is a hint to either change the title/wording or lower the price. If seller can't sell, Ebay won't make money. Just my thought. Thanks